Top tourist destinations in GUJARAT

Top tourist destinations in GUJARAT

SAPUTARA HILL STATION

Saputara on the border of Maharashtra- Gujarat in the Dang district of the beautiful Gujarat district, Saputara is blessed with amazing waterfalls, cool weather, snow-covered mountains. According to Hindu mythology, Lord Rama had lived for 11 years in the dense forest of Saputara.

A snake idol is placed on the banks of the Sarpaganga River where locals pay homage to the serpent god and enjoy the beauty like Holi. It is truly a perfect place for nature lovers, families and teens to offer a beautiful view of nature. This makes Saputara a very attractive place to visit in Gujarat.

Best Food — Saputara Restaurants

Top Tourist Attractions in Saputara

Echo Point

Step Garden

Sunset point

Valley View Point

Vansda National Park

Pandava Caves

How to get there

Surat is a large city close to the Sututara departure and has both an airport and a train station. Distance is relative. 160km from Surat. Saputara is located at the border of Gujarat and Maharashtra and Nashik is the nearest city from Maharashtra on the side and the distance is relative. 78km from Nashik to Saputara.

GIR NATIONAL PARK

In Gir he touches on Indian history before humanity itself. In front of monuments, temples, mosques and palaces. Or, rather, a human history developed, in which humans had encountered lions, before that had invaded the continent (and the world) and had oppressed these people in the end.

Gir is the right place for time and engagement. Your chances of seeing wildlife in a few hours are limited, especially during the day; to truly experience the wonders of the Gir forest, and hopefully to see its wildlife of various kinds, is recommended for three or four days, especially by an experienced guide. This will greatly improve the depth of your visit.

How to get there

Dui Airport is located near Gir National Park. From here you can hire those outside the airport who will take you to Sasan Gir. Sasan Gir is about 110 kms airport in Diu and it takes about 2 hours to cover this distance. Some of the nearest railway stations such as Veraval are 40 km away and Junagadh 55kms.

DAKOR

Dakor is famous for the temple of Lard Krishna. The main temple, enclosed by a fort wall, is located near the sea of ​​the holy lake Gomti in the center of the main bazaar of Dakor. The temple is covered by 8 domes and 24 turrets, while the central dome reaches 27m. The main hall features paintings depicting events in the life of Lord Krishna.

It is believed that Ranchhodji, which is the name of Lord Krishna meaning "leftist warrior", inspired Gopal Jagannath Ambekar, a pupil of the Admiral court in Poona, in his dream to build a larger and larger temple. The temple was built in 1772 A.D. The main statue of Ranchhodrai is on a black touchstone, 1m long and 45 cm long, richly decorated with gold, jewelry and expensive clothing. Its throne, decorated with wood and silver wood, was presented by the Gaekwad of Baroda. This makes it a great place to visit in Dakor in Gujarat.

How to get there

Dakor is located near Vadodara and the distance between both places is close. 70km. Vadodara is well developed and good communication with rail and airports. Another beautiful city is Ahmedabad, which is near Dakor with approx. 85km away from Dakor. Ahmedabad is also ideal for train and air travel.

AMBAJI

This is the largest structure of the goddess from pre-Vedic times. It is often called Arasuri Amba, named after a temple on the hills of Arasur, near the source of the Saraswati River at the southern and western edges of the Aravali mountain range.

The inner sanctum of the temple has silver doors. There is a gokh, or niche, on the wall into which the ancient Viso Yantra inscription is written, the Vedic text in the sacred Geometry, the main focus. There is no statue of the goddess, probably because the temple is so old that it foretells idolatry, but the priests adorn the upper part of the gokh in such a way that it looks like a statue of a distant goddess.

How to get there

By road: Ambaji is in the Danta Taluka of Banaskantha district, near the Gujarat-Rajasthan border. The walk from the bus station to the temple is less than one kilometer, under the roof path. Direct buses are available in many places, including Mount Abu, a distance of 45 km, Palanpur, 65 miles, Ahmedabad, and Idar.

By air: Nearest airport is Ahmedabad.

PORBANDER

Begin our journey where Gandhi started. On October 2, 1869, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in a 3-story valley in the city of Porbandar, where his aunt, uncle and grandfather all became prime minister to the ruling Jethwa Rajput dynasty.

The city has been a thriving trading center for centuries, carrying on extensive trade with Arabian and Persian Gulf countries, as well as East Africa, under the Mughals, Marathas, and British states. It is now an industrial city, with its cement and chemical industries crying out for the city, contributing to the general unity of the city.

His birthplace of Gandhi, now called Kirti Mandir, has been transformed into a small museum for him, with an exhibition of old photographs, some of his very few works and a fine library by him or related to Gandhian philosophy and culture. The room her mother gave birth to, as she may have, is nothing special about it. It was a family home.

How to get there

By road: ST buses and private businesses coming here from Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Dwarka, Veraval, Jamnagar and Junagadh, among others.

Train: Porbandar has a railway station that connects places like Rajkot, Ahmedabad and Mumbai.

DWARKA

Dwarka is an ancient city in the northwestern Indian state of Gujarat. It’s known as a Hindu pilgrimage site. The ancient Dwarkadhish Temple has an elaborately tiered main shrine, a carved entrance and a black-marble idol of Lord Krishna. Dwarka Beach and nearby Dwarka Lighthouse offer views of the Arabian Sea.

Story behind the making of Dwarka temple is that king Vasudev II of Dwarka was defeated by Mahakshatriya Rudradama. Upon the death of Rudradama, his wife, Queen Dheeradevi, invited his brother Pulumavi, seeking guidance to rule. Rudradama had embraced the Vaishnava religion and worshipped Krishna at Dwarka.

How to reach there

Dwarka is situated at coastal of Arabian sea. To reach Dwarka from anywhere in India, first you reach at Vadodara or Ahmedabad by flight or train. Dwarka also have railway station but connectivity is low. so you have to choose travel by road. Distance from Vadodara to Dwarka is approx. 520Km and from Ahmedabad to Dwarka is approx. 440km.

NAGESHWARTEMPLE

This is the God MAHADEV temple and one of JYOTIRALING. One major attraction here is big statue of BHAGAWAN MAHADEV and it is outside of temple. Height of statue is approx. 40 feet. It is looking very beautiful and best place to taking selfies. Crowd is very high and long queue here and you have to be patient for your turn to DARSHAN of JYOTIRALING.

How to reach there

Nageshwar temple is approx. 25km from the Dwarka and best convenient way to reach NAGESHWAR temple.

PAVAGARH

Pavagarh is the name of vary small village and another hindu pilgrim place. Pavagarh is famous for MA KALIMATA temple. Pavagarh is situated in Gujarat state and everyone knows about it.

The MA KALI temple is situated on the hill and you say it above the cloud. When you think about ant MATA temple, it is already comes to your mind that temple must be situated at the hill and this is somehow true.

When you are in the temple, no negative thought is coming in your mind and that is the greatness of temple. You have to seat on temple floor for some time, because it will feel you good.

How to reach there

Pavagarh is approx. 50km far away from the Vadodara. There is no train connectivity to Pavagarh, because Pavagarh not having railway station. The only way to reach Pavagarh is by road.

SOMNATH

Somnath is famous for lord Shiva temple and it is very old temple and also one of the JYOTIRLING. These are another Hindu pilgrim place. Somnath temple is very beautiful and situated in coast of Arabian Sea. Temple is made for lord Shiva and Shiva ling is situated inside the temple. Temple is open all the days. Somnath temple is spread in large area.

In the evening temple management organize one film show about all JYOTIRLING present in India. The film telling you about location and importance of JYOTIRLING. This film background voice is given by Shri Amitabh Bachchan. It is good knowledge gaining film. I suggest you must see that.

Somnath is near to sea and in Gujarat and most prepared language is Gujarati. Somnath is small town and people of Somnath not totally dependent only on tourism. As I mentioned and observed during my visit, many fisherman are running their life by catching the fish or we can sat by fishing. Arabian Sea make’s another source of income for Somnath people.

How to reach there

Somnath is situated at coastal of sea. Somnath have a railway station and some connectivity from Vadodara and Ahmadabad. Distance between Ahmadabad to Somnath is approx. 410 km by road. The nearest airports are Diu and Khod, which are 90 km and 55 km respectively. Tourist from India or International, they have to reach first Vadodara or Ahmadabad.

STATUE OFUNITY

India is most beautiful country. Many nature made visiting places are here. And also manmade creativity are main attraction of tourist at tourist place.

Another man made creativity and world tallest statue is STATUE OF UNITY. The statue of unity build at near sardar sarovar dam and it is situated in Gujarat. This is come under the kavadiya village locality. The valley near the sardar sarovar dam is very beautiful. The statue of unity build in downside of sardar sarovar dam. Purpose of building the statue of unity is for tourism and the name of person for whom the statue of unity is build for SARDAR VALLABHBHAI PATEL. The great Indian freedom fighter and also know as Indian iron man in 19 century and during the time of Indian freedom from British government.

In the vicinity of sardar sarovar dam, the populations are very isolated and they are not touch with the modern world so for development of tourism in the particular area, the statue of unity build.

How to reach there

STATUE OF UNITY  is 120km from Vadodara and 180km form Surat. These are major city of Gujarat.