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- ↑ http://sabarkanthadp.gujarat.gov.in/sabarkantha/juna-bhavnath-mandir.htm
- ↑ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha. Printed at the Government Central Press. 1880. p. 433.