visiting gujarat

sushagro

hey
i will be in gujarat for a month and will be visiting these places:
dahod
banaskantha
kheda
mehsana
sabarkantha
surat
narmada
panchmahal
gandhinagar
daman
chandlodiya
ahmedabad
it will be very helpful if you guys can suggest things to see and do in and around these places.
thanks

Jay_J

Except the name of Chandlodiya... the rest are the names of the districts of Gujarat

Can you be a bit more specific..?

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rushijoshi

From your places you mentioned, it seems it will be a political visit.

Find the places around places which you are going to visit.

Dahod
It is a historical place, you will find historical forts and town.

Banaskantha
Lot of Stone mines

Kheda
Amul dairy is near by, you will also see

Mehsana
Dont miss Sun Temple at Modhera.

Sabarkantha
Ambaji and Mt Abu is near from this place.

Surat
You will love to shoping (Cloths, Saris and Jewel) in Surat.

Narmada
No need to mentioned about Sardar Sarovar Dam and Raj-Pipla (A historical place)

Panchmahal
Pavagadh hill station, Jambugodha Wildi life Sanctuary (sloth Bear)

Gandhinagar
Ganmdhinagar is capital of Gujarat, it is planed city, You will get lots of places to See in Gandhinagar. (A famous Hindu Temple - Akshardham, Jain Temple - Mahudi is near by, lot of Gardens, a famous park for crocodile breeding)

Daman
If you would like to have harddrinks, Daman is the only place in your journey to serve you. there are few beaches at Daman.

Chandlodiya
It is on the way to Gandhinagar from Ahmedabad. You will see Adalaj ni Wav, Charodi Gurukul in this region.

Ahmedabad
A well famous and bigest city of Gujarat. You will see lots of places like.

• Sabarmati Ashram
• Swaminarayan Temple in Kalupur Area
• Pole (A old city with old sclupture in Kalupur Area
• Julata Minara (in Kalupur Area)
• Calico Musume (in Kalupur Area)
• Elis Bridge (a 110 years old bridge)
• Vishala Hotel(a bit costly but worth place to spend entier day, it is near Vasana)
• Nal Sarovar(worth to visit in month of Nov-Dec, it is a Bird Sanctuary)
• And lot more.....)

You can also plan to visit Gir National Park or some places in Junagadh as well.

Regards
Rushi

sushagro

hi thanks for your response rushi.
and jay j ill be a bit more specific, ill be going to
radhanpur in banaskantha
virpur in kheda
himmatnagar in sabarkantha
ralpipla in narmada
sahera in panchmahal

im a big history buff and i will be visiting dholavira and lothal, if you guys know any harrapan site that are near the places that i have mentioned, plzz let me know.
thanks a lot again

rushijoshi

Dholavira and Lothal are right choice for you to see Harrapiyan Civilization. Dholera was a very famous port in Gujarat region.

You will also see DINOSAUR AND FOSSIL PARK AT (Rahioli in Kheda District and Lunavada in Panchmahal District)

Regards
Rushi

kutch

While in Kutch besides Dholavira (which has been selected as the seven wonders of India) you could also schedule a visit to Rayan where pre Harappan artifacts have been found and also visit the Kutch Fossil Park.

sushagro

hey thanks rushi and kutch i will definately go to rayan.
now im finally getting out of ahmadabad wil be in patan for 2 days and then to modhera.

kutch

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos..._2409554_n.jpg

While in the area you could visit the above Fossil Park. This is close to Balasinore where the royal family has a home stay in the palace. Good luck. When do you come to Kutch?

sushagro

hey kutch
i think ill be on 1 or 2 october