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4 unusual facts about Mount Abu


Abusaria

They were called Abusaria because they had come from Mount Abu.

Eden Phillpotts

He was born in Mount Abu, British India, educated in Plymouth, Devon, and worked as an insurance officer for 10 years before studying for the stage and eventually becoming a writer.

Jain temple

Its historical use in North is preserved in the names of the Vimala Vasahi and Luna Vasahi temples of Mount Abu.

Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

She went to Mount Abu in India to study Hanuman Langurs, and concluded that infanticide was independent of overcrowding—it was possibly an evolutionary tactic: When an outside male takes over a group, he usually proceeds to kill all infants.


Lawrence School, Lovedale

His dream took shape and four such schools, known as Lawrence Asylum, were established in India: the first two during his lifetime in 1847 at Sanawar, the second at Mount Abu in 1856; the third at Ootacamund in 1858 and the fourth in Ghora Gali, Murree in 1860, in present day Pakistan.

Leslie Lewis

Later, at St Mary's High School,Mount Abu,Rajasthan (boarding school), Lezz was exposed to the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton.

Religious liberalism in Rajput courts

Jain temples ornamenting the landscapes of Rajasthan and Gujarat (including those at Mount Abu, Palitana and Osian) bear testimony to the support extended by Rajput rulers to the Jain tradition.

Shatrunjaya

These hills have similarities to other hills where Jain temples have been built in Bihar, Gwalior, Mount Abu and Girnar.


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