Narlai
village
Narlai Location in Rajasthan, India Show map of Rajasthan Narlai Narlai (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 25°19′00″N 73°32′00″E / 25.3167°N 73.5333°E / 25.3167; 73.5333
Country	India
State	Rajasthan
District	Pali
Talukas	Desuri
Government
• Body	Gram Panchayat
Elevation	356 m (1,168 ft)
Population  (2001)
• Total	6,190
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Marwari
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	306703
Telephone code	02934
Vehicle registration	RJ-22
Sex ratio	1085 ♂/♀
Lok Sabha constituency	Pali (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Bali
Civic agency	Gram Panchayat
Avg. annual temperature	30 °C (86 °F)
Avg. summer temperature	44 °C (111 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	05 °C (41 °F)

Narlai is a village in Desuri tehsil of Pali district in Rajasthan state in India. According to the 2001 Census of India, Narlai has a population of 6,190, where male are 2,968 and female are 3,222.^[1]

In old times, Narlai had over 100 temples. Currently, there are 22 beautifully carved temples which are open to visitors. Narlai has a granite monolith hill, known as Jaikal Hill, which offers good view of the Godwar area after climb of over 700 steps. There is a Shiva temple in cave in this hill, the cave is few hundred meter long.^[2]

Rawla Narlai, is a 17th century palace in Narlai, now converted to a heritage hotel.^[3]

History

Narlai is identified with the place called Nāḍūlaḍāgikā mentioned in two Chāhamāna-era inscriptions, one from 1138 and the other from 1145. These seem to indicate that Narlai functioned as some sort of commercial centre during that period, and mention some sort of fee being levied on bulls laden with merchants' goods. During this period, Narlai was part of a cluster of trade centres under Chāhamāna rule in what is now south-central Rajasthan. The others known from contemporary sources were Nadol, Dhalopa, Sevadi, and Badari.^{[4]: 97, 100}

On 15 June 1680, Tahawwur Khan, the general of Aurangzeb, was defeated here by the combined force of Rathores and Sisodia Rajputs.^[5]