Surendranagar - Gujarat

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Gujarat


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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

Surendranagar - Gujarat

Surendranagar is gateway for Saurashtra. Surendranagar is district place and main city of surendranagar district. It is developed by Maharaja Surendrasinh. Main business of surendranagar city is cotton. It is located between Ahmedabad and Rajkot. It has 10 taluka (Wadhwan, Muli, Limbdi, Sayla, Chotila, Halvad, Dhrangdhra, Lakhtar, Chuda, Dasada ). Wadhwan, Jorawarnagar, Ratanpar and Dhudhrej are near by city, town & village. Wadhwan is one of the historical city where old historical rankdevi temple is located. Major City of Surendranagar district is Surendranagar, Wadhwan, Limbdi, Dhrangdhra, Halvad, Thangadh, Lakhtar, Chotila.

Palces to See Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary is a 100 km² plus bird sanctuary located on the border between Ahmedabad and Surendranagar and attracts over 210 species of birds during the four months of winter, including the endangered wild ass and the blackbuck, its migratory bird population includes Rosy Pelicans, White Storks, Brahminy Ducks, Herons and Flamingos. Mainly inhabited by migratory birds in winter and spring coming from as far as Siberia, it is the one of largest wetland bird sanctuaries in India. The shallow area and ponds on the outer fringes of the lake feed many wading birds.

Wild Ass Sanctuary

The world's only Onager (wild ass) sanctuary. It is located in Little Rann of Kutch in Surendranagar district

Chotila Hill

Chotila Hill, located approx 60 km from Surendranagar city, is a place for the worship of Chamunda Mataji, a Hindu goddess and Kuladevi (divine protectress) of the Gohil clan of Rajaput. Thousands of pilgrims walk as far as 300 km to this place. The main business in Chotila is the production of pure ghee from the milk of the huge numbers of livestock here

Tarnetar

Tarnetar is famous for its fair, popularly known as the Trinetreshwar Mahadev Mela (Fair), held near the Trinetreshwar Mahadev temple. Villagers from all over the region, dressed in their colorful traditional costumes and exquisite jewellery, throng Tarnetar during this fair. About 100,000 people belonging to various tribes likeRabri,kathi,charans,Bharwads, Bhangis and Koli come to the fair. The fair also attracts a large number of tourists from India and abroad. More than 500,000 people visit the fair during its three days. The fair is also a match-making event. Tradition holds that if a girl stops to talk to one of the men, it is a sign that she has found the man of her choice. Then the elders of both the girl's and the boy's families meet and decide about their choices. The fair is also known for various dance and village sports competitions. The competitions include the horse cart race, bullock cart race and camel race, along with cultural competitions such as rass (Gujarati dance) competition, doha (poem recitation) competition and umbrella decoration competition

Zharia Mahadev A natural waterfall near Chotila (approximately 30 km) and an enjoyable picnic spot, where water continuously drips from the rocks and there is a temple of Bholenath.

BAPS Swaminarayan Temple BAPS Swaminarayan Temple is also situated in surendranagar near the Railway Station. This is a temple of Sarvopari Bhagwan Swaminarayan and it's inspired by HDH.Pramukhswami Maharaj. This is very beautyfull temple in whole surendranagar. Every festival are celebrating h ere with lots of faith and happly.

Pepole The majority of the population is Janis. Other residents include Brahmins, Kshatriya, bapoos,Patels, as well as significant numbers of Bharvad and Rabari . The various communities live harmoniously together. There has been a huge influx of people from surrounding villages due to the development of educational institutes in the city. People are very fond of spicy food and golla (finely granulated ice with different sweet and sour flavors).