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Rajkot was founded by Vibhoji, the younger son of
Ajoji. The city, also a former British government headquarters, has a
number of impressive colonial buildings and educational institutions. It is
famous for silver, textiles and a National weaving institute which promotes
traditional weaves. The pleasant town is an important industrial area and a
religious centre of the Arya Samaj.
The city is famous because this is the ancestral home of Mahatma Gandhi.
Manatma Gandhi spent the early days of his life here is Rajkot. He attended
Alfred High School which is now known as Mahatma Gandhi High School.
LOCATION - Rajkot is one of the fastest developing cities located in
the center of Saurashtra region of Gujarat State situated on western part of
India. The city has geographical area of 104.86 sq.kms.
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TO REACH
By Air - There is an airport in Rajkot and the major domestic airlines
run flights between Rajkot and Mumbai. Indian Airlines has four flights a
week to Mumbai while Jet and Sahara have daily flights.
By Rail - Rajkot is a main railway junction of Saurashtra, trains for the
all the major cities of India is available from here.
By Road - The State Transport Corporation runs regular buses to and from Rajkot to other cities of Gujarat. There are buses for Jamnagar, Junagarh,
Porbandar, Veraval, and Ahmedabad. There are a number of private bus
operators connecting this city with Mumbai, Bhuj, Bhavnagar, Una, Mt Abu,
and Udaipur.
WHEN TO GO
Best time to visit Rajkot is during the Navratri time i.e. October.
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WHAT TO SEE |
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Swaminarayan Temple - This temple is built in
1998-99 by Swaminarayan Sampradaya. It is situated onfast developing
Kalavad Road near Mahila College.
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Mukti Dhama - It is an electric crematorium
located in Ramnath para area. It is run and maintained by NGO under
grant of Rajkot Municipal Corporation. It has number of small temples,
prayer halls, library and beautiful garden displaying historical events
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Race Course - This is a large garden located in
heart of the city. It accommodates various places of interest like
Bhalbhavan, Children Traffic Park, Fun World etc. Race course also has
various sports facilities like Olympic standard Indoor
Stadium, International quality Cricket ground, Football, Hockey &
Volleyball grounds, Gym and swimming pool etc. Race course
is also famous for beautiful gardens named Love Gardens.
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Ramakrishna Aashram - This temple was built in
1934 on the land donated by Late Shri Dharmendrasinhji, then king of
Morbi state. It is situated on Dr. Yagnik road of Rajkot. It is second
most important place for followers of Swami Vivekanand after Kolcatta.
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Community Science Center and Planetorium - It is
constructed in 1992. Different audio-video shows are being arranged for
the citizens and visitors for getting the idea and information about the
planets, their positions, movements and their effects on nature.
Community Science Center arranges different programmes, workshops,
seminars related to science and maths for children. It has also many
schemes for educating the people residing in slum areas regarding
burning issues like Aids etc. It is run and maintained by an NGO.
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Kaba Gandhi no delo - This house was build by
Karamchand Gandhi, the father of Mahatma Gandhi, in 1880-81. Dharmendra
road market. This house is purchased by State Government and has been
declared as National Monument. Gandhiji lived in this house from 1881 to
1887 during his study at Rajkot. It is located near Dharmendra road in
old city area.
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Aji Dam - This dam is build by Government of
Gujarat for water supply to city area. The down stream side of the dam
and surrounding area is developed and maintained by Rajkot Municipal
Corporation. A beautiful step garden with amusement park for children,
zoo, bird aviary, crocodile park have been provided for entertainment of
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Watson Museum - It was inaugurated in the year
1888 in Jubilee Garden of Rajkot city. It has excellent collection of
archiological and ancient traditional items. This musium along with a
huge library are located in Jubilee Gardens.
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Jam Tower : Jam tower was gifted to Rajkot by then
King of Jamnagar in 1880. It is located in old city area near Jamnagar
Road adjcent to G. T. Sheth Orthopadic Hospital. Sir Woodhouse was the
political agent of British Government during 1880 who was pleased to
receive this gorgeous gift for the city. |
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WHERE TO EAT
Gujarati thalis are very famous and you can get it anywhere.
If it's Punjabi , Chinese or Continental that you are looking forward to eat
,then Bukhara's restaurant( Hotel Kavery) the place for you !
Hotels like Galaxy, have good restaurants. Havmour(multi-cuisine),
Lakshmi lodge(thalis), Rainbow(South Indian), Step-in(fast food, snacks,
icecream), Village-the-motel(theme restaurant), Babha(Gujarati), Lord’s
banquet(multi-cuisine).
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