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| | name = Sarangpur
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| | other_name = Sarangpur
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| | settlement_type = Village
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| | pushpin_map = India Gujarat#India
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| | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Gujarat, India
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| | coordinates = {{coord|22|14|N|71|44|E|display=inline,title}}
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| | subdivision_type = Country
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| | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
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| | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
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| | subdivision_name1 = [[Gujarat]]
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| | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
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| | subdivision_name2 = Botad
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| | established_title = <!-- Established -->
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| | population_total = 3000
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| | population_as_of = 2007
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| | demographics_type1 = Languages
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| | demographics1_title1 = Official
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| | demographics1_info1 = [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
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| | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| | utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| | postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
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| | postal_code = 382451
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| | registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India#GJ.E2.80.94Gujarat|GJ]]-32
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| | blank1_name_sec1 = Nearest city
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| | blank1_info_sec1 = Bhavnagar
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| | blank2_name_sec1 = Literacy
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| | blank2_info_sec1 = Around 30%
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| | website = {{URL|gujaratindia.com}}
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| '''Sarangpur''' is a village in the [[Botad District]] in the state of [[Gujarat]], India. Sarangpur is known throughout [[India]] for the historic Shri Kashtabhanjan Hanumanji temple and BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir located in the village.
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| The village of about 3000 lies at the border of Ahmedabad district. The nearest city is [[Botad]]. The various families are Patel (Leuva Patel), Darbar (Kshatriya), Rajput, Darji, Kumbhar, Harijan, Bharvad, [[Koli People|Koli]] etc.
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| The village is about 153 km. away from Ahmedabad. To visit this place during the early morning, 10:30 pm & 12:30 pm buses run to and from Ahmedabad.
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| ==Temples==
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| [[Hanuman temple, Salangpur|Hanuman temple, Sarangpur]] is a [[Hindu temple]] (mandir) located in [[Sarangpur, Gujarat|Sarangpur]], [[Gujarat]] and comes under the [[Vadtal Gadi]] of the [[Swaminarayan Sampraday]]. It is the only Swaminarayan temple which has the [[murti]]s of neither [[Swaminarayan]] nor [[Krishna]] as the primary object of worship.<ref name="isbn052165422X">{{cite book | author=Raymond Brady Williams | title=An introduction to Swaminarayan Hinduism | publisher=Cambridge University Press | year=2001 | url=https://archive.org/details/introductiontosw0000will | url-access=registration | quote=hanuman sarangpur. |access-date=May 14, 2009|pages = [https://archive.org/details/introductiontosw0000will/page/128 128], 96}}</ref> It is dedicated to [[Hanuman]] in the form of ''Kastbhanjan'' (Crusher of sorrows).<ref name="isbn0195309219">{{cite book | author=Philip Lutgendorf | title=Hanuman's tale | publisher=Oxford University Press US | year=2007 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fVFC2Nx-LP8C&pg=PA248&dq=hanuman+sarangpur&client=firefox-a |access-date=May 14, 2009|page = 248}}</ref>
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| [[Smruti]] temples of Shastri Yagnapurushdas and Pramukh Swami Maharaj, who succeeded Yagnapurushdas are also located near BAPS mandir.
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| Sarangpur is also known for its [[Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha|BAPS]] Shri Swaminarayan shikharbaddha mandir, built in 1916 by [[Shastriji Maharaj|Shastri Yagnapurushdas]] which is the second highest temple in Gujarat at exactly 108 feet (108 is an auspicious number within the [[Swaminarayan Sampraday]]). It is a headquarters and training hub for newly enrolled monks (sadhus).
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| In [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], 'Sarang' means [[peacock]]. "Sarangpur" - a place where peacocks live. There are many in the gardens of the BAPS Swaminarayan temple.
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| Every year thousands of devotees gather at the temple to celebrate [[Holi]] - the festival of colours.
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| The Swaminarayan temple at Kundal is located about 10 km east of Sarangapur, close to the highway. This complex is very big and serene.
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| Swaminarayan temples at [Botad], located 10 km west of Sarangapur, are also popular.
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| ==References==
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| ==External links==
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| * [https://www.salangpurhanumanji.com/ Official website Kastbhanjan Hanumanji temple] [https://www.baps.org/ Official website BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir (Temple)]
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| ==Gallery==
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| <gallery mode="packed" heights="134">
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| File:Kashtbhanjan.jpg|Shri Kashtabhanjan Hanumanji
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| File:Sarangpur Hanumanji Mandir.jpg|Sarangpur Hanumanji Mandir
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| File:Swaminarayan Temple, Sarangpur.jpg|Swaminarayan Temple, Sarangpur
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| File:BAPS temple Sarangpur.jpg|BAPS Swaminarayan Temple - Sarangpur
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| File:SALANGPUR 1.JPG|Sarangpur Gate
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| File:SALANGPUR 2.JPG|Yagnapurush Smruti Temple at Sarangpur
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| </gallery>
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| [[Category:Villages in Ahmedabad district]]
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