Kantela is a village in
Porbandar
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district of
Gujarat
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,
India
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. It is located northwest of Porbandar, and around from the sea. As of 2011, its population was 1,289, in 259 households.
To the north of the village is a water reservoir known as the Revati Kund, along with the Revateshwar Mahadev temple, said to have been founded by one Raja Revat. An inscription here, dated to ''
samvat
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'' 1320 (1264 CE), describes the repair of the Revati Kund by one Samat Singh, who was viceroy of
Saurashtra and, later, minister of
Arjundev Vaghela.
derived the name "Kantela" from ''kānt'', "husband", and ''vela'', "
wave
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", due to the above inscription containing a passage translated as ''"Here, in the seat of her glory, did
Revati
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sport with her husband in the woods on the seashore."''
Its population in 1872 was 302, and in 1881 it was 373. It was described as economically very poor at the time.
References
Villages in Porbandar district
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