Sri Gurusar Modia information

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Village
Country	India
State	Rajasthan
Tehsil	Suratgarh
Founded by	Sardar Maghar Singh
Named for	M.O.D Canal
Government
• Type	State Government
• Body	Government of India
Population  (2011)
• Total	2,348
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	335802
Telephone code	01509
ISO 3166 code	RJ-IN
Vehicle registration	RJ 13

Sri Gurusar Modia is a village in the Indian state of Rajasthan situated near borders of Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab states and the international border of India and Pakistan. This village is located in the tehsil Suratgarh of district Sriganganagar. Suratgarh, once known as Sodhal was believed to be surrounded by the confluence of Saraswati and Drishyati rivers but now the land is a deserted one lying amidst the expanse of The great Indian Thar desert. Suratgarh is famous for its agriculture, air force and army base stations, largest thermal power plant of Rajasthan and largest radio station of Rajasthan called as "Cotton City Channel". Sri Gurusar Modia came into limelight when a controversial self-proclaimed saint and spiritual leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh (who later on convicted for various crimes) was believed to be incarnated there and crowned to the throne of Dera Sacha Sauda at Sirsa in 1991. With setting up of Shah Satnam Schools for both boys and girls, super speciality hospitals etc. this village became nationwide popular