Gir nominates fourth in 7 wonders of India - Gujarat episode

A national series about rediscovery of wonders from all around India, '7 Wonders of India', is NDTV channel initiative. As name suggests, it gives chance to highlight wonders across the country to not only citizens of India, but also to the millions of tourists who come every year to make their dream-visit to Incredible India!

In this series they started to roam around all the states of India to explore heritage sites to national parks, natural marvels to magnificent architecture, from most famous to quite unknown ones. Bringing all of them together, to the big number of spectators...

Junagadh, proudly made it's place in Gujarat series with two of it's major attractions, which makes literally millions of tourists to visit them every year, namely...

1) The Junagadh Fort...

&

2) The Gir Asiatic Lion Sanctuary...

However, marvels are scattered throughout not only only India, but in Gujarat itself as well, giving each nominee a tough competition. This led to selection of Gir Sanctuary of these nominees. The video below shows final 7 grand tourist attractions of Gujarat, with Gir proudly standing at fourth place!

This blog, it's authors, supports & all Junagadh lovers heartily convey their wishes that Gir to make its place for national final 7 spectacles as well!

Baawa-Pyaara (Buddhist) Caves

The Caves

The Doors

Buddhist style carving on doors

Carved figure of a lion - Buddhist art

Carving on piller

Carved piller with a torch-hold pocket

A wide porch (Varandah)

Khapra-Kodiya (Buddhist) caves

The view of caves carved from a single stone

Nicely aligned residential sections

Hallway with fire-place pits

The passage between sections

Corridor

Steps to the now ruined second floor

Pillers of the ruined second floor still existing

The Junagadh Fort - Uparkot

Spectaculor views of The Old Fort of Junagadh, where once upon a time most of the citizens lived in; also, a very protactive hide-out during siege situations with crocodile-inhabitated water channel all along its periferi. Improved time to time by the successors, now a days it serves as a great tourist spot with its fascinating structures like Buddhist Caves, Stepwells, Food & Water reservoirs. It also displays Guns with range of more than 5 kms and whole fort is dotted with the gun-balls all around. In short, worth visiting once...