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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 particular 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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