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Gujarat
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Transport & Sight Seeing

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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
Junagadh - Transport & Sight Seeing
How to Reach -

Air-Junagadh is connected to Mumbai via Keshod, Porbandar and Rajkot.

Rail-It is well connected to Rajkot, Veraval and Ahmedabad.

Road-Junagadh is located on State Highway towards Rajkot, Jamnagar and Veraval. Luxury and Semi luxury buses (private and state transport) are easily available. Cars of various types are also available on hire.

Other places to see 

Temple of Amba Mata-Situated on top of the peak, this is the temple where newly weds go to worship in order to ensure a happy marriage.

Temple of Mallinath-Erected in 1177 A.D. two brothers, this is the triple temple of Mallinath, the 9th Jain Tirthankara. This temple is a favourite gathering place of sadhus (ascetics) during festivals. A grand fair is held here during the Kartika Purnima festival in Nov-Dec.

Junagadh Museum-At the zoo is a museum, which exhibits rare specimens of art like manuscripts, ancient coins, paintings, archaeological files and a natural history section.

Ayurvedic College-Housed at Sadarbag, in the palace of a former Nawab, is a small museum of Ayurvedic medicine.

Darbar Hall Museum-This is the hall where the Nawabs of erstwhile Junagadh used to hold their darbars .It has several sections such as picture gallery, palanquin, arms Gallery etc.

Narsinh Mehtas Choro-This humble but greatly revered place is said to be the one where the great poet-saint Narsinh Mehta used to hold his assemblies and discourses in the 15th century. There is a small temple of Gophnath and the idol of Shri Damodarraiji and Narsinh Mehta.

Damodar Kund-This holy and lovely water reservoir has a Kund surrounded by a well-built ghat (bathing deck). It is believed that here Lord Krishna placed a flower garland around the neck of the great poet-saint Narsinh Mehta.

 

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