Aayavej

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

^ જિલ્લા-પંચાયત, ભાવનગર (7 October 2013). "ભાવનગર જિલ્લા પંચાયતની વેબસાઇટ પર પાલીતાણા તાલુકાના ગામોની યાદી". Bhavnagar District Panchayat. Government of Gujarat. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
^ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar (Public Domain text). Vol. VIII. Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay. 1884. p. 355.

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar. Vol. VIII. Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay. 1884. p. 355.