Naliya
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Naliya નલિયા Nalia |
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 Naliya
Naliya
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| Coordinates: 23°15′40″N 068°49′36″E / 23.26111°N 68.82667°ECoordinates: 23°15′40″N 068°49′36″E / 23.26111°N 68.82667°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Gujarat |
| District | Kutch |
| Taluka | Abdasa |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 8,968 |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kachchh |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Abdasa |
| Website | gujaratindia |
Naliya is a town, which is also the taluka headquarters of Abdasa Taluka of Kutch District, Gujarat, India. It is located on the western end of Kutch 19 km by road from ancient port of Jakhau.
Naliya was a prosperous trading town in past who had trading ties with Zanzibar and Bombay. It had a population of 5238 souls in 1880. It was infamous by late juwansinh jadeja the smuggler. But remembered forever due to Panch Tirth of Jain and kavi "Tej" who used to be nature lover and kutchi poet. Naliya is famous for its lowest temperature all over Gujarat in winter.
In the 2001 census, the village of Mothala had 8,968 inhabitants, with 4,626 males (51.6%) and 4,342 females (48.4%), for a gender ratio of 939 females per thousand males.
Naliya also has an Indian Air Force station, which was built here in view of the town's proximity to Pakistan. Nos 45 and 101 Squadrons IAF fly Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21s from the base.
Naliya is on National Highway 8A.
Although, the town had a railway line laid in 1980 to get connected town with Bhuj. The line was abandoned later since Gandhidham-Bhuj section got converted to broadguage and this 101.24 km line became isolated. So this line is not getting used for public, military or freight purpose. Recently gauge conversion to broad gauge has been approved by the Government of India.
Naliya is centuries old town, which boasts of Jain temples built several centuries ago. It is a famous Jain pilgrimage center and one the famous five Jain temples of Abdasa ni Panchtirthi (meaning five-temples of Abdasa) is in the town. Other Jain temples are in nearby places in Abdasa Taluka. The main architects of these centuries old beautiful Jain temples were Mistris of Kutch.
Moolnayak Bhagwaan is Chandraprabha.The main idol of Shri Chandraprabhu Bhagwan is Swet varn(white coloured) of about 72 cm in padmasanastha position. Apart from Chandraprabha temple, Shantinath Temple and Asthapad Temple are also really famous
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