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Broach Clock Tower

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Time in old Broach — the historic clock tower of Bharuch, a British-era civic landmark that still keeps time in the old city, an icon of the colonial-era streetscape of ancient Broach.

Bharuch Fort

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The walls of ancient Broach — Bharuch Fort, the old hilltop citadel above the Narmada, whose battlements recall two thousand years as one of India’s most storied port cities.

Baba Rehan Shah Dargah

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A Sufi saint of Broach — Baba Rehan Shah Dargah, an old Sufi shrine in the historic city, where the spirit of the ancient port’s syncretic, multi-faith heritage lives on.

Nilkanth Mahadev Temple

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The Blue-Throated Lord — Nilkanth Mahadev Temple in Bharuch, one of the Shiva shrines in the old city, enshrining the form of Shiva who swallowed the cosmic poison at the churning of the ocean.

Bhrigu Rishi Ashram

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The sage’s city — Bhrigutirth, Bharuch’s ancient name, honours the sage Bhrigu whose ashram on the Narmada gave this city its sacred identity across thousands of years.

Old Broach Lanes

Old Broach Lanes, Gujarat

Old Broach Lanes takes its name from Broach, the colonial spelling of Bharuch, one of the oldest continuously inhabited port towns in India, set on the north bank of the Narmada. The old quarters are a maze of narrow str

Narmada Estuary

Narmada Estuary, Gujarat

Narmada Estuary is the broad, tidal mouth where the Narmada, one of India’s most sacred rivers, meets the Gulf of Khambhat near Bharuch. Here the river spreads wide across mudflats and channels, and the mixing of fresh a

Aliabet

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A remote estuary island alive with migratory birds