About Gandhinagar

The Gandhinagar city is the capital of Gujarat. The city is popular for its tourist places, festivals, restaurants, shopping places, gardens, and many more. This About Gandhinagar page provides you helpful information about Gandhinagar like its History, cultural traditions, weather, and Places to visit in Gandhinagar.

There are very interesting tourist places in Gandhinagar where tourists can enjoy nature, experience memorable moments, learn and discover new things about nature. Some of the delightful tourist places to explore in Gandhinagar are Indroda Dinosaur and Fossil Park, mesmerizing Sarita Udyan, lovely Deer Park, enjoyable Children's Park and interesting Craftsmen's Village. The best and very interesting place to visit in Gandhinagar for people of all age group is Indroda Dinosaur and Fossil Park. The Indroda Dinosaur and Fossil Park is a perfect place for children to explore about dinosaurs. This Indroda Nature Park has dinosaur skeletal parts, dinosaur fossilized trackway and dinosaur fossilized eggs. Apart from this you will also found statues of various big carnivores and herbivores dinosaurs. The Indroda Nature Park is one of its kind in India. Find out more information about Gandhinagar tourist places here.
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The enjoyable places to visit near Gandhinagar which can be easily reached within 3 hours are Ahmedabad, Palanpur, Pavagadh, Himmatnagar, Ambaji, Patan, Champaner, Vadodara, etc. Check out info of tourist places near Gandhinagar here.
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The Gandhinagar has tropical dry and wet climate. The Gandhinagar city experiences hot and dry climate in the summer season and the temperature of the city during summers ranges from 19 °C to 42 °C. The Gandhinagar city experiences pleasurable climate in winters, the Gandhinagar weather is enjoyable during winters and the temperature of Gandhinagar during winters range from 14 °C to 29 °C. The winter season is considered as the best time to visit Gandhinagar because the city has pleasant climatic condition in winters. The rainy season is humid and moist and also a decent season and one can visit this city in rainy season because you can enjoy the surrounding green nature as this city is known as India's greenest city, but it is best to visit this city during winter. The average rainfall received in Gandhinagar is somewhat 31.63 inches. Find out more information about Gandhinagar Weather here.
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The History of this capital city is enthralling. The Pethasinh who was the King of Pethapur, ruled the town of Shertha during the thirteen century. After the death of Pethasinh, the Patan Sultanate, Ahmed Shah, used this town as the battle ground. The Ahmed Shah decided to move his capital from Patan to new city. Check out Gandhinagar History here. Find out more about Gandhinagar History here.
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The Gandhinagar is also one of the religious cities in India. Gandhinagar houses some of the stunning temples in Gujarat. The Akshardham Temple is one of the well-recognized temples in Gandhinagar. The Akshardham Temple is well known for its heavenly structure. The whole Akshardham Temple is built of pink sandstone. The surrounding of the Akshardham Temple is pleasant and alluring and consists of delightful trees, lawn gardens and fountains. The night view of the Akshardham Temple is astounding. Some of the other temples that will amaze you are amazing mini Amarnath Dham, lovely Hanuman Temple, astonishing Mahudi Jain Temple and delightful Trimandir.
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The important towns, metropolis and cities of Gujarat as well as India are nicely connected to Gandhinagar by avenue, so travelling to Gandhinagar is very cosy task. The avenues and highway linking Gandhinagar to cities are in good condition. Gandhinagar does not have its own Airport but still you can travel this city by airway. The closest airport from this Gandhinagar is Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (Ahmedabad) which is 18 kilometers from Gandhinagar, so one can travel Gandhinagar by catching flight to Ahmedabad and then take taxi to reach your destination. The Gandhinagar can also be visited by railway. The city has Railway Station which is known as Gandhinagar Capital Railway Station. The Gandhinagar Capital Railway Station has daily trains to important cities of India and vice-versa.
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The festivals and fairs in Gandhinagar are the best time to witness the culture of Gandhinagar. The main festival of Gandhinagar, Navaratri is the perfect time to experience Gandhinagar culture. You can see that the people perform cultural dance forms such as dandiya raas and Garba in front of the Devi Maa. Find out more about Gandhinagar Culture here.
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The Gandhinagar is a city of festivals, funfairs and events. The Gandhinagar cultural traditions and talents of Gandhinagar people can be seen in Gandhinagar festivals and funfairs. The festivals celebrated in Gandhinagar are Navratri and Dussehra Festival, Holi Festival, Diwali Festival, International Kite flying festival (Uttrayan Festival), Makar Sankranti Festival, Krishna Janmashtami Festival, Saptak Music Festival, etc. The various fairs held in Gandhinagar are Vibrant Gujarat Global Trade Show, Gujarat Travel Mart, Hyper Expo and Vautha Fair. Find out more about Gandhinagar Festivals.
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The Gandhinagar People are fun loving people. They love to enjoy every moment of their life. The people of Gandhinagar are always active and enjoy every moments during festivals. The people of Gandhinagar are also very creative and famous for making excellent kites as we can see their creativity during International Kite flying festival where you can see people flying various types of kites.
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If you want to check out the satellite view of Gandhinagar then visit this Gandhinagar map page. This Gandhinagar map page has Gandhinagar satellite map which gives you a satellite view of the city as well as map view of Gandhinagar city. You can check out the road distance, tourist places and many more in this Gandhinagar Map.
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The Gandhinagar pin code is 382010. Check out the details of Gandhinagar pin code here.
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The population of Gandhinagar city is 195,891 as of 2001 India census and out of total population 195,891 population, the Male population constitute 53% and female population constitute 47%. The average literacy rate of Gandhinagar city is 77.11% where 82% of the male population is literate and 73% of female population is literate. Out of 195,891 population 11% of the Gandhinagar population is under 6 years of age. More than 95% of populace of Gandhinagar is Hindu.

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