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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After departing from Ahmedabad, we crossed Sabarmati river. A night view of Torrent power plant and Sabarmati river at north of ADI. (Bhaveen Patel)

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Night view of deserted Viramgam. Viramgam is the Gate way of Saurashtra (Kathiyawad) region. (Bhaveen Patel)

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Crossing in the night somewhere between VG and SUNR. (Bhaveen Patel)

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CONRAJ bound to ADI and full moon at Surendranagar. (Bhaveen Patel)

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The first train to Rajkot, VRL-RJT Pass. arrives Junagadh and daily commuters waits the train to boards as the train stops hauled by RTM WDM3A 16834. (Bhaveen Patel)

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Two YDM4s from SBI waits for their turn at Junagadh Jn. (Chitrarth Parghi)

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SBI YDM4 6220 on it's way to take charge of Una bound train at Junagadh. (Bhaveen Patel)

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Clouds touching the ground at the back side of Girnar hills of Junagadh. (Chitrarth Parghi)

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Morning sun and MG. (Bhaveen Patel)

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Girnar hills of Junagadh and ground-nut crops. (Bhaveen Patel)

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New token given at Visavadar Jn. of the next section. (Bhaveen Patel)

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Crowd at Visavadar Jn. (Bhaveen Patel)

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As the semaphore downs, aggressive YDM4 6323 enters Visavadar from Dhasa side.

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Seen here is token exchange at Visavadar Jn. This train comes from Dhasa bound to Junagadh. (Chitrarth Parghi)

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All set to depart... (Bhaveen Patel)

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