Gandhinagar, Capital of Gujarat, Planned City of India

Gandhinagar – The Capital of Gujarat and one of the Planned City of India

Gandinagar is capital of state Gujarat, one of the two planned city of India and well known as green city of Gujarat. Gandhinagar is located on west bank of Savarmati River, around 25 Km north from Ahmedabad, the financial capital of Gujarat and named after Shree Mahatma Gandhi – The father of Nation. As the capital city of Gujarat it comprise of lot of government offices including the Assembly - Vidhan Sabha, Sachivalaya, Udhyog Bhavan with head office of lot of department. Apart from these Electronic GIDC, IT Part – Infocity generates lot of employment in private sector.

Gandhinagar has also established its image education hub as well in recent year with lots of university in diverse system. These institutes includes Indian Institute of Technology - IIT Gandhinagar, National Institute of Design - NID, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology - DAIICT, National Institute of Fashion Technology - NIFT, Gujarat National Law University, Bhaskaracharya Institute For Space Applications and Geo-Informatics - BISAG, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University - PDPU, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India near Bhat village and other colleges for engineering, dentistry, management among others located in and around Gandhinagar. Gujarat International Finance Tech-City, popular as GIFT City, great vision of Shree Narendra Modi, is the huge project and first in this kind of project across the India and located just 8 km from Gandhinagar. This will generate ample amount of employment and opportunities. Along with these, a world class railway station with five star hotel near Mahatma Gandhi Mandir and Dandi Kutir is under construction.

Gandhinagar is well connected by Road, Railway and by Air with each part of India. It is divided in sector and various town planning by Government. Akshardham – world famous Swaminarayana temple managed by BAPS, Mahatma Mandir, Dandi Kutir, Indroda Dinosaur and Fossil Park, Adalaj step well, Sanskruti Kung – annual cultural festival, Mahudi Jain Temple, Mini Amarnath, Mini Pavagadh etc are very popular place as tourist destination. Various exhibition are observed in Mahatma Mandir and other place of Gandhinagar. Thousands of tourist, business person and pilgrims reach Gandhinagar throughout the year thus city developed as best tourist destination as well with all required facilities like hotels for accommodation, Restaurant of Gujarati and Punjabi food and cab service for local travel and sight seen.

Taluka / Tehsil: Gandhinagar, District: Gandhinagar, State: gujarat, Country: india.

Religious Importance: Hindu

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