Nanadiya is a small village in

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within the

Manavadar Manavadar is a city and a municipality in Junagadh district of India. History Bantva Manavadar was a princely state of British India. Founded in 1733, it became a British protectorate in 1818. On 25 September 1947, it acceded to the newly for ...

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Junagadh district Junagadh district is a district of the Indian state of Gujarat. Its administrative headquarters is the city of Junagadh. Geography The district is located on the Kathiawar peninsula in western Gujarat. It is surrounded by Rajkot District (North) ...

. It is located between

Junagadh Junagadh () is the headquarters of Junagadh district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Located at the foot of the Girnar hills, southwest of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar (the state capital), it is the seventh largest city in the state. Literally ...

and Porbandar, around 25 km from the

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. It has an average elevation of 24 metres (78

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) above mean sea level. The village population is approximately 3,000 with farming the most common occupation. The village contains the Dayaram Ashram and temples to

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, Mahadev,

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and

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. The famous Dada Kotadiya ancient madh(Shrine) is also located in this village. This madh is one of the three madhas of Dada. This madh (Shrine) is manage by Meghaval Samaj Nanadiya . The village has a school and a high schools as well as an ''

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'' childcare centre. Until the Independence of India in 1947 the village was ruled by a

nawab Nawab ( Balochi: نواب; ar, نواب; bn, নবাব/নওয়াব; hi, नवाब; Punjabi : ਨਵਾਬ; Persian, Punjabi , Sindhi, Urdu: ), also spelled Nawaab, Navaab, Navab, Nowab, Nabob, Nawaabshah, Nawabshah or Nobab, ...

. Since 1977 it is within Porbandar parliamentary constituency. The interesting political history of Nanadiya is compiled by Vrajlal Sapovadia in his article published in Gujarati and people born or worked within periphery of Nanadiya is compiled by Vrajlal Sapovadia. . The village is surrounded by three distinct geographical regions namely Gir, Ghed and Barda mountain. The characteristics of each region is compiled by Vrajlal Sapovadia in a story published.નાનડિયા - ભૌગોલિક વિવિધતાં અને કુદરતી સમૃદ્ધિ
/ref> Nanadiya is close to the villages of Sitana, Nakra, Vadala, Bantwa, Manavadar, Kahkhavi, Mitadi and Matiyana and to the town of

Bantwa Bantva or Bantwa, is a small town in Saurashtra region of the state of Gujarat in India. Geography Bantva is located at an altitude of 20 meters. Nearby towns are Nanadiya, Limbuda, Nakara Manavadar, Vanthali, Junagadh, Keshod, Visavadar, K ...

. The major crop is

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, millet (''bajra''), sorghum (''juwar'') and cumin are also cultivated. File:Dayaram Ashram 3.jpg, Dayaram Ashram File:Dayaram Ashram 5.jpg, Dayaram Ashram File:Dayaram Ashram 4.jpg, Dayaram Ashram File:Dayaram Ashram.jpg, Dayaram Ashram File:Dayaram Ashram 6.jpg, Dayaram Ashram File:Dada Kotaditya.jpg, Jay Dada Kotadiya

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