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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Rupal
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = Rupal Mandir.jpeg
| image_caption = Vardayini Mata Temple
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Gujarat, India
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| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = [[Gujarat]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Gandhinagar district|Gandhinagar]]
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hindi]], English
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 382630
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 02716
| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India#GJ.E2.80.94Gujarat|GJ]]-18
| website = [[www.rupalnipalli.org]]
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'''Rupal''' is a village in [[Gandhinagar district]] of [[Gujarat]] state, India.
<ref name="undefined" >{{cite web|url=http://www.rupalnipalli.org/|title=Home|website=Rupalnipalli.org|access-date=27 February 2019}}</ref> It is located 13 km towards north from District headquarters Gandhinagar. Gujarati is the local language here.

==Culture==
===Palli Festival===
[[File:pallirath.jpeg|thumb|Palli Rath]]
Rupal village celebrates unique festival on the ninth day of the great festival Navratri (Indian Festival of Praying to 9 different Goddesses and Garba and Dandiya Dance).
On the night of ninth day, a "Rath" of Goddess Vardayini is built and then it is being decorated like a bride. The chariot is then starts the journey from a place called palli vas of Rupal village and ends at main temple of Goddess Vardayini.

People of the village say that, This festival has been started by the "Pandavs" since the time of Mahabharat. People come to the village and do prayer for their family and mainly their small children.

The "Palli" is a made from the wood of tree "khijada" on the same day itself. It is a wooden frame of about 8–9 feet height with stand to lift it. Holy fire (Akand Jyoth) kept at 5 places on the frame, one at the top and other at the four corners of the Palli.

People of village take out the Palli from the middle of the village and Palli stops at 27 spots in the village. Each spot is having tons of pure ghee or clarified butter kept ready to pour on the "Palli" Rath. This quantity of pure ghee is donated by the millions of people who come to this small village to visit the Palli and take blessings of Mata Vardayini.

====Next Palli Festival====
Date : 15/10/2021
Day : FRIDAY

==Places to see==
* [[Vardayini Mata Temple]]
[[File:Rupal Mandir.jpeg|thumb|center|Vardayini Mata Old Temple]]
* Varahi Mata Temple
* Borij Mata Temple
[[File:Borij_Mata_Temple._jpeg.jpg|thumb|center|Borij Mata Temple]]
* Moto Maadh
* Ramji Temple
* Guru Gorakhnathji Aashram

==Population==
Rupal is a large village located in Gandhinagar district, Gujarat, with total 1323 families residing. The Rupal village has population of 6587 of which 3406 are males while 3181 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rupal village population of children with age 0–6 is 728 which makes up 11.05% of total population of village. Average sex ratio of Rupal village is 934 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child sex ratio for the Rupal as per census is 829, lower than Gujarat average of 890.

Rupal village has higher literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Rupal village was 81.86% compared to 78.03% of Gujarat. In Rupal Male literacy stands at 89.23% while female literacy rate was 74.08%.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Rupal village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village.

==Transportation==
There is a bus-station of [[Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation]] (GSRTC) connecting to [[Gandhinagar]] & [[Kalol (Gandhinagar)|Kalol]] and a railway station is at Gandhinagar, capital of [[Gujarat]] State.

===Road===
Rupal can be reached through [[Mahudi]]–[[Gandhinagar]] Road. On that road take left from [[Pethapur]] Cross Road. (If you are coming from Gandhinagar, otherwise take right)

The other road which passes through [[Kalol, Gandhinagar|Kalol]] to [[Mehsana]].

===Rail===
The nearest railway station of Rupal is at [[Gandhinagar Junction]], which comes under the administrative control of [[Western Railway zone]] of the [[Indian Railways]]. It has direct rail links on the broad gauge to the cities of [[Chennai]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Mysore]], [[Ahmedabad]], [[Pune]], [[Mumbai]], [[Jaipur]], [[Jodhpur]], [[Delhi]], [[Dehradun]], [[Muzaffarpur]], [[Bareilly]] and [[Jammu (city)|Jammu]]. It is connected to most of the cities and towns in [[Gujarat]] such as [[Ahmedabad]], [[Surat]], [[Vadodara]], [[Bhuj]], [[Rajkot]], [[Jamnagar]] and [[Porbandar]].

===Air===
The nearest International Airport is [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport]], [[Ahmedabad]] which is 34 km far from Rupal Village.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Sister project links|voy=Gujarat}}
* [http://www.rupalnipalli.org/ Official Site of Vardayini Temple]

{{Gandhinagar district}}

[[Category:Villages in Gandhinagar district]]

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