Best Places to Visit in Gujarat

Dwarkadhish Temple, Dwarka

The 'Jagat Mandir' — Krishna's 2,500-year-old capital city on the Arabian Sea — a five-storey, 78-metre temple whose 52-yard flag is changed five times a day and visible from anywhere on the Gomti coast. One of the four Char Dhams and the seat of the Dwaraka-Sharada Peetham founded by Adi Shankaracharya.

Somnath Temple

The first of the twelve Jyotirlingas of Shiva — a 7th-century oceanfront temple destroyed and rebuilt seven times over 1,000 years by Mahmud of Ghazni, Allauddin Khilji and Aurangzeb, and reconsecrated by Sardar Patel in 1951 as the symbolic rebirth of independent India.

Rann of Kutch

A vast salt marsh located in the Thar Desert. Famous for its white landscape during Rann Utsav.

Gir National Park

The only place in the world where Asiatic lions can be seen in their natural habitat.

Rann of Kutch: Salt, Stars and Nomadic Souls

Jaipur: The Living Museum of Rajputana Royalty

The Tigers of Ranthambore: Tracking Jungle Kings in a Mughal Fort

Udaipur: The Mewar City of Lakes, Where Rajput Kings Built on Water

Jaisalmer: The Golden Fort That Still Breathes in the Thar Desert