Mota, Gujarat

Village in Gujarat, India

21°05′N 73°01′E / 21.09°N 73.01°E / 21.09; 73.01Country

IndiaStateGujaratDistrictSuratTalukasBardoliGovernment

• BodyMota Gram Panchayat • SarpanchSuryabhai Halpati • MPTushar Amarsinh Chaudhary • MLAKuvarji HalpatiElevation

21 m (69 ft)Population

(2001)

• Total11,000Languages

• OfficialGujarati, HindiTime zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)PIN

394 345

Telephone code02622Vehicle registrationGJ-19Lok Sabha constituencyBardoli (ST) (Surat)Vidhan Sabha constituencyBardoliCivic agencyMota Gram PanchayatWebsitewww.motagaam.com

Mota is a village in Gujarat, India, 5 km north of Bardoli and 32 km east of Surat.

Demographics

According to Census 2001, the population of Mota was nearly 11,000. Mota has a large population of Patidars (Leva & Chorotariya) Patels and Koli Patels. Other groups are Brahmins, Anavils, Vaishanav, Parmars, etc. Right now 26 castes of people are staying in Mota. About 300 families of Mota are settled around the world: about 250 families are in the US and a few are in New Zealand and South Africa.^[1]

Mota School
Mota English Medium School

Education

Education in Mota is well developed by the Mota Kelavani Mandal (Education Board). They have "Balmandir" (KG) to "Secondary School" in Gujarati and English medium. Higher secondary school and hostel facilities are provided by the board.

History

Rameshwar Mandir
Bahucharama Mandir
Neelkanth Mahadev
Sardar Chowk

Muktapuri, the present Mota Village, has a lot of small temples and resembles a small pilgrim place. It has been mentioned in Puranas. In Tapi Purana (Chapter 36) it's mentioned.

After killing Ravana, Lord Ram had dosha which made him reflect two shadows apart from him being a god. He started pilgrim to remove his dosha and reached the present place of Mukteshwar and there one shadow disappeared. And so felt that place as sacred and did puja and yagya and installed mahadev linga there. And as his dosh was disappeared so the name was given as Mukteshwar, and the village named as Muktapuri.

After completing the yagya he proceeded forward and reached at the present place of Rameshwar Mahadev. He arranged for the meals for Brahmins and for the fulfillment of the need for water he used the arrow named Gangasma. According to the rule before the meals for the worship of Lord Shiva he took sand in his hand from the place he shot arrow and installed Mahadev Linga. And then his another shadow disappeared and became fully dosh mukta. The ling in the form of sand done years ago is still present. And if you worship Rameshwar with your faith then your doshas disappear, and all your wished are fulfilled with Rameshwar blessings.lord Brahma Temple in Mota its very few in India, One in Puskar Rajasthan and one in Mota Gujarat.

History of Rameshwar
History of Rameshwar

Mota has nine ancient temples (Rameshwar Mahadev, Nilkantha Mahadev, Mukteshwar Mahadev, Serveshwar Mahadev, Bahuchera Mata, Narmadeshwar Mahadev, Khodiyar Mata, Ram Mandir, Bhutnath Mundir, Khokhali Mata, Mahalaxmi Mata).