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Tanot is a place located at a distance of 120 Km from Jaisalmer and name Tanot is named on goddess Tanot. Tannot Mata is a temple in western State of Rajasthan in District Jaisalmer of India. The village is close to the border with Pakistan, and is very close to the battle site of Longewala of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Praisee is said to be incarnation of Goddess Hinglaz now located in Lasvela Distt of Bluchistan. Bhati Rajput King Tanu Rao made Tanot as their capital. In AC 847 foundation of Goddess Tanot was kept and idol was installed. Temple is revered by generations of Bhati Rajput and people of Jaisalmer and surrounding areas. Later on with the advent of time, Bhati Rajput brought their capital to Jaisalmer but temple remained located at Tanot.
Since then this temple came into prominence and its popularity spread over other region also . Again in 1971 when Pak Army launched sudden attack in Longewala in the night of 4th Dec, due to inspiration and spritual strength drawn from this temple, only one coy of Punjab regiment alongwith one coy of BSF (14 Bn BSF) repulsed their attack which is a unique operation in the world history of battles. Longewala is called as a graveyard of Pak Tanks where their entire Tank regt was made to bite the dust due to exemplary coverage shown by our troops. In the memory of victory in this historic battle of Longewala a Vijay Memorial has been constructed at the entrance of temple where on 16th Dec every year a celebration is organized with fervour and gaiety to remember the heroic deeds of our soldiers. The place is one of the best place to explore in the Thar Desert in Rajasthan. This temple was shown in the movie Border
About the temple
The Tanot Mata Temple is situated close to the India-Pakistan border in a village named Tanot in Jaisalmer District of Rajasthan. This village has a low population (not even a thousand) and very few houses. The village is in the middle of Thar desert and is far away from the city. and sand dunes on both sides of the road makes a great scenery. The feeling of peace one can get at an attack prone place is weirdly amazing.
The road trip to the Temple will be something you will really enjoy. The long-deserted areas. The maintenance and management of this temple is not done by any community or organisation in fact the Indian BSF (Border Security Force) itself handles those things. There is a museum in the Temple where some of the bombs are kept at display from the 1960’s war incident. The BSF men have huge respect for that Temple and they even take some soil from around the temple area and apply that on themselves and their vehicles. They believe that sacredness of the Temple will help with their safety.
Even though, there are few restaurants and tea stalls in the area it is suggested for the tourists to carry sufficient amount of food and water which should be enough for them till the return. One more suggestion is to not depend on your mobile phones for anything because the chance of network availability throughout the way and the temple is very low. Another tip is regarding the clothes, temperature there will be too hot given the condition that it is a desert so choose the correct clothes and prepare yourself accordingly.
Since then this temple came into prominence and its popularity spread over other region also . Again in 1971 when Pak Army launched sudden attack in Longewala in the night of 4th Dec, due to inspiration and spritual strength drawn from this temple, only one coy of Punjab regiment alongwith one coy of BSF (14 Bn BSF) repulsed their attack which is a unique operation in the world history of battles. Longewala is called as a graveyard of Pak Tanks where their entire Tank regt was made to bite the dust due to exemplary coverage shown by our troops. In the memory of victory in this historic battle of Longewala a Vijay Memorial has been constructed at the entrance of temple where on 16th Dec every year a celebration is organized with fervour and gaiety to remember the heroic deeds of our soldiers. The place is one of the best place to explore in the Thar Desert in Rajasthan. This temple was shown in the movie Border
About the temple
The Tanot Mata Temple is situated close to the India-Pakistan border in a village named Tanot in Jaisalmer District of Rajasthan. This village has a low population (not even a thousand) and very few houses. The village is in the middle of Thar desert and is far away from the city. and sand dunes on both sides of the road makes a great scenery. The feeling of peace one can get at an attack prone place is weirdly amazing.
The road trip to the Temple will be something you will really enjoy. The long-deserted areas. The maintenance and management of this temple is not done by any community or organisation in fact the Indian BSF (Border Security Force) itself handles those things. There is a museum in the Temple where some of the bombs are kept at display from the 1960’s war incident. The BSF men have huge respect for that Temple and they even take some soil from around the temple area and apply that on themselves and their vehicles. They believe that sacredness of the Temple will help with their safety.
Even though, there are few restaurants and tea stalls in the area it is suggested for the tourists to carry sufficient amount of food and water which should be enough for them till the return. One more suggestion is to not depend on your mobile phones for anything because the chance of network availability throughout the way and the temple is very low. Another tip is regarding the clothes, temperature there will be too hot given the condition that it is a desert so choose the correct clothes and prepare yourself accordingly.