Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
The most convenient entry point
into Gujarat is through the metropolis of Ahmedabad. The city contains
some very fine museums, the Calico Museum of Textiles being considered among the
world’s finest. Ahmedabad’s walled city is a living testimony to its heritage of
crafts as women walk by in dazzling embroidered garments and flashing ethnic
silver jewellery. Traditional Ahmedabad combines mosques of inspired
workmanship, wooden Jain temples, unique stone stepwells and houses with
ornately carved wooden balconies and window screens. Modern Ahmedabad, just
across the River Sabarmati spanned by four bridges, is a showpiece of
contemporary architecture with designs by Le Corbusier, Louis Kahn and the best
known Indian architects. Ahmedabad is a convenient base for a number of
excursions, Modhera being the best known. 106 km away, this is one of the very
few sun temples in the country.
Ahmedabad blends harmoniously an
ancient heritage with a vibrant present. The city's prosperous and eventful past
and present is embodied in its rich kaleidoscope of history, art and culture,
rich architecture and imposing monuments. Tourists can visit Ahmedabad
throughout the year.
HOW TO GET THERE?
Air: Indian Airlines
connect Ahmedabad with Mumbai, Delhi,Bangalore,Madras,Jaipur,Indore, and
Calcutta. East West Airlines also connects Ahmedabad with Bombay.
Rail:
Ahmedabad is directly connected to Bombay, Delhi, Calcutta, Madras, Trivandrum,
Varanasi etc.
Road:
Ahmedabad to : Baroda (Vadodara) 113 km, Mt. Abu 228 km, Udaipur 252 km, Jaipur
657 km, Bombay 545 km, Delhi 1076 km, Gandhinagar 25 km, Modhera 110 km, Nal
Sarovar 71 km and Lothal 80 km.
Local Transport: Taxis,
Auto rickshaws, City buses available.
Places of
interest
- Ahmed Shah's Mosque
- Balvatika 4 kms
- Teen Darwaza and Bhadra Fort
- Daria Khan's Ghummat 3 km
- Siddi Sayyad's Mosque
- Gita Mandir 3 km
- Swami Narayan Temple 2 km
- Hathisinh Mandir 2 km
- Jhulta Minar 3 km
- Jumma Masjid 0,5 km
- Kankaria Lake 4 km
- Rani Sipri's Mosque and Tomb 2 km
- Rani Roopmati Mosque .5 km
- Rauza of Shah Alam 3 km
- Sabarmati Ashram 6 km
- Siddhi Sayyad Mosque .5 km
- Dada Hari Vav 4 km
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Excursions:
- Adalaj Vav 19 km
- Lothal 80 km
- Patan 113 km
- Nal Sarovar 71 km
- Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram 6 km
- Gandhi Nagar 25 km
- Modhera (Sun Temple) 106 km
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