The River Ghela is a river that runs through the town of

Gadhada Gadhada is a town and a municipality in Botad District in the state of Gujarat, India. Gadhada is situated at bank of River Ghela. Swaminarayan lived here for more than 25 years. Geography Gadhada is located at . It has an average elevatio ...

in the

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

n state of

Gujarat Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, 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 List of states and union territories ...

. The Ghela river originates from the Jasdan hills, near Fulzar village in the Jasdan district and flows into the Arabian sea. Its length is 118 km and its catchment area is 622 km². The Ghelo Somnath Dam and the Ghelo Itaria Dam are situated on this river having 60 km² and 104 km² catchment area respectively. This river was heavily visited by

Swaminarayan Swaminarayan (IAST: '; 3 April 1781 – 1 June 1830), also known as Sahajanand Swami, was a yogi and Asceticism, ascetic believed by followers to be a manifestation of Krishna or the highest Theophany, manifestation of Purushottama, around wh ...

and is considered to be one of the holiest rivers by the Swaminarayan Sampradya. The Swaminarayan Gopinathdev Mandir and the BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir are both located near this river.

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Rivers
flowing through Bhaal Region
Prasadi items of Swaminarayan

The river marked on Wikimapia

Clearwater revival
{{coord, 21.97, 71.58, type:river_region:IN, display=title Rivers of Gujarat

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