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Gujarat Explorers

Khambhat Jami Masjid

Hero, Gujarat

A forest of repurposed pillars — the Khambhat Jami Masjid, a medieval mosque whose interior of elaborately carved Hindu and Jain columns documents the layered, cosmopolitan history of this ancient port-city.

Swaminarayan Temple, Anand

Hero, Gujarat

The white marble of the Akshar tradition — Swaminarayan Temple in Anand, of the BAPS tradition, the defining religious institution of modern Gujarat.

Stambhan Parshwanath Temple

Hero, Gujarat

A Jain tirth of the Cambay region — Stambhan Parshwanath, an historic pilgrimage temple dedicated to Parshwanath, the 23rd Tirthankar, its marble shikhara a landmark of Jain devotion in the Charotar.

Khambhat Jain Temples

Arch, Gujarat

A medieval Jain constellation — the Khambhat Jain temple cluster, a group of historic tirths in the ancient port-city of Cambay, funded by the merchant princes of the medieval Indian Ocean.

Khodiyar Mata Mandir

Hero, Gujarat

A revered shrine of Khodiyar Mata, the warrior goddess who rides a crocodile — one of Saurashtra’s most beloved deities, with a much-loved temple in the Amreli countryside.

Jagannath Jamalpur

Hero, Gujarat

A 450-year-old shrine to Lord Jagannath — and the start of Ahmedabad’s vast, century-old Rath Yatra chariot procession.

ISKCON Ahmedabad

Hero, Gujarat

Shri Shri Radha Govind Dham — a serene sandstone Krishna temple on SG Highway, alive with kirtan, festivals and prasadam.

Trimandir Adalaj

Hero, Gujarat

A serene ‘three-in-one’ temple where Jain, Shaiva and Vaishnav deities share one sanctum — a modern shrine to religious harmony near Adalaj.

Camp Hanuman

Food1, Gujarat

One of Ahmedabad’s most beloved Hanuman shrines — a long-revered temple in Shahibaug where Tuesdays and Saturdays overflow with devotion.

Bhadrakali

Bhadra Fort, Gujarat

The guardian goddess of Ahmedabad — a revered Shakti shrine set within the very Bhadra fort the city grew around.