A Step in Saurashtra

Presenting the first album covering the Saurashtra region of Gujarat. This album contains the pictures from Viramgam, Junagadh, Veraval, Somnath, Dwarka, Okha and MG branch lines of Talala and Sasangir by Bhaveen Patel(BRC) and Chitrarth Parghi(ST).

Date: 2013-10-02
Owner: Gallery Administrator
Size: 60 items
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Through the grass-lands... (Bhaveen Patel)

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Birds, the major attraction point in Jamnagar district for the travellers and photographers. (Bhaveen Patel)

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Leaving Okhamadhi station... (Bhaveen Patel)

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A beautiful sun rise from salt-lake and wind-mills near Okhamadhi station between Khambhaliya and Okha. (Chitrarth Parghi)

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LKO WDG4 12294 with BCNHL waits for 19251 OKHA Exp. to cross at DWK. (Bhaveen Patel)

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A plate of famous Kathiawadi snack Ganthiya and Jalebi with chutney and raw papaya salad costs just Rs. 10 at Dwarka. (Chitrarth Parghi)

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Dwarka station building. This station having only a single exit at pf #1. (Chitrarth Parghi)

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16733 RMM-OKHA Exp. enters the second last halt i.e. Dwarka after it's long journey of 3100kms. (Bhaveen Patel)

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VTA WDM3D 11127 slow downs for the halt at Dwarka with a load of 19006 Saurashtra Mail. (Bhaveen Patel)

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19005 Saurashtra Mail to Okha leaves Dwarka with RTM WDM3A 18678. (Bhaveen Patel)

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RTM WDM3A 16837 entering Dwarka station with OKHA-BVC Pass. (Chitrarth Parghi)

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Uttaranchal Exp. with VTA WDM3A 14074 at Dwarka. (Bhaveen Patel)

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A bracketed home signal just before entering Okha station. The rounded arm denotes the line to goods yard. (Chitrarth Parghi)

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DDN-OKHA Uttaranchal Exp. enters Okha. The left sided RTM WDM3A can be seen with OKHA-SMNH Exp. and right handed ED WDM3A shunting the rake of RMM-OKHA Exp. (Chitrarth Parghi)

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Light-house can be seen from Okha station. (Chitrarth Parghi)

Comments
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Great show. There is still a lot of interesting MG travel left in this area.
Posted by Ajai Banerji on 2013 Nov 10 15:23:14 +0000
Brilliant work guys!! Hats off to you both.. :)
Posted by Avishek Basu on 2013 Oct 26 17:29:02 +0100
Great Work and a fabulous album, your pics have definitely helped me in exploring Gujarati Cultures and Traditions post re-locating to Vadodara.
Posted by Kaushik Dharwadkar on 2013 Oct 24 08:19:51 +0100