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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Near Sasangir, train passes through green land and climbs the grade. (Bhaveen Patel)

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Dense forest of Sasangir... (Bhaveen Patel)

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At an unknown station, train takes the briefAC halt before Sasangir. (Bhaveen Patel)

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After Sasangir, a joy-ride starts from the jungle area with deer and peacocks... (Bhaveen Patel)

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At Talala, Junagadh bound trtain waits for crossing. (Bhaveen Patel)

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Talala station in Gir region becomes live as 3 inter-connected MG service halts for few minutes and one of them having reversal there. Talala is famous for the 'Kesar' breed mangoes in Gujarat. (Chitrarth Parghi)

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Wide angle snap of Talala. (Bhaveen Patel)

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SBI YDM4 6220 reversing at Talala Jn. for Una bound train. (Chitrarth Parghi)

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SBI YDM4 #6355 waits for the next duty at Veraval and #6302 joins him after hauling the Khijadia-Veraval Pass. (Chitrarth Parghi)

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At Veraval, RTM WDM3A 18643 takes rest after hauling the Somnath Exp. from ADI. The rake can be seen at far end of washing line. (Chitrarth Parghi)

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Twillight view of Somnath Temple (Bhaveen Patel)

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Night view of Somnath station building(SMNH). (Bhaveen Patel)

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Termination at SMNH (Bhaveen Patel)

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A morning scene at Bhatiya. Pic taken on board 19251 SMNH-OKHA Exp. (Chitrarth Parghi)

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A beautiful landscape of windmill and green grass. Windmills follows you after Khambhaliya till Okha. (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