Botad District is a district of the state of Gujarat, India. It was
created on 15 August 2013 from the southwestern part of Ahmedabad
District and the northwestern part of Bhavnagar District. Botad
consist of four taluka Botad, Gadhada, Barvala, Ranpur.[1][2] Botad
city is the administrative headquarters of the district.
This district is surrounded by Bhavnagar District to the southeast,
Surendranagar District to the north and northwest, Amreli District
to the southwest, Ahmedabad District to the northeast and Rajkot
District to the west.
Botad District consists of four talukas:
Botad,Gadhada,Barvala,Ranpur
Salangpur Hanumanji Temple [Shri Kashtabhanjan Hanumanji Temple and
BAPS Swaminarayan Temple]- Gadhada is among the more prominent
centres in the Swaminarayan Sampraday.
Shree Swaminarayan Temple, Gadhada - old temple initiated by Lord
Swaminarayanhimself; and the massive new one built by BAPS gadi
Bhimnath Mahadev - at Bhimnath, Polarpur is an ancient temple,
associated with mythology of Mahabharata times [across border with
Ahmedabad district]. The temple is small and housed in the middle of
a River path, which gets flooded during monsoon.
With in the Botad city - Shree Swaminarayna mandir located Inside
Nagalpar gate in the city centre is big and popular.[5] Swaminarayan
temple built by BAPS gadi in Sahjanand Society is located little
easterly Nagalpar gate. There is another popular Swaminarayan Temple
with an associated Gurukul in Mangal Para, located south-westerly in
the outskirts. Also there are few other smaller Swaminarayan temples
in the city. Virateshvar Mahadev Temple is located easterly in the
outskirts.
