Establishment History:
Rao Raja Rai Singh Solanki ruled with his wife Queen Phulvati in the royal family of the princely state named Toda in Tonk district of Rajasthan (in AD 654 i.e. 597 AD), on the day of Vijay Dashami / Dussehra, a child was born in their house. Name was Jaidev. According to astrologers, the child will be of religious nature and his attention will not be focused on politics.
After some time, another son was born in the house of Raja Rai Singh, who was named Dharamdev. Dharamdev would participate in the royal affairs and Jaidev ji would sit on a rock in a distant forest, meditate and worship God and lead a celibate life.
Time passed, the younger brother got married and a son was born whose name was Karmchand. Jaydev ji would go to the forest on his horse and would sit on a rock and remain absorbed in penance for hours. Then people started calling him Dada Dev Maharaj, it is said that Dada Dev Maharaj became Brahman at the age of 120. Times changed; King Karmchand was attacked by other kings and after the defeat, he had to flee along with the society.
But before leaving, he kept the rock on which his ancestor Dada Dev Maharaj used to meditate in the car and left with 36 members of the community. After walking for a long time, one day Raja Karmchand was sleeping when he had a dream and Jai Dada Dev Ji told him that his destination was about to come.
Wherever my rock will automatically come down from the cart, you people will settle there and that place was 5th June 781 AD (in Shukla Paksha) of Jeshtha month, tenth year Samvat 838. The rock came down and along with the establishment of Palam village, Shri Dada Dev temple was established. Since then, a committee of people from 12 nearby villages runs this temple and everyone’s wishes are fulfilled.
