 godhra is a municipality in panchmahal district in indian state of gujarat. it is the administrative headquarters of the panchmahal district. originally the name came from gou which means "cow" and dhara which has two meanings: one in sanskrit which means "hold" or "land" and the other in hindi which means "flow": it means the land of the cow. godhra is widely known in india and internationally for being the starting point of the 2002 gujarat violence. statewide religious riots between hindus and muslims began after the godhra train burning incident near the godhra railway station on 27 february 2002.http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1513008.ece?homepage=true&sms_ss=email&at_xt=4d732c194ed160ba%2c0 ==religious importance== godhra is one of the religious places in the india which has four bethaks (temples) for vaishnav sampraday. there are two main seats of lord gokulnathji and one each for lord gusaiji and lord mahaprabhuji. godhra is the only city in india that has all three seats (or bhaitaks) of the mahaprabhuji, gusianji, and gokulnathji. godhra has three beautiful jain temples. the main idol (or mul nayak) in the jain temple is of tirthankar bhagawan shantinath. ==demogr
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