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Sojat city
Sojat city, is situated on the left bank of the Sukri
River near Pali town, known as Tamravati in the ancient
times, the fort has a big reservoir and several temples
like Sejal Mata, Chaturbhuj and much more. The old temple
of Chamunda Mata located on the top of one of the
hillocks. Dargah of Pir Mastan is the main attraction at
the time of Urs- the Muslim festival. One of the major
attractions of this city is the plantation of mehandi
trees, a herbal plant where the leaves are squashed into a
thin paste and applied on the hands and the feet in
various attractive designs. This traditional art form is
now known all over the world and is internationally
adopted in the fashion circuit. Many of the foreign tours
who happen to cross this perticuler route towards Udaipur
or Mount Abu often takes a break and get there palms and
feets decorated by the Mehndi of Sojat as it is very
popular across the country.
Another prominent place to be seen are the temple of
Ramdeoji near village Biratiya, the fort of Desuri, Kurki
the birth place of Mirabai the legendry poetess who
dedicated her whole life worshiping lord Krishna and
spreading his message all over, that attracted the Mughal
rulers too. Following these are few more locals like Jawai
bandh, Jain temples of Narlai.
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