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Ghelani is an Indian family surname from the Kathiawad Gujarat area of India. Formally all members of the Ghelani family are Hindu Leuva Patel although some have since chosen other religious beliefs. The Ghelani surname came from the name of an ancestor Ghela. Kali Mata serves as the family goddess. The Ghelani family were originally settled in Vahiya a village near Barvala where they worked as subsistence farmers.