Monday, June 8, 2015

Vadodara

Vadodara located on the banks of the Vishwamitri river. The present day city is an educational, industrial and commercial center as visualized by its late ruler, Sayaji Rao Gaekwad III.



The city has lot of history as in the ancient times it was part of several kingdoms such as Gupta, Chalukya, Mughals and Gaekwad's of the Marathas. This can be seen even today as there are several heritage monuments across the city. The city progressed a lot during the time of Maratha rule with the accession of Maharaja Sayajirao III in 1875. 



Places of interest that we have visited in the city are:

The near by places of interest that we visited are:

26 comments:

Cloudia said...

Good introduction!





ALOHA from Honolulu,
ComfortSpiral
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rupam sarma said...

Amazing captures

Vineeta Yashsavi said...

That's beautiful...

carol l mckenna said...

Lovely series of shots with blue in them!

Happy Blue Monday,
artmusedogs and carol

eileeninmd said...

Looks like a huge city with lots to see! Great post and photos. Have a happy day!

Anonymous said...

Wow - the architecture in that second photo is amazing.

Penelope Postcards said...

What a huge cityscape with fascinating history. Ancient architecture sometimes seems so much more intricate and beautiful than the new.

Sylvia K said...

What an awesome looking place and such great captures, Rajesh, as always!! I would love to visit there!! Lovely, peaceful skies, too!! Have a great new week!!

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

A huge city!

Leovi said...

Yes, definitely Vadodara is a city with beautiful works of art!

Al said...

That looks like a big city, but with plenty of green spaces.

Photo Cache said...

Looks like a busy metropolitan. You know I haven't heard of this city before. What is the major attraction?

Donna said...

What beautiful palaces and buildings with so much artwork....especially the painting.

R Niranjan Das said...

Nice captures!

Linda said...

Interesting places! Nice job on the mosaic.

LifeRamblings said...

lovely views. thanks for the free tour.

Gattina said...

Looks like a very interesting place !

Roger Owen Green said...

another impressive structure!

ROG, ABCW

photowannabe said...

Wonderful cityscape of Vadodara.

Maiah Harrison said...

That palace looks amazing!
Someday maybe, hopefully, I'd be able to travel to India too and see your beautiful place.

Pietro Brosio said...

Great views!

Mary Howell Cromer said...

Some wonderful buildings, the architecture is really so interesting~

Jeevan said...

Fantastic photos and amazing view on the city!

Purba chakraborty said...

Wonderful pics :)

Shrinidhi Hande said...

Inspiring destination

D.Nambiar said...

Looks like Vadodara has some amazing architecture to show off. They look great-- those buildings.