Velavadar Blackbuck National Park Velavadar Blackbuck National Park is a 34.52 square kilometre area of grasslands, shrub lands, saline plains and mud flats. It is ideal place for wildlife lovers and birdwatchers as it is the home to 95 species of flowering plants, 14...
Bhuj Bhuj is a city and a municipality in the Kutch district of Gujarat. It was established in 1510 and was made the state capital in 1549. After 1960 Kutch became part of Gujarat State. In January 2001 the city was struck by a major earthquake which caused a great...
Gir Forest National Park Gir Forest National Park (also known as Sasan Gir) in Gujarat was established in 1965 and covers an area of 1412 sq km. It is the last remaining habitat of the Asiatic lion whose distribution used to extend through Persia to Arabia. Wild lions...
Diu Diu is an island off the coast of Gujarat. It is small, covering just 39 sq km (15 sq miles) but as well as palm fringed beaches it offers a Fort and a town with a couple of churches to visit. The island was a Portuguese colony from the 16th century and was only...
Little Rann Of Kutch A unique landscape that was once a part of the Arabian Sea. As the land separated from the sea by geological forces it left a vast featureless plain that is encrusted with salt and water bodies during the rainy season. On the ancient seabed there...
Gondal Located on the River Gondali, this former capital saw many positive changes under the rule of Maharaja Bhagwant Singhji who reigned from 1888 until his death in 1944. Remembered for his tax reforms, compulsory education for women and also removing the purdah...
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