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Vadasar Gham – The rise and rise of the little gem of Kutch !
 
Vadasar gham is one of the 24 villages that forms part of the Shree Kutch Leva Patel community. It is an ancient and small village situated 3 k.m. west of Bhuj Town . The villages near Vadasar are Vingadia and Rampur Vekra is situated 5 k.m. away. Vadasar is a naturally isolated gham and consequently public transport services like buses are quite limited. The river Rukmawati flows at the northern tip of the village. Most of the surrounding area is dry and arid land mostly used for farming.
 

Area covered by the gham is about 1.5 square k.m. The buildings of the gham are mostly old fashioned. The streets and common areas are winding, narrow and un-tarmacked. However with the assistance of Government grants the roads have been re-surfaced, ensuing in tidy streets. All the new buildings are however built to a more modern standard which square up better with the narrow streets.

The gham population is composed of 75% Patel community, 15% sangar brothers, the remaining 10% consisting of Harijans which includes Muslims and Mahajans.

The history of the gham stretches back about 500 years. The darbar community followed by the Sangar community were among the first inhabitants of the gham. The Patel community migrated to Vadasar from Gujarat . These Patels used the Vekaria Surname. The elders among the Patels used the Vekaria Surname. These elders were also considered the village chiefs. The gham at that time was administratively linked to Manukva. The Darbars in Manukva collected the taxes to hand over to the Rajah. Nowadays the gham is run by a Panchayat system (Elected elders presiding over decision making). The head of the Panchayat as well as majority of the ruling members are Patels, which includes female members as well.

The school has one primary school and one nursery school. Apart from the basic objective of education, the schools also organise celebration of national festivals, plays sports and cultural activities.

With the assistance of overseas residents several useful projects have been undertaken. A recent example being the crematorium and bathing facility situated at the southern tip of the gham on the shores of river Rukmavati.

All the inhabitants of the gham have their own places of worship. There are Swaminarayan temples for both ladies and gents. Both temples also have programmes for initiating youths into the faith through the Bal mandal. The Shankar mandir is probably one of the oldest among the temples. To the west of the gham about 4 k.m. away in the jungle is a temple for Gudheshwar Mahadev, which is also well known as an auspicious place. During the month of Shravan, devotees come here on pilgrimage to worship.

All the communities live in harmony and stand shoulder to shoulder when it comes to any projects or activities that focus on the development or improvement of the gham.

At present the general population of the gham will be highly skewed in that there are more elderly people, women and small children. This is because most of the men work in larger towns or overseas in places like Muscat , Kenya , Seychelles among others. Over the years there has been a lot of migration to the extent that there are about 50 families in the U.K. , another 50 in Kenya as the two main centres of Vadasarian influence outside India . Long Live Vadasar!

 
 
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