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State Gujarat
City Ahmedabad
Airports Ahmedabad International and Domestic Airport
Distance from City Centre 10 Km/ 6 Mile
Railway Junctions Ahmedabad
Local Languages Gujarati
Dhoraji-Transport & Sight Seeing
Travel Information:

Air: Nearest airports are Porbandar (99 km), Rajkot (88 km), Keshod (70 km)
Rail: Dhoraji and Upleta on Ahmedabad-Porbandar line
Road: Rajkot (88 km), Ahmedabad (313 km)
Local transport: Non-metered auto rickshaws

Sight Seeing

Upleta: (19 km from Dhoraji)

Upleta is a fortified town on the banks of river Moj. The high fort wall with huge bastions, gates and small gates and the skyline of the buildings, creates a picturesque composition. The Darbargadh (now a police station), is enclosed within a fortified campus. It is a three storeyed structure (partly ruined), integrating a huge fort bastion as a part of the building. It has a high jharokhas overlook the river and provide beautiful vistas. Next to it, an exceptional building, named 'Pani no Kotho', is situated. From a distance, the beautifully carved balconies on all the four sides with columns and arches, give an impression of a palace building, but in reality it houses a water tank and pumping station. It is a perfect example, showing blending pf fictions and aesthetics to create a wonderful architecture. A mosque and Jain temple in the town are beautiful specimens of architecture.

Kutiyana: (53 km from Dhoraji)

Kutiyana is located on the banks of river Bhadar. Before independence, Kutiyana was under the rule of the Junagadh Nawabs. The town was populated by rich traders of the Memon community, before independence. The houses of Kutiyana reflect the high aesthetic taste of Memon Muslims. Kutiyana is a well planed town with a central main bazaar street leading to a magnificent mosque with high minarets and impressive facade. The shops at lower level of arcade form an urban edge. The courtyards within, the water tank for vazu and the profusely plaster- decorated architectural elements, painted in yellows, greens and blues make it a perfect representative examples of mosque architecture of the late 19th century

 

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