Gujarat

​​🏖 Bhujodi Handicraft Village At a distance of 9 km from Ghogha and 30 km from Bhavnagar Railway Station, Kuda Beach is a stunning beach in the Gulf of Cambay at Kuda village near Bhavnagar. Situated between Ghogha and Koliyak, it is one of the famous beaches on Gujarat Coastline and is one of the best places to visit near Bhavnagar. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌞 @Gujarat 🦁

​​Mount Abu Mount Abu, located on the Gujarat-Rajasthan border, is the perfect romantic hill station for couples seeking a cool and scenic retreat. With its pleasant weather, Nakki Lake for boat rides, and the stunning Dilwara Temples, Mount Abu offers a mix of nature, adventure, and spirituality. The panoramic views of the Aravalli range add to the charm. It’s a tranquil and rejuvenating destination for honeymooners. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌞 @Gujarat 🦁

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​​Naran Ghat Naran ghat is the oldest ghat amongst the other and is located near Subhash bridge.This ghat has spiritual connection with Ahmedabad. Many Sant and Sadhus have visited this ghat and has performed their religious rituals here. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌞 @Gujarat 🦁

​​Clock Tower, Bhuj With a height of 45 feet, Clock Tower is a prominent feature of Prag Mahal. Visitors are drawn to this 19th century Italian Gothic structure in large numbers for the stunning panoramic view it provides of the town. The architectural marvel has also been featured in numerous well-known Bollywood and Gujarati movies. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌞 @Gujarat 🦁

​​Honey Bees Centre, Saputara The Honey Bee Centre provides tourists with insights into the different stages of rearing honey bees, right up to the point where honey is finally collected. Visitors can also purchase fresh honey from here, and at the same time, learn to respect the natural environment of this species. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌞 @Gujarat 🦁

​​Rotlo This gluten-free flatbread made from bajra is a Kathiawadi legacy and is much loved. The thickly rolled rotlo is traditionally cooked over a cow-dung fire that imparts a smoky flavour. Now, they are cooked on a tava and then roasted on an open flame. Best enjoyed with ringan no olo (Gujarati baingan bharta) and garlic chutney. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌞 @Gujarat 🦁

​​Kanoria Centre for Arts, Ahmedabad Kanoria Centre for Arts was established in 1984 by our Chairperson Urmila Kanoria with the support of Dr. B. V. Doshi (2018 Pritzker Award Laureate) and the Ahmedabad Education Society. Its inaugural stone was laid by the Late M. F. Husain and inputs from Bhupen Khakhar, Piraji Sagara, Geeta Kapur and many more leading personalities in diverse creative fields established KCA's foundation for becoming a non-profit, self sustaining institution. Through the years, KCA has attracted a large number of visitors and frequently hosts visits by dignitaries and celebrities from various disciplines such as the Honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Mrinalini Sarabhai, Anjolie Ela Menon, Lalitha Lajmi and many more who have offered advice and ideas, further enriching the institution. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌞 @Gujarat 🦁

​​Glade One Golf Club, Ahmedabad Located between Ahmedabad and Sanand, Glade One offers an oasis of natural beauty and lively recreational pursuits. The Glade One championship golf course is a testament to the versatility of the world’s leading golf course design firm Gary Player Design. Each of the 9 holes has been meticulously crafted giving them a unique character while striking a balance between aesthetics, strategy, playability and leisure. Glade One offers a host of amenities and services reminiscent of the world’s finest resorts within an exquisitely designed landscape. It is a celebration of the many ways nature can enrich your spirit every day. Peaceful walks along scenic trails, a few moments of gossip in a hidden sit out in the woods, or a romantic evening on the lake decks are among countless experiences that await you. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌞 @Gujarat 🦁

​​Mahal Eco Campsite, Dang The Mahal Eco Campsite is bestowed with rivers and bamboo glides, with excellent walking and trekking options. It is located on the banks of the Purna River, in the middle of the Purna Wildlife Sanctuary and is a part of the Dang Forest Division North. It is surrounded by a vast & rich forest laced with the Purna & Gira rivers. For an eco-tourist wanting to enjoy birds of moist deciduous forest mixed with bamboo, this is the best place to visit. It's also near the Girmar Falls which offers a breathtaking view. Best time to visit the campsite is from October to March. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌞 @Gujarat 🦁

​​Patra Patra also called Patrode and Patarveliya, this snack involves a thick gram flour and tamarind batter that is spread on colocasia leaves. They are then rolled, steamed, and cut into small roundels. Tempered with sesame seeds and shredded coconut, they are best enjoyed with a sweet-and-spicy chutney. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌞 @Gujarat 🦁

​​Applique Work, Saurastra This is one of Gujarat’s oldest and finest crafts. The art form uses different patches of fabric in various colours and patterns that are placed together to create a multicoloured fabric much like a jigsaw puzzle. The work is used to create attractive, vibrant quilts, wall hangings, linen and clothing. The craft is popular in the Saurashtra, Banaskantha, Patan and Kutch regions of Gujarat. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌞 @Gujarat 🦁

​​Patan Patola Heritage Museum Run by the multiple-award-winning Salvi family, this purpose-built museum is an excellent place to see Patola silk weaving in action. The family has specialised in double-ikat weaving (a process that their ancestors brought from Southeast Asia) since the 11th century. You can observe a demonstration on the loom and compare the family’s craft with beautifully displayed single-ikat textiles from around the world, from Uzbekistan and northern Thailand to Holland. Brief History: The art of double ikat goes back centuries and is also seen in some of the cave paintings in Ajanta. Legends say that it was in 12 century AD that King Kumarpal of the Solanki dynasty, invited 700 families of patola weavers from Jalna (South Maharashtra) to settle down in Patan in North Gujarat. The Salvi family is one of them. They have continued to preserve this art for the last 35 generations. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌞 @Gujarat 🦁

​​Champaner & Pavagadh Archaeological Park, Panchmahal A UNESCO Heritage site, Champaner and Pavagadh are often clubbed together as one of the most engaging historical attractions of Gujarat. Pavagadh stands on top of the hill that looks over the sprawl of monuments at the base in Champaner. The duo makes a rich heritage site dotted with forts, mosques, monuments, tombs, arches, temples, step-wells and fortresses from 8th to 14th century. Today, throngs of pilgrims ascend Pavagadh to worship at the important Kalikamata Temple, dedicated to the goddess Kali, who sits atop the summit. Champaner is the only unchanged Islamic-Mughal city over the centuries, offering an authentic flavour of architecture of the era. Juxtaposed to this is the Kalika Mata Temple on the Pavagadh Hill, where thousands congregate during Navratris. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌞 @Gujarat 🦁

​​Willingdon Crescent This European-style arcaded crescent was built by Jam Ranjitsinhji to replace Jamnagar’s worst slum. It now houses an assortment of shops and is commonly known as Darbargadh, after the now-empty royal residence across the street. Brief History: Jam Ranjitsinhji’s idea of giving the city of Jamnagar a facelift included getting rid of the slum areas. One such place that came under the scanner was the former location of where the Willingdon Crescent now stands. It stands opposite the 16th century palace of the city. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌞 @Gujarat 🦁

​​Ghooghra No festival in Gujarat is complete without Ghooghra. Ghughra is traditional Gujarati Sweets/Dessert. It is also known as Karanji, Gujia or gujhia. Ghughra is fried desserts filled with coconut and dry fruits. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌞 @Gujarat 🦁

​​Tera Village, Kutch Tera is a heritage village located in the remote Abdasa taluka of Kutch. The village has a history of over five hundred years old. One enters Tera through a large square – the main hub for meeting and chatting with the villagers. Besides the square, you will see a century-old banyan tree with seating arrangement and an Ashoka Stambh with stone railing. Behind the stone wall lies an imposing fort wall with strategically built gates. Once a Rajwadu village, Tera has been home to diverse communities – Bhanushali, Koli, Harijan, Parghi, Muslim, Jain, Luhana, Rajput, and Brahmin. Some of these are known for entrepreneurial activities. Though farming is the main occupation of the village, the craft of bandhani (tie–and–dye) is also a major form of livelihood for many families. Tera is located near the Nalia grassland, a fragile eco zone near the Gulf of Kutch, and is the habitat for the highly endangered bird species – the Great Indian Bustard. The nearby throne forest also harbours animals such as chinkara, chital, nilgai, jackal, wolf and hyena. Tera is also an important pilgrimage place for Hindus, Jains and Muslims. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌞 @Gujarat 🦁

​​Sadeli Sadeli is said to have come to Gujarat through the Parsis from Iran. The craft bears close similarities to the Persian form of marquetry called ‘Khatam’. Sadeli is a highly skilled technique where the craftsmen, in this case carpenters, fabricate intricate geometric or floral patterns on teak or other locally available wood. The elaborate designs add a charming aesthetic to doors, windows, cupboards, and bedposts. In fact, the famous Bombay Box--a tourist favourite--is actually a Sadeli handicraft from Gujarat. More recently, the craft of Sadeli is used to make sofa sets, book racks and lamp holders. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌞 @Gujarat 🦁

​​Vikram Sarabhai Space Exhibition Center, Ahmedabad The kid-friendly exhibition centre in Ahmedabad is the vision of scientist and astronomer Vikram Sarabhai. This sprawling exhibition lies in the middle of the city and encourages children to see the progress of Indian space programmes. A science playground, laboratories, workshop and even a science shop are engaging components of the entire centre. Participatory activities for children make this an interesting addition to any itinerary for Ahmedabad. Brief History: The origin of space related activities dates back to 1966, with the establishment of the Experimental Satellite Communication Earth Station (ESCES), by late Dr Vikram Sarabhai in Ahmedabad. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌞 @Gujarat 🦁

​​The Belvedre Golf and Country Club, Ahmedabad With the promise of luxury, opulence and rejuvenation, we at Adani Realty have developed India’s Largest Social Private Club- The Belvedere Golf and Country Club nestled inside the biggest township of Gujarat-Shantigram. It will be one-of-its kind in Gujarat – with India’s best 9 Hole, par 36 golf course spread over 70 acres of landscaped greens and Golf Academy which are already operational, a Party Lawn that can host nearly 1000 people, 55 Premium Residential Rooms, luxury spa and health club, wide range of world-class indoor & outdoor sports facilities along with restaurants and cafés. These are just a few examples to give you a glimpse of the facilities and comfort that the Belvedere Club offers. ━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌞 @Gujarat 🦁