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city, taluka headquarter, district headquarter
Tehsil Churu, District Churu, Rajasthan
Churu (Rajasthani: चूरु) is a city in the desert region of Rajasthan state of India. It is known as gateway to the Thar Desert of Rajasthan. It is the administrative headquarters of Churu District. It lies in the Thar Desert[clarification needed] on the National Highway-65 connecting Pali to Ambala and is a junction station on the railway line to Bikaner. It is near the shifting sand dunes of the Thar Desert and has grand havelis with marvelous fresco paintings, namely Kanhaiya lal Bagla ki Haweli and Surana Haweli, with hundreds of small windows. It also has some fine Chhatris. Near the town is a religious seat of the Nath sect of Sadhus where there are life-size Marble statue of their deities and a place for prayers. There stands a Dharam Stup, a symbol of religious equality. At the centre of the town is a fort built about 400 years ago.
Churu (Rajasthani: चूरु) is a city in the desert region of Rajasthan state of India. It is known as gateway to the Thar Desert of Rajasthan. It is the administrative headquarters of Churu District. It lies in the Thar Desert[clarification needed] on the National Highway-65 connecting Pali to Ambala and is a junction station on the railway line to Bikaner. It is near the shifting sand dunes of the Thar Desert and has grand havelis with marvelous fresco paintings, namely Kanhaiya lal Bagla ki Haweli and Surana Haweli, with hundreds of small windows. It also has some fine Chhatris. Near the town is a religious seat of the Nath sect of Sadhus where there are life-size Marble statue of their deities and a place for prayers. There stands a Dharam Stup, a symbol of religious equality. At the centre of the town is a fort built about 400 years ago.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churu
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 28°17'54"N 74°57'57"E
- Fatehpur 32 km
- Jhunjhunu 42 km
- Laxmangarh 52 km
- Sikar 74 km
- Badalwas 92 km
- Shri Dungargarh 98 km
- Hisar 121 km
- Suratgarh 157 km
- Bikaner 168 km
- Nagaur 173 km
- Mohalla Vapariyan(qassai wada) 0.1 km
- nature park 0.7 km
- Loco Colony 1.2 km
- Om colony 1.4 km
- line police 1.5 km
- graveyard 1.5 km
- Usmanabaad Colony 1.6 km
- SAINIK BASTI RANBANKURA CHURU 1.7 km
- Sainik Colony 1.8 km
- Churu Stadium 1.8 km
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