Gujarat

During the full moon night of the winters amid the awe-inspiring and contrasting landscape each year a three day festive extravaganza brimming with hospitality, vigor and traditional flavor of the area is hosted and known as the Kutch or Rannutsav. This three to four day carnival organized at the various locales within Kutch takes one around the natural grandiose while introducing the visitor to the indigenous cultural and ethnical flavor of the people.

Vadodara is home to magnificent palaces such as the Laxmi Vilas Palace, Makarpura Palace, Nazarbaug Palace and Pratap Vilas Palace. You can visit places of religious significance like Kirti Mandir, EME Temple, Hazira Maqbara, Aurobindo Ashram and Pavagadh Hill, which has Hindu and Jain monuments. Go back in time with historical monuments like Hazira Maqbara, Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tambekar Wada, archaeological sites like Chhota Udaipur and Dabhoi.