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Vananiya is a small village located 40 km from the town of
Vananiya is a small village located 40 km from the town of Morbi
Morbi or Morvi is a city in the Morbi district in the state of Gujarat, India. It is situated on the Kathiawar peninsula. , the city's population was determined to be 194,947. The city is on the Machhu River, from the sea and from Rajkot.
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in the state of Gujarat
Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...
, India.
Population and census details
Vavaniya's local language is Gujarati. The total population is 4356 and number of houses are 847. The percentage of females is 47.6% while the literacy rate is 44.4%. It is 30 km from the Arabian Sea. Vavania is 226 kilometers from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on NH947.Places of interest
Shrimad Rajchandra Janma Bhuvan is a hall built commemorating the place of birth ofShrimad Rajchandra
Shrimad Rajchandra (11 November 1867 – 9 April 1901) was a Jain poet, mystic, philosopher, scholar and reformer. Born in Vavaniya, a village near Morbi, he claimed to have recollection of his past lives at the age of seven. He performed '' ...
, a Jain saint and philosopher of the late 19th century renowned for being the spiritual guru of Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (; ; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist Quote: "... marks Gandhi as a hybrid cosmopolitan figure who transformed ... anti- ...
. It is visited by devotees of Rajchandra.
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