Modhera

Modhera is a village in Mehsana district of Gujarat, India.

It is believed that Rama had performed yagna here to cleanse the sin of killing Brahmin Ravana.

[1] The Sun Temple was built during the reign of Bhima I of Chaulukya dynasty in 1026-1027 (Vikram Samvat 1083).

The village meets its complete electricity requirements by a 6 MW solar plant with a 15 MWh battery energy storage system on 12 hectares (0.12 km2) land located 3 kilometres (1.9 miles) from the village.

A total of 1300 out of the 1600 houses in the village installed rooftop solar systems.