Siwana Fort (सिवाना किला) Rajasthan ke Balotra jile (pehle yeh Barmer jile ka hissa tha) mein sthit ek behad aithihasik aur mazboot kila hai. Isey "Gadh Siwana" bhi kaha jata hai. Itihas mein is kile ko Marwar ke rajaon ki "Sharansthali" (Safe Haven) mana jata tha—yani jab bhi Jodhpur ya Marwar par koi bada sankat aata, to wahan ke raja suraksha ke liye Siwana Fort aa jate the.
Is kile se judi mukhya aur gauravshali baatein neeche di gayi hain:
1. Kile ka Itihas (History)
- Nirman: Is kile ka nirman 10th century (lagbhag 954 AD) mein Paramara rajvansh ke pratap-shali raja Veernarayan Paramara ne karwaya tha. Yeh kila Chhapan ki pahadiyon (Chhapan Hills) par bana hua hai.
- Marwar ki Khonji: Yeh kila Jodhpur ke Rathore rajaon ke liye hamesha se ek safehouse raha. Jab Rao Maldeo par Sher Shah Suri ne aakraman kiya, ya jab Chandrasen Rathore (jinhe Marwar ka Pratap kaha jata hai) Akbar se yudh lad rahe the, tab unhone Siwana Fort ko hi apna main base banaya tha.
2. Siwana ke Do Mashhoor 'Saka' (The Two Seiges)
Siwana Fort apne do bade aur aithihasik Saka (mar-mitne wala yudh aur jauhar) ke liye jana jata hai:
Pehla Saka (1308 AD) - Alauddin Khilji ka Aakraman
- Delhi ke Sultan Alauddin Khilji ne jab Jalore par aakraman karne ki yojna banayi, to raste mein Siwana sabse bada roada tha.
- Kile ke shasak Sataldev (Sheetal Deo) Chauhan aur unke bhai Som ne Khilji ki sena ka datkar saamna kiya.
- Khilji ki sena kai mahino tak kile ko nahi tod payi. Baad mein ek traitor 'Bhavla Bhambi' ki madad se kile ke pani ke main source (Mamdeo Kund) mein gao ka khoon mila diya gaya, jisse pani peene layak nahi raha.
- Rajput viranganaon ne Jauhar kiya aur Sataldev ladte hue veer-gati ko prapt hue. Khilji ne isey jeetkar iska naam Khairabad rakh diya tha.
Doosra Saka (1582 AD) - Akbar ki Sena ka Aakraman
- Yeh saka Akbar ke samay hua, jab Kalla Rathore (Kalyandas) yahan ke shasak the.
- Akbar ne Jodhpur ke Mota Raja Udai Singh ke netritva mein ek badi sena Siwana bheji.
- Kalla Rathore ne behad bahaduri se yudh lada aur veer-gati ko prapt hue, aur kile ke andar Jauhar hua.
3. Banawat aur Architecture
- Haldeshwar Pahadi: Yeh kila Chhapan pahadiyon ke beech 'Haldeshwar' naam ki ek unchi pahadi par bana hai, jiski wajah se is par seedhe aakraman karna bohot mushkil hota tha.
- Khandahar aur Kund: Aaj yeh kila kaafi hadd tak khandahar (ruins) mein badal chuka hai, lekin iske vishal deewarein, purane darwaze, aur Mamdeo Kund (pani ka talab) aaj bhi dekhne ko milte hain.
- Haldeshwar Mahadev: Kile ke paas hi Haldeshwar Mahadev ka ek prachin mandir bhi hai, jahan local logo ki badi aastha hai.
4. Tourism aur Location
- Kahan hai: Yeh naye bane Balotra jile mein sthit hai, jo Jodhpur se lagbhag 150 km aur Barmer se karib 120 km door hai.
- Vibe: Yeh ek offbeat destination hai. Agar aapko aisi jagah pasand hain jahan commercial crowd na ho aur sirf shanti ke sath behad raw itihas ko mehsoos karna ho, to Siwana ek behtareen jagah hai.
Kya aap Jalore, Timangarh aur Siwana jaise offbeat quilon ke baare mein koi research kar rahe hain, ya in jagahon par ghumne ka plan hai?
