Vadodara also known with the name of Baroda, capital of the princely Gaekawad state in the pre-independence era. It s the third-most populated town in Gujarat,

While in the post-independence era Vadodara became famous as a major hub of education and arts. Situated in the industrial corridor of Gujarat, Vadodara is emerging as the commercial and industrial capital of the state.

Over the years many large and medium industrial units have come up in surrounding areas and the city’s main avenues are lined up with a number of commercial complexes that rate among the best in modern architecture.

Today Vadodara is an industrial city with some interesting museums and art galleries and a fine lush park. Popularly known as the City of Palaces and Gardens, Vadodara is home to a number of magnificent palaces and monuments which attract large number of tourists every year.

Situated within the Sayaji Bagh, the museum has a good collection of art and textiles from world over, Gujarati archaeological remains, Mughal miniatures, India sculptures and ancient manuscripts, Egyptian antiquities and some excellent works of European masters. Among the finest exhibits are carved doors and lintels taken from Gujarat’s havelis (mansions) and some fifth-century Jain […]

A fortified hill – Pawagadh lies 47 kilometers north-east of Vadodara. Pawagadh hill rises 820 meters above the plains overlooking the almost forgotten Muslim city of Champaner. Take a jeep from Champaner, pass the old walls of the Solanki fort and reach to the summit where a number of Jain temples lies below a Hindu […]

Champaner-45 kms north-east of Vadodara. The historic town was the political capital of Gujarat until the death of Bahadur Shah Zafar in 1536. Nowadays, the town has a strange and time-warped atmosphere, the huge city walls with inscribed gateway still stand. The place is famous for  number of houses, beautiful mosques and Muslim funerary monuments […]