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Gujarat Holidays
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 worlds finest. Ahmedabads
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.
Gujarats loveliest beach and the state is well endowed with
them is Ahmedpur Mandvi whose chief attraction is the ethnic beach
resort.
Places to See
Ahmedabad
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.
Porbandar
Porbandar was the last capital of the Jethwa Rajputs, who ruled this area
for about 1200 years- shifting capitals from Ghumli, Ranpur and Chhaya.
Present day Porbandar was established as a capital by Rana Sartanji in 1785
AD. Porbandar, originally a fortified town. with high rampart walls, bastions
and five gates, lost its fortification by the order of Colonel Lally in
1888 AD. Even today, a ritual to circumambulate the fortification is performed
by Hindus. The prosperity of Porbandar was due to maritime trade and it
was a thriving port in the Mughal period. It was attacked by the Portuguese
in the wake of achieving supremacy over sea trade in 1531 AD. The Walker
Treaty of 1807 AD between the ruling clans of Saurashtra and the British
put an end to the feuds and it resulted in a favorable environment for the
civic development of the Porbandar State.