Gujarat

Dwarka also spelled Dvarka, Dwaraka, and Dvaraka, is a city and a municipality of Jamnagar district in the Gujarat state in India.

coastline

Dwarka is a city lin Gujarat located in the westernmost end of Kathiawar peninsula ehere the river Gomti meets the Arabian Sea.

industry · desert

Mountains of salt in the pans in the Little Raann of Kutch, Gujarat The salt workers settle down in the desert for 8 months between October to May and their homes adjacent to the salt pans that they work on.

Hyena prowling around in the grasslands of Velavadar in Gujarat, India. Hyenas are the animals of the family Hyaenidae, a feliform suborder of the Carnivora.

wildlife · village

Illegal snake traders caught by the police in Gujarat, India. A pair of poachers hold a Sand Boa up and then place it in their bag.

dance · festival

An entertaining Garba dance performance by Avishkar group from Gujarat during the 3rd international folk dance and music festival in India. Dancers are wearing colorful and attractive costume.

lake

Bajana a princely state is famous for its royal safari camps to the Little Rann of Kutch to watch the wild asses in the Wildlife sanctuary. Gujarat is a state in western India.

crafts

The most spectacular textile based handicraft of Gujarat is needlework or embroidery, a chief source of living for thousands of artisans in the state.

Dwarka also spelled Dvarka, Dwaraka, and Dvaraka, is a city and a municipality of Jamnagar district in the Gujarat state in India.

ceremony · livestock

In a quirky yet different attempt to spread the message of protecting cows, a group in Bhavnagar Kotiya village in Gujarat conducted a lavish wedding for 'Poonam' the cow and 'Arjun' the bull.

Great White Pelicans are mainly winter visitors to the northern Indian Subcontinent. They usually breed in Gujarat. They may be found singly, in small flocks or in huge concentrations on larger lakes and lagoons.

Demoiselle Cranes and Lesser Flamingos flock here in the winter months! Gujarat is a state in western India.

highway · industry

Salt workers loading salt into truck in Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India. The temperature outside exceeds 50 degrees Celcius in the unshaded June sun, 2011. Salt Industry in Kutch district is one of the biggest industries.

A Hyena sneakily and stealthily prowling around in the grasslands of Velavadar National Park in Gujarat, India.

sport · school

The salt worker's kids playing with a football - almost a handball match rather than football as they seem to have mixed up their sports! Whatever it is - they are having fun in their bleak and treacherous environment...

dance · festival

Mer community from Gujarat perform the Warrior dance or Sword dance during the Rann Utsav Carnival.

livestock

Taking a camel or camel cart ride in Gujarat is one of the common sight viewed at a beach in Gujarat. Gujarat is the only home to Kharai camel who have adapted to the extreme climate of Rann and shallow seas and high salinity.

livestock

Herd of Blackbuck grazing inside the Velavadar National Park, Gujarat. Blackbuck National Park at Velavadar is situated in the Bhavnagar District of Gujarat state, India. The blackbuck is the only living species of the genus Antilope.

Tribal women selling colourful ethnic beads bangle on streets of Gujarat. One can see bangles design using beads of different colours. Bangles are a traditional wear of the Indian woman.

Flamingos taking a flight. An interesting view everyone wish to see..... Flamingos or flamingoes are a type of wading bird in the genus Phoenicopterus, the only genus in the family Phoenicopteridae.

coastline · temple

At Koliyak, a village at the Bhavnagar district in the Gujarat state of India, people reach out to the Shiva temple about 1.5 kilometers into the sea.

village · coastline

Rural life in Gujarat. One can see a close up shoot of a rural man, Cattles are passing by. Men and women walking by carrying loads on their heads...... Gujarat is a state in the western part of India.