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'''Bagdana''' is a village in Mahuva Taluka of Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, India.<br />
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==History==<br />
The station of the [[Great Trigonometrical Survey]] on the Ghebar hill was close to this village.<ref name="bg">{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar (Public Domain text)|url=https://archive.org/details/1884GazetteerByBombayPresidencyVol8Kathiawar349D|year=1884|publisher=Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay|volume=VIII|pages=373}}</ref><br />
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==Places of interest==<br />
[[File:Bagdana bapasitaram temple.jpg|thumb|Bajarangdas Bapa temple]]<br />
The village is a major pilgrim place for the followers of Hindu Mystique saint, Bajarangdas Bapa.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sadgurus - Sages - Saints|url=http://www.sadgurus-saints-sages.com/Details_2.aspx?pageid=iAx+nZUbnlcYClzyIsQ0ZA==|access-date=2020-11-06|website=www.sadgurus-saints-sages.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Bajarangdas Bapa|url=http://www.bajrangdasbapa.com/|access-date=2020-11-06|website=www.bajrangdasbapa.com}}</ref> Initially there was a hut dedicated to him which is now expanded into an [[Ashram]].<br />
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There are three major ''melas'' (folkloric fairs) organized here annually, on death anniversary of Bajrandas Bapa, Bhadrapad Amavasya and [[Guru Purnima]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.akilanews.com/22072013/saurashtra-news/6544101374495937-6544|title=બગદાણા પૂ. બજરંગદાસ બાપા આશ્રમે ગુરૂપૂર્ણિમા મહોત્સવ|date=22 July 2013|language=gu|accessdate=5 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602120255/http://www.akilanews.com/22072013/saurashtra-news/6544101374495937-6544|archive-date=2 June 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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There is a ''kund'' (well) in Bagdana called the ''Gangajalia Kund'' at the ancient temple of Lord Mahadeva known as Bagadeshwar Mahadeva. The ''kund'' is actually a formation by three rivers namely The Bagad, The Hadamtaalu and The Saraswati. The Saraswati is said to be sourced underneath the Self evolved(''Swaymbhu)'' Linga out of two lingas inside the temple. On the festival of ''Balev(Rakhi Bandhan),'' Brahmins of Bagdana and around gather at this ancient Bagadeshwar Mahadeva temple for the ritual of Transformation''(Shuddhikaran)'' of Sacred thread''(Yajno Pavita)'' and take the holy bath in ''Gangajalia Kund'' praying for the societal welfare''.'' The Bagad river which is the main waterbody flows past Datha, rises in the jungles of Dareda, Ghebar near Bagdana and ends in Gopnath.<ref name="bg"/><br />
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All these places - the village itself, the rivers and sangam, the Bagdeshwar temple, Bapa's hermitage and ashram - are considered sacred by the followers of Bapa.<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[File:PD-icon.svg|10px]] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the [[public domain]]: {{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar|url=https://archive.org/details/1884GazetteerByBombayPresidencyVol8Kathiawar349D|year=1884|publisher=Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay|volume=VIII|page=373}}<br />
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