Ahmedabad Trip Overview
Patan in Gujarat would be an exquisite pleasure for the soul of an explorer. The aw inspiring stepwell of “ran ki vav” is an wonder of ancient engineering This is a little visited town, but its narrow streets are bordered by the elaborate wooden houses with more than 100 Jain temples, with their intricate carvings. For fashion maniac ladies, there are ethereal and elegant hand woven sarees, which makes this place even more than a worth visit with family.
At Modhera become one with nature and open your mind to the poetry in stone, dedicated to the sun god, living glimpses of the era far elapsed emerge out of the intricacies of narrative sculptures
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Duration: 7 to 9 hours
Starts: Ahmedabad, India
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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Patan in Gujarat would be an exquisite pleasure for the soul of an explorer. The aw inspiring stepwell of “ran ki vav” is an wonder of ancient engineering This is a little visited town, but its narrow streets are bordered by the elaborate wooden houses with more than 100 Jain temples, with their intricate carvings. For fashion maniac ladies, there are ethereal and elegant hand woven sarees, which makes this place even more than a worth visit with family.
At Modhera become one with nature and open your mind to the poetry in stone, dedicated to the sun god, living glimpses of the era far elapsed emerge out of the intricacies of narrative sculptures
Itinerary
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Stop At: Rani Ki vav, Near the Patan Highway, 384265 India
Morning Pickup will be provided from your hotel in Ahmadabad and get driven to Patan. Visit Rani ki Vav (a wonder stepwell of subterranean architecture of Gujarat) *Sahastralinga Talav * Khan Sarovar * Jain temples Highlight attraction of this trip is “Rani Ki Vav”, an intricately constructed stepwell built as a memorial to an 11th-century king Bhima I. It was added to the list of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites on 22 June 2014. Stepwells are a distinctive form of subterranean water resource and storage systems on the Indian subcontinent, and have been constructed since the third millennium BC. Rani ki vav was built in the complex Maru-Gurjara architectural style with an inverted temple and seven levels of stairs and holds more than 500 principal sculptures.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Sun Temple, On Becharaji Highway, Modhera 384212 India
Sun Temples at Modhera naraates of the story of times gone by when reverence of the natural elements fire, air, earth, water and sky were at their peak sharing space with myriad manifestations of Vedic gods. The ancient philosophy venerating natural elements and its association with humans was considered the prime force and energy of the life cycle. A walk around the serene temple campus makes you aware of the positively strong aura of energy which the place radiates and through it brings one closer to the environs.
The exclusively carved temple complex and the magnificently sculpted kund are jewels in the art of masonry of the Solanki period apparently which was also known as the Golden Age of Gujarat. Savor your voyage through time to the magnificent eons of the Golden period as you get welcomed personally by the life like icons, narrating stories and legends of Modhera!
Evening drive back to the Ahmedabad hotle
Duration: 1 hour
