How Lord Devnarayan keeps Devmali village dispute free

Ajmer: Devmali, a remote village in Beawar district and home to a temple dedicated to Lord Devnarayan, has lately become a tourist attraction.
The ‘kachcha’ houses in the Gujjar dominated village are never locked and it may well be the only rural pocket sans land disputes. The villagers give credit to the deity for no land dispute. The entire village land is registered in the name of Lord Devnarayan.
Moti Singh Gujjar, a resident, said, “No liquor consumption or non-veg consumption is allowed here.Most places see disputes over land, but here we cultivate crops jointly since the land is not in our name but that of our deity.”
The village has a special feature. When some villagers attempted to switch construction material of local homes from mud to metal, the houses, village veterans said, “were destroyed within some days.” Since the village is the property of the deity, locals feel they are being watched over by the Gods and are, therefore, mindful of their deeds.
With local and foreign guests trooping in to visit, villagers have welcomed a govt proposal to build a ropeway connecting the village to the Devnarayan temple, situated on top of a hill in Devmali village.