Bhuj

 

Bharatiya Sanskriti Darshan

The Bharatiya Sanskriti Darshan contains an excellent collection of Kutchi folk art and crafts, especially from the more remote regions of the district. There are also exhibits of rural architecture, paintings, textile arts and archaeological specimens.

 

Chari Dhand                                                                                                         

 Chhari means salt affected and Dhandh means Shallow wet-lands. This place is a paradise for bird watchers and omithologists, having around 370 bird species and is particularly rich in raports, water fly, waders and larks.

Aina Mahal

The Aina Mahal palace or “Hall of Mirrors” was built during the flamboyant rule of Lakhpatji in the middle of the 18th century. Master craftsman Ramsinh Malam, who trained as an artisan for 17 years in Europe, felt unappreciated by lesser rulers in the area, so he went to the royal court at Bhuj and appealed to the king for work, who commissioned this palace. Malam designed it in a mixed Indo-European style and set about creating the materials for the palace locally.

Another Part of kutch : Kranti Tirth, Navjivan nature care centre, Mundra,Koeshvar............

Kranti Tirth

Beside the beach of the Arabian Sea an amazing Monument spared out on 89.86 acres of land stand with full pride "The Shyamji Krishna Varma Memorial - "Kranti Teerth".The urns containing the ashes of the great freedom fighter Shyamji Krishna Varma and his wife Bhanumati Krishnavarma are kept in the Smruti Kaksh of the Memorial.  

Kranti Tirh

Navjivan Nature Cure Centre

This healing centre, based on naturopathic remedies and M.K. Gandhi's ideas of “nature cure”, offers treatment for a wide variety of conditions, using everything from ayurvedic and herbal remedies to panchakarma, acupuncture, meditation, prayer, and yoga asanas…...

Mundra

Mundra was well-known for salt and spice trading in the past and now more for tie-dye and block-print textiles.

Mughal Gate

Koteshvar Temple

 At a place where the immensity of dry land meets the incomprehensible vastness of the sea. After so much arid ground, the sight of the ocean will awaken your spirits. The only point that breaks the skyline from the flat brown horizon to the east and the wide blue horizon to the west is the point of the Koteshwar.

Koteshvar Temple

Lakhpath

The 7 km fort walls, erected in 1801 by Jamadar Fateh Muhammed, are still nearly intact, and offer tremendous views out over the Rann. Due to the extremely clear desert air and remote location, the night sky is spectacular (visit near the new moon for best stargazing) and sunrise or sunset in a landscape of such endless horizons are not to be missed.

Lakhpath fort & Carvings

Narayan Sarovar

The lake is associated with a time of drought in the Puranic area, when Narayan (a form of Lord Vishnu) appeared in response to the fervent prayers of sages and touched the land with his toe, creating the lake, now revered as holy to bathe in.

Narayan Sarovar

Siyot Caves

Dated around the first century AD, Siyot Caves have an east facing sanctum and an ambulatory. Siyot must have been on of the 80 monastic sites that the 7th century Chinese travellers reported at the mouth of Indus River.

Residual of Buddh

Mandvi : Beach, Vijay vilas palace, Koday & many more things...

Mandvi - Kutch

Try Mandvi's famous local double rotis, also known as dabeli. Or, if you simply want a place sit at the ocean, let the salty breeze wash over you, and swim in the warm waters of the Arabian Sea, Mandvi's several quiet, clean beaches with flamingos and other migrant birds will surely do the trick............

Mandvi Beach 

Vijay vilas palace

Built in 1929 by Rao Vijayrajji, this palace is very well-maintained, and often the scene of filming for Bollywood productions. It was built of red sandstone in the Rajput style, with a main central dome, Bengal domes at the sides, bastions at the corner, and colored glass windows. The balcony at the top affords a superb view of the surrounding area, and the king's tomb can also be seen..........

Vijay vilas palace-Mandvi

Koday

Nearby Mandvi,Koday houses a Jain temple complex of 72 separate shrines.

Temples of Jainism

Kutch : Rann utsav,Folk song,Mandvi beach,Ports and many more.....

Kutch

Kutch literally means something which intermittently becomes wet and dry; a large part of this district is known as Rann of Kutch which is shallow wetland which submerges in water during the rainy season and becomes dry during other seasons. The Rann is famous for its marshy salt flats which become snow white after the shallow water dries up each season before the monsoon rains.

Mandvi-Kutch

Rann utsav

Tents in Kutch

A plethora of varied hues, profusion of design, superfluity of culture, cornucopia of music and dance, all together in the arid lands of Kutch creates a mosaic of exquisiteness which reflects the identity and spirit of the region. Kutch, one of the most ecologically and ethnically diverse district of the state is a celebratory land of art, crafts, music, dance, people and nature.

Folk songs & Dance

This festival provides an exclusive opportunity to witness the creative ingenuity of the artisans and craftspeople, assorted array of folk music and performances, mixed representation of culture and communities, along with a vast diversity in ecology. All this and much more describe and define Kutch and the people.

Visiters with local Artists

The festival is visited and enjoyed by more than 8000 tourists from all over the world. This is one time when natives of the region and travelers along with Government administrative officers all together come along to celebrate the mystical magic of Kutch and its diversity.

Cottages at Kutch

During the full moon night of the winters amid the awe-inspiring and contrasting landscape each year a three day festive extravaganza brimming with hospitality, vigor and traditional flavor of the area is hosted and known as the Kutch or Rann Mahotsav.

     

Rann Utsav in the full moon night

Porbandar the birh place of mahatma gandhi and......

Porbandar

Let us begin our journey where Gandhi began his. On October 2, 1869, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in a 3-storey blue haveli in the city of Porbandar, where his father, uncle and grandfather had all been prime ministers to the Jethwa Rajput rulers of the princely state....

Birh Place of Mahatma Gandhi

Barda Hills Wildlife Sanctuary

The Sanctuary exhibits great variety of invertebrate species including variety of butterflies. Lion, Chinkara, Sambar and Spotted Deer found in the recent past, are now exterminated from Barda. Although the area of Sanctuary is small, it has different types of forests....

Porbandar Beach

Kirti Mandir

The site of Gandhi’s birth, now called Kirti Mandir, has been converted into a small museum about him, with an exhibit of old photographs, some of his very few possessions and a nice library of books either by him or relating to Gandhian philosophy and practice....

Birh place of mahatma Gandhi

Miyani Beach

Miyani is a coastal village with a beautiful beach, five temples and a dargah of Kokanshah Pir of archaeological interest, with some of them dating back to the 8th century. Both, the Harsiddhi Temple across Meda Creek and Bramha Temple in Miyani have great religious importance. A dam on Meda Creek has led to the development of a freshwater reservoir leading to a greener catchment that attracts a large variety of local as well as migratory birds....

Miyani Beach  ~ Porbandar

Somnath the holly place of gujarat where god shiva's historical temple.....

Somnath

The principal temple of Somnath is believed to have been built in gold by the moon god Soma, in silver by the sun god Ravi, in wood by Krishna and in stone by the Solanki Rajputs in the 11th century. The present temple, built in 1951, is the seventh reconstruction on the original site.

Architecture, Hinduism, Shiva, Temple

Somnath Beach

Not recommended for swimming, but a wonderful escape into the roaring silence of nature. It also offers some more active patches where you can enjoy a camel ride and light snacks.

Beaches

Archaeological Museum

The museum is even more interesting than the modern temple, for it preserves stone sculptures, inscriptions and pottery from several periods.

Veraval

Wandering among the hundreds of fishing-boats, a walk on Veraval's picturesque dockyard and long uninterrupted shorelines is a lovely experience.

   

Coastal

The seafood industry, started through Government initiatives, is now in its prime and the numerous processing factories export quality seafood to Japan, Southeast Asia, Europe, the Persian Gulf countries and the USA.

Junagadh where we can meet asian lions only at here.....

     Junagadh