Gujarat is a richly rewarding tourism destination offering travelers a wide range of holiday possibilities. The State is blessed with fascinating landscapes, a magnificent monuments and is the only abode of Asitaic Lion in the world. The  state has a fascinating architectural Heritage with Some impressive and distinctive monuments embracing Hindu, Islamic, Buddhist, Jain and European styles, a wide variety of sceneries ranging from the desert areas of Kutch and Surendranagar districts in the northwest to the hill resort of Saputara in the moist forests of Dangs district to Gujarat’s southeast, and a long coastline with lovely beaches, shore temples, historic coastline cities, seaside palaces and India’s first Marine National Park. The exquisite cuisine and the warmth of people, makes Gujarat a memorable experience for a visitor.

Gujarat is known for its silk, cotton and wool waving, the diversity of embroidery techniques seen in its villages, bandhani or tie-and dye, block-printing, appliqué, beadwork, woodcarving, metalwork, terra cotta handicrafts and tribal crafts. Some of the magnificent palaces of erstwhile maharajas cater to growing number of visitor’s t the state in heritage hotels. Place like Smruti Mandir, Gandhi Ashram are testimony to the India freedom struggle. The state Gujarat’s major attractions, the state’s living legacy is its handcraft skills that thrive in a state equally well-known for its heavy industrialization and as one of India’s most important investment destinations.

Gujarat has an excellent tourism infrastructures with more operational airports than most other states of India, high-rail connectivity with most state capitals of India and within the state, some of India’s best highways, broadband networks, entertainment complexes like amusement areas, water parks, Multiplexes, malls and food courts and accommodations ranging from star-rated hotels in Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Gandhidham, Bhuj, Bhavnagar and other business centers to Places forts, havelis and mansion converted into Heritage hotels.

Fair & Festival

Gujarat with one of the many fairs and festivals that occur in the state when people dress in their brightest attires and sport artistic jewellery, and marts come up for the sale of handicrafts. Whether it is Janmasthtami at the holy town of Dwarka, shivratri at the Bhavnath Mahadev Temple near Jungadh or Holi in the tribal areas of Chhota Udepur taluka, the livestock fair at Vautha during the full moon period of Kartik Poornima or the tribal fair at Chitra Vichitra on the moonless night of Amawas after Holid, navratri when millions across the state dance to traditional music or Makar Sankaranti (Uttarayan) when the terraces throng with people flying kites, festivals in Gujarat are Vibrant and participatory.

History

Gujarat state has a history dating back 4,500 years, with visitors including Muslims, Zoroastrians and the Portuguese coming here to trade or to settle. The world heritage site of Champaner fort is situated in Pavagadh,. The archaeological sites of Dholavira and Lothal offer an unparalleled insight of the Harappan civilization. The original inhabitants of Gujarat were Dravidians. Due to its coastline there was a channel of international trade between Gujarat and the rest of the world. The History of Gujarat is very vast as the state was captured and ruled by various conquerors like Ashoka, Mauryans, Scythians, Guptas, Solanki dynasty and Mughals. Some of India's finest Hindu temples can be seen in Gujarat including the 11th centuray Modhera Sun temple build during the reign of the Solanki rulers, Sidhapur and Somnath during the 11th and 12th centuries. During this period , exquisitely carved jain temples were built at Girnar, Taranga and Kumbhariyali.

Geography

The rivers that drench the dry plains of Gujarat are Narmada, Tapi and Mahi.The major cities in Gujarat are Ahemdabad, Surat, Vadodra, Jamnagar, Bhuj, Dwarka , Palitana , Rajkot, Ankleshwar and Porbandar.

Population

According to census 2001, Gujarat ranks tenth in population. On 1st March 2001, provisional estimation (because Gujarat was hit by earth quake, no survey was conducted) showed that the population of Gujarat was 5.06 crores. About 44.8 % of the total population in rural areas and 64.8 % in urban areas are literate. There are many tribes in Gujarat few of them are Bhils, Kolis, Rabaris and Garasia.

Climate

Due to proximity to Arabian Sea, the climate of Gujarat is mainly moist in the southern districts and is dry in the north because of adjoining desert. The areas like Kutch, Jamnagar, Panchmahals and Mehsana fall in the rain shadow area and thus receive scanty rainfall. The state experiences extreme type of climate. There is winter season from November to February, the hot season from March to May, the southwest monsoon season from June to September and the transitional month of October.

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