Gujarat
has four national parks and 11 sanctuaries. The game sanctuary at Gir (the
world's last habitat of the Asiatic lion), the sacred temples of Dwarka and
Somnath, Palitana, the picturesque mountain city of Jain temples on about 2000
feet high Shetrunjaya hills, Udwada, the oldest place of the Fire temple of
Parsees in India, the 5000-year old archaeological finds at Lothal, the 11th
century Sun temple at Modhera, bird sanctuary at Nal Sarovar, architectural
monuments of Indo-Saracenic style at Ahmedabad and the national shrine of
Gandhiji at Sabarmati, are a few of the varied attractions.
