Porsa - Geography

Geography

Porsa is located at 26°40′N 78°22′E / 26.67°N 78.37°E / 26.67; 78.37. It has an average elevation of 5. k.m. (16404.2 feet).

This beautiful small town is situated at the center of Morena, Gorami and Ater. There are many main places in Porsa, "Bargad Chauraha","Imali chaok","Sadar bazaar","Sabji Mandi Road","Dhaneta Road" and "Ater Road Tiraha", these points are the main business centers there. There are two bus stands in Porsa, first at Ambah Road, where one can find buses for Ambah, Morena, and gwalior, while other bus stand is located opposite to the first one and provides frequent bus services to Gorami, Menhgaon, Bhind, Gwalior,Ater and Itawa (U.P.).

Porsa is famous for "Nagaji Maharaj Temple". A big pond is also there just besides to Temple. There are many stories in fashion about the Nagaji Maharaj, who was the follower of "Naga Lineage". these stories tells about his kindness, courage, and supreme divinity. On each Poornima (Fully Grown Moon) many people visit this holy shrine and put themselves in the blissful feet of Nagaji Maharaj. This temple joins every person of Porsa irrespective of their castes, religions, and economic conditions.

This fair or Mela is the way of remembering and paying respect to Nagaji Maharaj, who lived there during the period of Mughal Emperor Akbar, nearly 400 years ago. Local residents from nearby villages gathers there in every winter (November–December) and arrange marriages for as long as a month. Earlier monkeys were sold at this fair, but now domestic animals top the charts. Usually on Monday people assemble on Ater Road at the out skirt area of Porsa, to sell and buy their domestic animals like cow, buffaloes, sheep, goats and sometimes camels.