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'''Vadnagar''', वडनगर, is a town and a [[municipality]] in [[Mehsana district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Gujarat]]. Its ancient name was [[Anarta]]pura. It was also known as [[Anandapura]], and was one of [[Buddhist]] places visited by [[Xuanzang]] in 640. [[Alexander Cunningham]] has identified Anandapura with Vadnagar.<ref>[https://books.google.co.in/books?id=yH9Xef_vm1EC&pg=PA493&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false The Ancient Geography of India: I. The Buddhist Period, Including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang. By [[Sir Alexander Cunningham]], p.493-494]</ref> Vadnagar was also known as Skandhpur after Kartikeya, who is identified with [[Murugan]]. | '''Vadnagar''', वडनगर, is a town and a [[municipality]] in [[Mehsana district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Gujarat]]. Its ancient name was [[Anarta]]pura. It was also known as [[Anandapura]], and was one of [[Buddhist]] places visited by [[Xuanzang]] in 640. [[Alexander Cunningham]], a historian and archaeologist, has identified Anandapura with Vadnagar.<ref>[https://books.google.co.in/books?id=yH9Xef_vm1EC&pg=PA493&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false The Ancient Geography of India: I. The Buddhist Period, Including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang. By [[Sir Alexander Cunningham]], p.493-494]</ref> Vadnagar was also known as Skandhpur after Kartikeya, who is identified with [[Murugan]]. Vadnagar is also the birth place of current Prime Minister of Republic Of India, Narendra Modi. | ||
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Other places of interest are Kirti Toran or [[Narsinh Mehta]]’s Chori, a toran built in 12th century and in Solanki style<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20200819114355/https://mahesana.nic.in/tourist-place/kirti-toran/</ref> although Narsinh Mehta was born in 15th century, [[Tana and Riri|Tana Riri]] garden and shrine, Gauri Kund, Pancham Mehta's well, Janjanio well, Baithakji of Gusaiji, an ancient library and a directional stone of Solanki era. | Other places of interest are Kirti Toran or [[Narsinh Mehta]]’s Chori, a toran built in 12th century and in Solanki style<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20200819114355/https://mahesana.nic.in/tourist-place/kirti-toran/</ref> although Narsinh Mehta was born in 15th century, [[Tana and Riri|Tana Riri]] garden and shrine, Gauri Kund, Pancham Mehta's well, Janjanio well, Baithakji of Gusaiji, an ancient library and a directional stone of Solanki era. | ||
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File:Vadnagar10.jpg|Hatkeshwar Mahadev temple | File:Vadnagar10.jpg|Hatkeshwar Mahadev temple | ||
File:Hathi Derasar, Vadnagar 1.jpg|Hathi Jain temple | File:Hathi Derasar, Vadnagar 1.jpg|Hathi Jain temple | ||