1Day

[Ahmedabad arrival and departure]
Rani ki Vav, The Sun Temple, Modhera
1 day Tour the World Heritage sites and culture

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Itinerary

	City	Itinerary
1	Ahmedabad Modhera Patan Rani ki Vav Ahmedabad	Meet you at a specific place (airport, hotel, your home, etc.) in the city of Ahmedabad by a private car. In all day, visit the Sun Temple in Modhera, Patan is well-know the double-ikat “Patola”, and the queen’s staircase well Rani ki Vav is registered the World Heritage site in 2014. Then, see you off at a specific place in the city of Ahmedabad by a private car. Meals : Lunch

Price per person (Excluding the air fare to / from Ahmedabad)

Number of people	Price (INR)
4	Please contact us.
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** Air tickets can be arranged on request based on best available airfare.
** 5.0% government service tax would be applicable on the prices above.
** The prices above are valid from October 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015. For other dates, kindly contact us.
** Additional charges would be applicable if you plan your trip during Diwali, Christmas, year-end and New Year holidays. Kindly contact us for best quotes.

 

Above mentioned prices are inclusive of:

• An English speaking guide at locale | Private car and its driver as mentioned in the itinerary | Entrance fee for the monuments mentioned in the itinerary | Meals - BF: 0, LN: 1, DN: 0 | Other expenses; parking fees, etc.

Above mentioned prices are exclusive of:

• Air fares for round trip between Delhi and Ahmedabad | personal expenses - drinks, phone calls, laundry, medicine etc. | Tips to the guide and driver

Our way of tripping

View the historical buildings in Gujarat
The Sun Temple in Modhera has the beautiful sand stone curved that reminds the Sun Temple in Orissa. Also view the queen’s staircase well “Rani ki Vav” is registered as the World Heritage site in 2014.
Visit Patan the village of world famous Double Ikat "Patola"
Patola is the Double Ikat (the splashed warp and woof thread patterns). At first, assuming the final design with the warp thread and woof thread, die the threads and weave. It takes more than 3months to weave one piece of sari in all processes of Patola. Producing the Patola is required very high skills, and at present, only three families succeed to this artificial culture.

Saiyu India Gujarat

Saiyu India has long been established in Ahmedabad since 2003 and has been arranging trips in Gujarat for many years now. All the Gujarat plans are led by Mr. Gautam who plans and executes them and our Ahmedabad branch is at its toes to answer any of its customer's enquiries. We also entertain customized trip requests like trips to textile arts, experiencing the local ethnic lifestyle, visiting the ruins of the Indus civilization and the inspection of companies. Mr Gautam with his extensive experience has made Saiyu India famous in Japan for the "Gujarat journeys".

Salient Information

Drinking
The state of Gujarat is the state of prohibiting drinking. Therefore, people are not allowed to drink in the public places such as restaurants and if you want to drink, you may do within your hotel room. Buying a bottle of alcoholic is limited at a shop having the liquor permission during shop open hours. If you want to buy alcoholic drinks at the locale, please tell us before your departure, then we inform the guide on it beforehand. Also, please prepare the copies of passport, India visa, and India immigration stamp.

The admired wonders..!!!

Modhera Sun Temple

In 11th century, this temple was constructed by King Bhimdev I. As to Sun Temple, the Surya Temple in Konark, the State of Orissa is designated as the World Heritage site is famous. This Modhera Surya Temple is 200 years younger than that. It is built the sunlight shines into the main shrine in which the Sun God Surya is worshiped, only for two days in a year. There are 52 pcs of pillars on which the scenes (episodes) of Ramayana and Mahabharata are carved and on the exterior walls the intricate carvings are made, as well.

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  Sun Ｔmple
  Depicted the scenes of Ramayana and Mahabharata on 52 pcs of pillars, inside (of the temple) 12 niches exist showing the changes of the Sun God Surya by month.

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  Surya Kundo is a step well in the shape of rectangular.
  Inside (of the well-building) 108 pcs of shrines exist and in the wall a small shrine is made to worship (enshrine) the avatars (incarnations) of Ganesh, Lord Vishnu and Shiva.

Rani Ki Vav Tour the queen’s step well

In June 2014, a step well has been registered as the World Heritage site is located in the suburbs of Patan. This well is constructed by a queen who was a dowager of the Solanki dynasty in 11th century for her King’s memory and fame.
A “step well” is the well typically made in the states of Gujarat and Rajasthan where suffer from the chronical water shortage. The step well was used as not only supplying water to people, but also employing for a natural cooler utilizing evaporative cooling. On the wall of well, carved the Hindu deities and fables delicately is a kind of art makes people who are cooling, have an enjoyable time.
Rani ki Vav is the oldest step well in Gujarat, a rectangular in shape; 64m in length, 20m in width and 27m in depth and consists of 7 layers. On the wall, more than 800 pcs of reliefs of Hindu deities are depicted. Especially, the beauty and exquisiteness of relief of the avatar (incarnation) Lord Vishnu fascinates. Rani ki Vav was forgotten for a while due to the Saraswati River overflowed caused the Vav was covered with sand. After 1958, the Archeological Survey of India dug up and repaired it, revealed all the Rani ki Vav again. Being under sands kept it as it was beautiful in the past.

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  Entrance to Vav, a step well

• 7 terraces on each 7 layers

• Relief of Hindu myth on the wall

Patan Patola (splashed pattern / Double Ikat)

Among the splashed patterns, Patola is required very high skills to produce. At first, all craftsmen input the final design in their memories. The first process is to die the thread of warp and the thread of woof. Bundling a thin silk thread, and tied by a cotton thread at many places and die, untied and die and continue the processes to die more than 10 colors. A wart thread died up by calculating intricately is set and stretch on the weaving machine, and a woof thread is wound on the shuttle. It is processed by one pair of craftsmen / craftswomen to weave up. The colors of warp thread and woof thread should be matched up by o.1mm. Having matched the colors, the bright color patters are appeared (showed). At present, there is not many people exist who are succeeded in this high skill and it is said only the Salvi family in Patan. Patola is not sold in a market, but it is produced by order made system. One sally costs one car. It is said if a daughter wears a sally made of Patola that Salvi wove at her wedding ceremony, the family’s class becomes higher.

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