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Junagadh is an exciting town to explore for the tourists with an eye for architecture and a taste for history. It was an important city during the regimes of Mauryean and Gupta dynasties in 300 to 200 BC and early AD. Post-independence, it was again in prominence and tested the skills of ‘Iron-will’ Sardar Patel, when its eccentric nawab refused to merge his small state with India and insisted to be part of Pakistan. Pages after pages of Indian history books are filled with references to this town as it refused to fade out from the memories of both the time and the history.

Junagadh’s places of tourist interest are all in a fairly compact busy market area. It is fun to amble through its narrow streets that reveal their hidden pan-Indian treasure at every corner – the sight of the skyline broken by the domes, Disneylandish spiraling minarets, old Buddhist caves, Jain and Hindu temples, bold gothic archways, an old fort, the mansion of the nawab and many intricately carved wooden doors and windows. The rich cultural heritage of Junagadh is evident in its landmarks that have the political and religious influence of its various rulers.

However, I remember Junagadh more as a town of simple and honest people.
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Junagadh is a city which is headquarters of Junagadh district in Gujarat. It is 327 km from Ahmedabad and is about 58 Km from Sasan Gir. The small city of Junagadh is rich in myths-legends and has such an eventful past that it almost breathes history. It is at the base of mount Girnar – a gigantic five-peaked mountain of volcanic origin that rises steeply to a height of 1117 m.

Mount Girnar as seen from Uperkot Fort

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An accommodation in the midst of vibrant shades of verdant green, a place that was inhabited yet very calm, where silence was the music, days started with the avian choir, progressed under the shadow of mango trees and slept under millions of twinkling stars. This is how we remember Anil Farms.

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Dwarka is one of the most pious places in hindu religion. LORD Krishna selected this area as his home and kingdom after leaving mathura. This is the place where krishna’s friend sudama came to meet him for help. I visited this place on diwali for my religious trip. We had started from SOMNATH at 6.30 am in aG.S.R.T.C bus ( 110 rupees)and took the scenic route of somnath -harshad- porbandar-dwarka. On this route road runs parallel to the sea and we see many windmills on this scenic route.

& A treat to watch are various birds nestling in water. The road brings out the romantic in you even though we were traveling in a not sooo romantic but comfortable bus. While my husband was dozing off i watched few trailers full of pink lobsters caught freshly from sea being taken to the nearest cold storage. The wind mills are quite lot in number and very near to the road….

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