Ayavej or Aiavej is a village in Palitana Taluka of Bhavnagar district of Gujarat, India.[1]
History
It was one of the principal seats of the Sarvaiyas. It was a small separate tribute-paying state in the division of the province called Una Sarvaiya, and is situated ten miles south-west of Palitana. The river Shatrunji flows about one mile to the north of the village. It is an ancient village and is famous as having been the site of a temple of the Khodiar Mata in the time of Ra Navghan I of Junagad, who was carried here by his nurse when an infant at the time Junagadh was taken and Ra Dyas slain by the king of Anhilwad Patan. It was a taluka of two villages Aayavej and Virpur, and was under the Chok thana during British rule.[2]
References
- ↑ ભાવનગર જિલ્લા પંચાયતની વેબસાઇટ પર પાલીતાણા તાલુકાના ગામોની યાદી, જિલ્લા-પંચાયત, ભાવનગર. Bhavnagar District Panchayat. Government of Gujarat(7 October 2013).
- ↑ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar (Public Domain text){{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay(1884)
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay(1884)