Botad
This Swami Narayan Temple is located 15.3 KM from Vihaldham, Paliyad. APS Swaminarayan temple is located in the village. It comes under the Vadtal Gadi of the Swaminarayan Sampraday. It is the only Swaminarayan temple which has the Murtis of neither Swaminarayan nor Krishna as the primary object of worship.
Sarngpur
This Sarngpur Hanuman Temple is located 26.8 KM from Vihaldham, Paliyad. Shri Hanuman Mandir, Sarangpur is a Hindu temple located in Sarangpur, Gujarat and comes under the Vadtal Gadi of the Swaminarayan Sampraday. It is the only Swaminarayan Temple which does not have the Murtis of either Swaminarayan or Krishna as the primary deity of worship. It is dedicated to Hanuman in the form of Kastbhanjan (Crusher of sorrows)
Sarngpur
This Sarngpur Hanuman Temple is located 26.8 KM from Vihaldham, Paliyad. Shri Hanuman Mandir, Sarangpur is a Hindu temple located in Sarangpur, Gujarat and comes under the Vadtal Gadi of the Swaminarayan Sampraday. It is the only Swaminarayan Temple which does not have the Murtis of either Swaminarayan or Krishna as the primary deity of worship. It is dedicated to Hanuman in the form of Kastbhanjan (Crusher of sorrows)
Khodiyar Mandir, Bhavnagar
Velavadar Blackbuck National Park, Bhavnagar
This beautiful, 37km park that is an hour’s drive north of Paliyad, encompasses large areas of pale, custard-colored grassland stretching between two seasonal rivers and is famous for its blackbucks – beautiful, fast antelope that sport elegant spiraling horns as long as 65cm in mature males. Some 1800 inhabit the park, alongside blue bulls (India’s largest antelope) and birds such as wintering harriers from Siberia (about 2000 of them most years). There are over 120 species of birds that can be found in the park and around.
Velavadar Blackbuck National Park, Bhavnagar
This beautiful, 37km park that is an hour’s drive north of Paliyad, encompasses large areas of pale, custard-colored grassland stretching between two seasonal rivers and is famous for its blackbucks – beautiful, fast antelope that sport elegant spiraling horns as long as 65cm in mature males. Some 1800 inhabit the park, alongside blue bulls (India’s largest antelope) and birds such as wintering harriers from Siberia (about 2000 of them most years). There are over 120 species of birds that can be found in the park and around.
Palitana And Shatrunjaya Hill
The hustling, dusty town of Palitana, 51 km southwest of Bhavnagar, has grown rapidly to serve the pilgrim trade around the Shatrunjaya Hill. The sacred site contains hundreds of shrines that were sanctified when Rishabha, the first Tirthankara of Jainism, gave his first sermon in the temple on the hilltop. Even though the climb to the temples is a rigorous one, it awards a dazzling sight of the intricately carved temples.
Chotila
