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Shatrunjay Tirth, largest cluster of temples in the world at Palitana in Gujarat. Pālītāṇā is a city in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, India. It is located 50 km southwest of Bhavnagar city and is a major pilgrimage centre for Jains. [2] It is first of the two [3] vegetarian cities in the world.
The Palitana temples, often known only as Palitana, are a large complex of Jain temples located on Shatrunjaya hills near Palitana in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, India.Also known as "Padliptapur of Kathiawad" in historic texts, the dense collection of almost 900 small shrines and large temples have led many to call Palitana the "city of temples". [1]
Shatrunjaya or Shetrunjaya ("place of victory against inner enemies") [1] originally Pundarikgiri, are hills located by the city of Palitana, in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, India. They are situated on the banks of the Shetrunji River at an elevation 164 feet (50 m) above sea level.
District Map Taluka Map 1 Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad City: ... Palitana Jesar ... Vadodara City 2,065,771 235.24 1 89.50% Padra
Kathiawar ([kɑʈʰijɑʋɑɽ]) is a peninsula, near the far north of India's west coast, of about 61,000 km 2 (23,500 sq mi) bordering the Arabian Sea.It is bounded by the Gulf of Kutch in the northwest and by the Gulf of Khambhat in the east.
Central Gujarat (central-east side of Gujarat) Ahamdabad-Dakor High-speed Corridor : nearly 75 km long corridor east of Ahamdabad as shortest route to NH-47 . Vadodara-Ektanagar High-speed Corridor ( Vadodara-Kevadia High-speed Corridor ): over 90 km long corridor from Delhi-Mumbai Expressway near Vadodara direct to Statue of Unity in southeast.
Gujarat state was created on 1 May 1960, out of the 17 northern districts of Bombay State when that was split on a linguistic basis (also creating Marathi speaking Maharashtra). They are as follow : Ahmedabad , Amreli , Banaskantha , Bharuch , Bhavnagar , Dang , Jamnagar , Junagadh , Kheda , Kachchh , Mehsana , Panchmahal , Rajkot , Sabarkantha ...
Palitana railway station is a railway station serving in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat State of India. [1] [2] It is under Bhavnagar railway division of Western Railway Zone of Indian Railways. Palitana railway station is 48 km away from Bhavnagar Terminus. Four passenger and one Superfast trains start from here. [3] [4] [5] [6]