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About Dhāri
Dhari is a town in Amreli District in Indian state of Gujarat, India. It is an administrative headquarter of the Dhari tehsil(almost 87 villages and ness).Dhari is the most populous town in Amreli District as per census 2011 with 30352 population. Dhari is located on the bank of Shetrunji River, 42 km(26.2 mi) from district headquarter Amreli & 318 km(199.8 mi) from state capital Gandhinagar.
From the Wikipedia article Dhari, Gujarat (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Dhari is a both a Taluka and city and municipality contained in that Taluka in Amreli District. Dhari has the population of about 35000. Dhari is located on the banks of river Shetrunji on which the Khodiyar Dam is built. Two other rivers, Dedhio and Nataliyo, also pass through Dhari. Dhari is connected with the rest of Gujarat by road and Meter Gauge railway on Dhasa Visavadar line, but no direct connection is available to Ahmedabad. The nearest airport is Diu, but Rajkot is also convenient. Galadhara (in Dhari) is very holy place which place of Hindu goddess "Aai shree khodiyar maa". The Khodiyar Dam is named after the Hindu goddess khodiyar which is located to Galdhara khodiyar temple in Dhari.
Mamlatdar, Principal Civil Court, Taluka Panchayat, Sub Treasury, S.D.M., Police station, and Forest Gir (East)Division, Agriculture engineering Collage, Grassland Research Station offices are in Dhari. Savar Kundala, Khambha, Amreli, Bagasara of Amreli District and Visavadar taluka of junagadh district, Kodinar and Una of Gir Somnath District are nearest Taluka Places. Tulsishyam, Kankai and Banej are holy places about 30 km away from Dhari in forest of Gir. Kesar Mango of Dhari is world famous. Famous Gir Lions can be seen in surrounding area of Dhari.
Dhari is a birthplace of the famous Swaminarayan saint Shri Jinabhai Vasanji known as Yogiji Maharaj.
From the History section of Dhari, Gujarat on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Diu Airport (DIU) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 69 km away.
- Chalāla 17 km northeast, about 17 min by car
- Bagasra 19 km northwest, about 19 min by car
- Savarkundla 29 km east, about 29 min by car
- Kundla 29 km east, about 29 min by car
- Vīsāvadar 29 km west, about 29 min by car
- Amreli 36 km northeast, about 36 min by car
- Lilia 42 km northeast, about 42 min by car
- Bilkha 46 km west, about 46 min by car
- Rājula 54 km southeast, about 54 min by car
- Jūnāgadh 62 km west, about 1 h by car
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