Porbandar is a city of Gujarat state in
western India. The district covers an area of 2,298 km². It had a
population of 5,86,062. This district was carved out of Junagadh
District. It lies on
the Kathiawar peninsula. Porbandar city is the
administrative headquarters of this district. This district is surrounded by Jamnagar
district to the north, Junagadh district to the south and
the Arabian Sea to the west.As of 2011 it is the second least-populous
district of Gujarat, after Dang.
Porbandar is a coastal city in
the Indian state of Gujarat, perhaps best known for being
the birthplace of Mahatma
Gandhi and Sudama (friend of Lord Krishna). As the
birthplace of one of the most famous leaders of the world, Porbandar has a
significant tourism-led infrastructure and economy. The area
around Mahatma Gandhi's home has been renovated to become a temple of
peace known as “Kirti Mandir”.
Fishing and
small-scale and industrial fish processing gives a lot of employment
to the city and to neighboring districts.
The city is well-connected by road,
rail and air to the various cities across the country. Road The city is connected through National Highway 8B,
connecting to Rajkot and Ahmedabad. National Highway 8E Ext (also
known as State Highway 6) connects to Jamnagar, Dwarka in the
north and Veraval, Bhavnagar in the south.
Eagletravels has daily six services to
Porbander from Rajkot & Daily two services from Ahmedabad. These are
regular seating & sleeper services. The ticket prices from Ahmedabad are
280 Rs & 350 Rs for sleeper bus & from Rajkot 160 rs. There are also AC
services to Porbander. Eagle travels is operating in the Rajkot-Porbander route
since 1985. Its been 18 years of dedicated service in this sector.
On Bapu’s
birth anniversary on 2nd October. We salute the man who gave India
Independence.