Its day 1 of our trip.
We started from Chennai to Ahmadabad via the KF flight. Mouli was there to see us off. We had prior reservation done at Hotel Ambassador in Ahmadabad. After landing all we had to do was take a prepaid taxi to the hotel.
Proposed places of visit in Ahmadabad are Akshardham temple and Sabarmati Ashram. Due to late arrival of flight, we lost valuable time. We took cab to Swaminarayan temple in Ghandhi nagar. Our cab driver was Yukub, a Muslim, old driver. He explained us different landmarks on the way in Ahmadabad and in Ghandhi nagar. Well on return, he took us less money than originally planned as we covered only few kms than planned. These qualities we noticed in all the cab / auto fellows we met during the trip. people who are courteous, helpful, honest.
The Swaminarayan temple in Gujarat, is a must visit for any one visiting Ahmadabad. It is located in Gandhi Nagar which is around 35 Kms from Ahmadabad. You will get to pass Narmada canal, state assembly and sprawling highway that connects both the cities. We all have heard about the temple in the past. Specific to mention are the museum located inside the temple premises. If you want to take time and see them all, it takes close to around 21/2 to 3 hours to finish the museum visit. The museum was established as a dedication to Sri Swami Narayan whose life history, his services during this life term are explained via dolls, images, stone sculptures, video and audio recorded media. More than life history, it also talks about Indian values, philosophy, spirituality in an interactive way. It was indeed an unique experience. A must visit for kids
When we left the museum time was close to 8PM and incidentally the exit path was via the cafeteria and we were heading directly fill the gap in our stomach :-).
We were late for ashram. we had enough time to get back pack things and reach railway station to catch the train to GhandhiDham in Kutch. it was second class sleeper ticket, we did not realize how cold our journey is going to be phherrr ....
1 comment:
its good trip for looking holy places.
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