Khodiyar Mataji Temple, Rajpara is located in the village of Rajpara in Sihor taluka of Bhavnagar district in the state of Gujarat in the west of India. Which is 15 km from Bhavnagar. And 6 km from Sihor. This Khodiyar Mataji temple is located on the Bhavnagar-Rajkot highway at a distance of. There is a pool of water in front of this temple. Which is famous as Tantania Dhara. So this temple is famous all over India as Khodiyar with Tantania or Khodiyar with Rajpara. The temple is a scenic religious site surrounded by natural beauty. The royal family of Bhavnagar worships Khodiyar Mataji as Kuldevi. This Khodiyar temple of Rajpara was first built by Atabhai Gohil. Later, around 1915, Bhavsinhji Gohil, the ruler of Bhavnagar, repaired and improved this temple. Here Aai Shri Khodiyar Mataji was given a golden umbrella (satar) by Bhavsinhji. It is said that Mata Khodiyar appeared at the place where Tantania was located. Every Sunday and Tuesday, my devotees perform pujan-archan lessons to get the grace of such a Mataji in a pilgrimage like this Shakitpeeth.
Prajavatsal Rajvi of the Gohil dynasty of Bhavnagar was keen to establish Kuldevi Khodiyar Mata of his dynasty in the capital. So this Rajvi made Khodiyar Mataji happy to come to Bhavnagar near Rajpara. Mataji was pleased and made a condition that I will follow you but I will not look back at you. So this Bhaktavatsal Mataji was walking back and forth between the Maharaja. Thus the cavalcade with the king was moving towards the present Bhavnagar side, but when Vartej came, doubt arose in the mind of the Maharaja whether Khodiyar Mata was coming back or not? As the suspicion for resolving this question grew more and more intense, the Maharaja finally looked back. Just Khallas, this is the place where Mataji was absorbed. The famous small Khodiyar temple near Vartej, where Mataji was stationed at this place. The Rajpara temple is located at a distance of 3 km from Nari Chokdi, but most of the people prefer to walk from there and every devotee who walks from Bhavnagar towards the Rajpara Khodiyar temple also visits the small Khodiyar temple.
Thus Rajpara Khodiyar temple is a big pilgrimage place like Mataji’s manifest place, and small Khodiyar temple is the place where Mataji is buried. This place is known as a place of wandering, celebration. There is a special city bus from Bhavnagar every Sunday to come here all day long. Next to the Khodiyar temple is a lake called Tantaniyo Dharo. The construction of the Rajpara dam, which is a little far away, cost between Rs. It was done by the royal family of Bhavnagar at a cost of Rs. Urach class stones are found in the hills near Khodiyar temple. A large number of tourists from the state and outside the state come to this pilgrimage every Bhadarvi month. From places like Bhavnagar, Sihor, Vartej, a large number of pilgrims flock to Khodiyar temple every Saturday night. There are many shops from the temple to the highway. The shops are becoming a source of livelihood for the villagers here. This religious place is connected by railway and ST services.
