Aptly called the textile capital of India – Surat is known all over the world for its beautiful and gorgeous Indian Saris , the traditional dress of India as also dresses and lehengas worn by the ladies . It is one of the greatest emporiums for sari trade in India. No wonder then, it is also a shopper’s paradise for every Indian woman who loves to drape h…
Read moreIn spite of being situated besides one of the seven sacred rivers Tapi (also known as Tapti) , this arc-shaped city is not known so much as a pilgrimage town rather recognized as one of the prosperous centre’s of textile and diamond trade. We visited the following temples besides the ISKCON temple during our stay in Surat. Ambika Niketan One of the more p…
Read moreIn Mid-March, I got an opportunity to visit the state of Gujarat which is dotted with a number of ancient Jain, Buddhist, Hindu and Muslim monuments. However, my focal pilgrimage point was a very ancient temple dedicated to Lord Krishna in the Dakor village (More on that in my later posts). On the way to Dakor, I explored a bit of the major cities of Gujarat- S…
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