Gujarat
Vibrant state of deserts and heritage cities
Gujarat is India's westernmost state, its coastline the longest in the country at around 1,600 kilometres, and home to the Rann of Kutch, a vast seasonal salt marsh that turns into one of the world's largest white salt deserts each dry season. The state is also the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi, whose ashram in Ahmedabad, the Sabarmati Ashram, remains a major pilgrimage site tied to India's independence movement.
Gir National Park, in the state's southwest, is the only place on Earth where Asiatic lions survive in the wild, a population that has grown from fewer than 300 to over 600 in recent decades through dedicated conservation. Gujarat's heritage cities, including the UNESCO-listed old city of Ahmedabad and the stepwells of Patan, showcase centuries of Hindu, Jain and Islamic architecture, while the state remains one of India's most industrialised economies.
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Statue of Unity
The Statue of Unity is a 182 m statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel near Kevadia, Gujarat, the tallest statue in the world.
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Rann of Kutch
The Rann of Kutch is a vast seasonal salt desert in Gujarat, home to the Rann Utsav and the white salt flats at Dhordo.
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Somnath Temple
Somnath Temple on the Gujarat coast is the first of the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines of Shiva, rebuilt in 1951.
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November–February
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