The heart of old Morbi
At the heart of Morbi’s old town, in the bustling Green Chowk, stands the city’s beloved clock tower — a graceful colonial-era structure that has long served as the landmark and meeting-point of the historic bazaar.
The tower belongs to Morbi’s flamboyant building era, when the Jadeja rulers dressed their town in European forms executed by Gujarati craftsmen — the same impulse that raised the Mani Mandir, the Willingdon Secretariat and the suspension bridge. Around it the Green Chowk still trades as it always has, so the landmark works best at bazaar hours, with the town’s ceramic-industry prosperity visible in the shopfronts.
Built during the town’s flamboyant building era, the tower reflects the same architectural ambition that gave Morbi its ‘Paris of Saurashtra’ nickname, its tiered form and clock face rising above the surrounding shops and lanes.
Around it, the Green Chowk hums with the everyday commerce of Morbi — markets, eateries and the flow of town life — making the clock tower both a heritage monument and a living civic hub. A simple but characterful stop on a walk through old Morbi, it is the kind of modest landmark that gives a town its identity, and a fine vantage on the rhythms of this princely-turned-industrial city.
The clock tower.
Morbi's bazaar, under its clock
The bazaar landmark.
Morbi's rulers raised grand civic structures in the princely era — bridges, gates, halls.
The clock tower rose in the Green Chowk as part of that building age.
It became the old town's landmark and meeting point.
It remains the emblem of a city better known now for its industry.
Reasons to make the time
Clock tower
The tower is the town's landmark — directions in old Morbi start from it.
Colonial-era
Its tiered design carries the princely era's grace.
Green Chowk
The Green Chowk bazaar bustles around its base.
Meeting point
This is the heart of old Morbi, before the ceramic city grew around it.
Photogenic
As civic emblems go, it is characterful rather than grand — and better for it.
Old-town walk
It makes a natural stop on any old-town walk.
What to look for inside
THE TOWERThe clock tower
The old town's landmark timepiece.
THE CHOWKGreen Chowk
The bazaar at its base.
How to spend an hour or two
Find the tower
Find the tower in the Green Chowk, old Morbi's central square.
See the clock
Look up at the tiered timepiece, the princely town's emblem.
Walk the bazaar
Browse the markets and eateries around its base.
Sense the town
Watch everyday Morbi life pass through the chowk.
Photograph it
Photograph the landmark — golden hour suits it best.
Pair with heritage
Walk on to Mani Mandir, the town's great carved monument.
The clock tower.
A tiered colonial timepiece
The Green Chowk clock tower is a graceful colonial-era landmark: a tiered masonry tower carrying a clock face, rising above the shops and lanes of Morbi’s old bazaar, built in the same ambitious spirit as the town’s princely architecture.
It sits within Morbi district — browse more places to visit in Morbi.
Its importance is as a civic emblem and meeting-point — a modest but defining monument at the bustling heart of old Morbi.
Tiered clock tower
Colonial-era design
In the Green Chowk bazaar
A civic landmark
When to go
November to February is the pleasant season across Morbi.
The monsoon leaves the town washed and atmospheric.
April to June is hot; walk the old town early or late.
⏰ See it on a walk through old Morbi's bazaar; combine with Mani Mandir and the Darbargadh.
Timings & entry
- An exterior landmark — view anytime
- The bazaar is liveliest by day
- Part of an old-town walk
- A short stop
- Free to view from the chowk
- Mind the busy bazaar traffic
- Combine with Morbi heritage
- Photography of the tower is fine
Getting there
By Air
Rajkot airport is nearest.
By Rail
Morbi has a railway station.
On Foot
In the Green Chowk, old Morbi.
At the chowk
TOWER & BAZAAR
Morbi's old-town landmark
What to shoot
The clock tower itself.
Setting
The Green Chowk bazaar around it.
Life
Everyday town scenes in the square.
Best light
The tower at golden hour.
Know before you go
More to see close by
RIVERMachchhu Riverfront
Calm waters at the heart of the city
Swaminarayan Mandir
A graceful sampraday shrine in town
PILGRIMWillingdon Secretariat
Birthplace of Maharshi Dayanand
Rafaleshwar Mahadev
A serene Shiva temple by the Machchhu
Mani Mandir
An ornate palace-temple of carved stone
5Ceramic City
Watch tiles and clay-ware take shape by hand
Where to eat near Green Chowk Clock Tower
THALIKathiawadi Thali
Rotla, kadhi, shaak and ghee-rich fare.
GANTHIYAGanthiya & fafda
Saurashtra's fried snacks.
STREETChaat & bhajiya
Lively local street food.
Veg & sweets
Hearty Kathiawadi veg fare and sweets.
Green Chowk Clock Tower FAQ
What is the Green Chowk clock tower?
Morbi's beloved clock-tower landmark, standing in the Green Chowk at the heart of the historic bazaar quarter.
Why is it notable?
As the civic emblem and meeting point of old Morbi — the fixed landmark the princely town was navigated by.
When was it built?
During Morbi's princely building era, when the Jadeja rulers gave the town its bridges, gates and civic architecture.
Is there an entry fee?
No — it is an exterior landmark, free to view from the chowk.
Where is it?
In the Green Chowk, at the heart of old Morbi's bazaar.
When should I visit?
October to March, on a walking loop of the old town.
What's around it?
The bustling Green Chowk bazaar — markets, eateries and the town's daily traffic.
What's nearby?
Mani Mandir, the Darbargadh, and Morbi's famous suspension-bridge riverfront.
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Published 24 June 2026 · Updated 24 August 2026