SOME OF THE PLACES TO SEE IN PORBANDAR DISTRICT.
Porbandar district is full of beautiful places. Inside the city there is a birth place of mahatma Gandhi, the Kirti Mandir,Sudama temple,Chowpati (beach), Rokadia Hanuman temple, Gayatri temple, Shanti kutir, Bharat Mandir,Tara Mandir and so many other places. Outside the city there is a mountain called Barda Dungar just 20 km away from Porbandar city . In the mountain there is water falls near the town Kileshwar surrounded by beautiful scenery On the west cost of Porbandar sea around 20 km there is Harsiddhi Mata's temple and if you travel towards Advana then there is a Randal Matajis Mandir near village Bagavadar, 18 km from Porbandar.

Harsidhi mata's mandir at Harsad and Randal mata's mandir near Bagvadar.
Getting there.
Porbandar city is connected by air,rail,sea and road with other cities of Gujarat state and rest of the India. Air service is operated by jet air from Mumbai. There is a daily flight to Porbandar, leaving Mumbai at 11: 30 Am arriving Porbandar at 1: 15 PM via Div, leaving Porbandar at 1:30 PM arriving Mumbai at 3 PM. Tickets prices are around 3800 Indian rupees one-way. Also train leaves for Mumbai everyday and back from Mumbai Local s.t.busses and luxury coaches are available too.

Staying in Porbandar.
Staying in Porbandar is not a problem now days as there is lots of hotels available in the city. Prices for hotels are very reasonable starting from 200 rupees to 2000 rupees a night. For more details of hotels go to our hotels section in addresses.

Places to eat.
Eating out in Porbandar is not a problem specially if you are a vegetarian. There are lots of restaurants in Porbandar City most of them are vegetarian, not too many restaurants cook meat but there are one or two who are specialist in meat. Swagat is the one name in vegetarian, Swagat is a very popular in Punjabi and South Indian dishes you can find this on M.G.Road and also Aadarsh who are based on the same road. Aadarsh is very good too as you get the value for your money.

Kirti Mandir
This memorial to Gandhi was built in 1950. There's a small bookshop and an exhibition of photographs, some with English captions. Next door is Gandhi's actual birthplace - a three storey, 300 year-old house. A swastika marks the spot where the great man was born on 2 October, 1869. Entrance is free.

Festivals Of Porbandar District.
Porbandar district is full of colourful people and so many different castes. Porbandar melo takes place in the city near sea side and it attracts thousands of people every year. Melo (fair) entertains everyone young and old rich and poor. Melo takes place in August and this year's melo will take place on 29th August to 1st September 2002 ,below you can see the pictures taken in 2001.

Navratri
Navratri will take place on 7th of October 2002 and goes on for 10 days celebrations. Navratri is a very colourful festival in Porbandar people wear new and colourful clothes and jewelry. Everyone play raas and garba (traditional dances ) and pray to god.

Holika
Holi is another very popular festival in Porbandar district, best part of enjoyment is in villages. Village called Godhana 40 minutes drive from Porbandar and around 15 km away is the place to be day after holi. Godhana is very close to the Barda dungar (Mountain) so scenery is absolutely beautiful to describe it in more details you have to be part of this festival. People gathers here from surrounding villages and have folk dances and other traditional ceremonies by Maher community. This festival takes place every year, this year it will take place on 29th and 30th march 2002.

Porbandar Melo
District is full of festivals especially in July and august as Porbandar's biggest melo (Fun fair) takes place right next to sea side as you can see in the Pictures below. Melo is full of funs for everyone ,from young and old ones, poor and rich ones every one can come and have lots of entertainment . Best thing about the melo is that you can buy so many things as there is lots of shops especially set up for this festival. This years melo will take place on 29th August and finish on 1st September 2002.