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Friday, March 27, 2015

Rath

Chopra temple Rath
Rath is a historical place in the district which located southward with aprox population 75950.

According to the general belief in the town, Rath's name came from the word "Virat". It is believed to be Virat Nagari where Pandavas remained in hiding for one year. Virat was the king of Virat Nagari on whose name the city was named. All the Pandavas along with Draupadi lived in Virat Nagri for one year in hiding (Agyatvas). Yudhishthir was a courtier who used to play Chaupar (the game of dice)with the king. Bheem was a cook. Arjun lived as Brihannala, a dance teacher of Uttara, daughter of king Virat, who was later married to Abhimanyu. Draupadi was a maid to the queen. The brother of the queen, Keechak, tried to lure Draupadi and was killed by Bheema near a pond. "Dhupakali pond" in the city is believed to be the pond where Bheema killed Keechak. Virat, later became Rath.

Aurangjeb Was build a Mosque in Rath and it received the distinction of being the working land of  Social reformer Swami Brahmananda. historical places are scattered here and there. Chaupra Mandir, Sankat Mochan Dham, Shakti Mandir and Akhand Dham Asharam  are some of them.

Rath is the only block in the district which have Christian family.

The soil of Rath has produces many freedom fighters like-Ram Sewak Khare, Matadeen Budhauliya, Laxmi prasad Pathak, Vindrawan Lal verma, Swami Sarwanand, Sri Dayal Saxena, Gajodhar Prasad Agrawal, Heeralal Agrawal, Ratan Lal Agrawal, Balkrishn, Lallu Lal Tivari, Raja Ram Gupt, Pt Parmanand Badri Prasad Bajaj and most famous Deewan Shatrughan Singh.  All have sacrifices himself for the liberty of the country.

Chaupra Mandir : is a Hindu temple complex in Rath. The complex displays millennia of traditional Indian and Hindu culture, spirituality, and architecture. It is situated on Chopra road 1.8 km from bus terminal. Chaupreshwar dham is historical and most popular temple of town it is the biggest temple of city.

Sankat Mochan Dham: is a hanuman mandir it is situated on outside of city approximately 5.1 km from bus terminal on UPSH-42 (Hamirpur Road).

Shakti Mandir : is situated on padav thiraha(area name)0.2 km from bus terminal.

Akhand Dham Asharam : is situated on near Mandi Sthal 1 km from bus terminal on Jhanshi road. Inside asharm is present Hanuman temple.

Ram Bagh : it is situated near Orai bus stand on the Orai road.

Magroth : Village home of Samadhi of Dewan Shatrughan Singh(Bundelkhand Gandhi) & Rani Rajendra Kumari.

Church : Situated near kotwali Thana Rath. is Established since 1902. inside Anna Hansen Memorial Mission School.

Shankar Bhagwan Mandir : New Basti Charkhari Road sikandarpura Near Sanjay Mahan

Kargawan : Home of Dr Kunwar Sanjay Pratap Singh -famous Indian American doctor. Highest ranking physician.

Also Nanak Gurudwara, Madi Matan and Gayatri Saktipeeth are notable.

For providing education Rath have 88 primari School, 44 Juniar primary school and 4 higher secondary school. Some of them are listed here.

1. GRV Inter College (Affiliated to UP Board, Allahabad)

2. Saraswati Bal Mandir Inter College, Rath(Affiliated to UP Board, Allahabad)

3. Indus Valley Public School, Rath(Affiliated to CBSE Board, New Delhi)

4. Hind Angles Public School (Affiliated to CBSE Board, New Delhi)

5. Seth Chhoteylal Academy, Rath (Affiliated to CBSE Board, New Delhi)

6. Chitragupta Inter College,Rath (Affiliated to UP Board, Allahabad)

7. Chetandas Inter College, Rath (Affiliated to UP Board, Allahabad)

8. BNV Inter College, Rath (Affiliated to UP Board, Allahabad)

9. Saraswati Balika Mandir Inter College, Rath (Affiliated to UP Board, Allahabad)

10. Gandhi Girls Inter College, Rath (Affiliated to UP Board, Allahabad)

11. Madhuvandas Inter College, Rath (Affiliated to UP Board, Allahabad)

12. Christ Convent School, Rath (Affiliated to CBSE Board, New Delhi)

13. BNV Degree College (Government-Aided)

14. Jagat Raj Degree College (Self-Financed)
Rath is connected with highway (Bilaraya to Panwari) and (Hamirpur to Jhansi). Rath is not directly linked with railways. The nearest railway stations are Harpalpur which is 45 km and Kulpahar which is 47 km from the Town.

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