OTHER PLACES

Dholka
Noted for its famed sons Vastpal and Tejpal, the great lovers of art who built the Abu temples, the town is one of the oldest and supposedly stands on the ancient site of Viratnagar of Mahabharta Age. A lake built by Minaldevi, mother of Siddhraj of Anhilvad, in the 11th century and the grand Khan Mosque are the major attractions.

Jetalpur
Close to Ahmedabad, this is the birth place of Gujarati poet Akha Bhagat.Sahajanand Swami had performed an yagna here. There is a beautiful Swaminarayan temple, a Jain temple, Shiva temple and a church here.

Modhera
The Sun Temple of Modhera is one of the finest examples of Indian temple architecture of its period. Built in 1026 A.D the temple is dedicated to the Sun God, Surya and stands high on a plinth overlooking a deep stone-steeped tank. Every inch of the edifice, both inside and outside is magnificently carved with Gods and Goddesses, birds, beasts and flowers.

How to get there
Air Nearest airport is Ahmedabad.
Rail Nearest railway station is Mehsana.
Road State transport buses and private luxury coaches connects various centres of Gujarat. It is situated 119 Kms. from Ahmedabad via Mehsana.

Cambay
The old seaport of Ahmedabad is 92km to the south, at the northern end of the Gulf of Cambay. At the height of Muslim power in Gujarat, the entire region was known as Cam-bay and, when the first ambassadors arrived from England in 1583, they bore letters from Queen Elizabeth addressed to Akbar, the ‘King of Cambay’. Dutch and Portuguese factories were established in the port before the British arrived, but the rise of Surat eclipsed Cam-bay and, when its port silted up, the city’s decline was inevitable.