Champaran, Chhattisgarh

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Champaranya Champajhar
Village
Country	India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raipur
Government
• Body	Gram Panchayat
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Chhattisgarhi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	493885
Vehicle registration	CG
Nearest city	Rajim 15 Km south of Champaran
Lok Sabha constituency	Raipur MP: Brijmohan Agrawal (BJP)
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Abhanpur MLA: Indra Kumar Sahu (BJP)
Civic agency	Gram Panchayat

Champaranya formerly known as Champajhar  named after forests of Champa Flowers which are extinct from here is a village in the Raipur District in the state of Chhattisgarh, India, which lies about 60km from the state capital of Raipur via Arang and 30 Km from Mahasamund Via Bamhani, Tila. It is famous because it is the birth place of Jagadguru shrimad Vallabhacharya Mahaprabhu[1]

The village is identified with Champaranya and therefore has religious significance as the birthplace of the Jagadguru Mahaprabhu Vallabhacharya, the reformer and founder of the Vallabh sect also known as Pushtimarg.^[2] A temple has been constructed in his honour. Near this is a temple of Champeshwar Mahadeva. There are two Baithaks of Vallabhacharya's Chaurasi Bethak here.