Mahapura

Mahapura, about 15 kilometers away from the capital town of Rajasthan (about one kilometer south-east of Jaipur-Ajmer road) is a historical village in Sanganer tehsil of Jaipur district, dedicated to the eminent scholar like Shivanand Goswami (the creator of Magnum Opus Simha sidhhanta Sindhu )[1] by Amer king Maharaja Bishan Singh.

This Deity was also later worshiped by Gopikrishna Goswami[8][circular reference] who was a known Pundit and erstwhile Jagirdar of this village.

The Bundela heroes eliminated all those robbers in one to one ambush, but both the Hardaul-Sardars, who were escorting the procession, got killed in this violent-battle.

[10] After reaching Amber safely, he went to Kashi for performing religious rituals for those departed heroes and duly completed Shrradh/Tarpan.

[12] V S Bhatnagar writes- "literary activity under Jai Singh’s patronage was another significant feature of his reign.

Though Jai Singh’s chief interest was in astronomy, he invited a large number of scholars and poets from all parts of India, offering them full facilities to pursue their studies amidst peaceful conditions prevailing in his State.

His father Raja Bishan Singh, had extended cordial welcome to Shivanand Goswami, a Telanga Brahman, who formerly resided at Chanderi.

Niketan Goswami, the eldest son of Sivanand, composed सभेदा आर्या सप्तशती a work on erotics, in which he describes the amorous play of the naikas."

[14][circular reference] Late Ghanshyam Goswami, a descendant of Shivananda Goswami, had founded a 'Sivananda-Library' here for Sanskrit studies and research and on whose invitation the Speaker of Lok Sabha M A Ayyangar[15][circular reference] (tenure 8 March 1956 - 16 April 1962)many governors and chief ministers, some foreign dignitaries, scholars, saints, researchers, and religious leaders have visited mahapura for some reason or the other.

As per Census statistics the village-profile of Mahapura is something like this: The total revenue area is 778 hectares - Number of families residing in is 384.