Friday, February 15, 2008

Nadiad, Kheda District, Gujarat


jain temple in nadiad, gujarat
Originally uploaded by pamiam.
The land of the 'Iron Man of India', Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Nadiad is a medium-sized city of 300,000 people. Located in Kheda district, the city is famous for Santram Mandir, and for its carvings. Nadiad also boasts the Dharamsinh Desai Institute of Technology, which is famous in Gujarat for its quality education in the fields of engineering and technology. Nadiad is situated on the Banks of Shedhi River.

The city was formerly ruled by the Muslims, and later by the Gaekwad of Baroda. Malhar Rao Gaekwad built the 1st Hindu temple called Narayan Dev Mandir, located in the center of the city.

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey you forgot about the Kidney hospital, which is famous all over Asia. Nadiad is also known as the Medical city because of Kidney and Ayurvedic hospital.

Sunday, 03 December, 2006  

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