Things to do in Gondal
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Shri Bhuvaneshwari Aushadhashram Ayurvedic Pharmacy
The Shri Bhuvaneshwari Aushadhashram Ayurvedic Pharmacy was founded in 1910 by the Royal Physician. The pharmacy manufactures medicines and it’s possible to see all the weird machinery involved, as well as buy medicines for treating hair loss, vertigo, insomnia etc. The founding physician here first coined the title ‘Mahatma’ (Great Soul) for Gandhi.
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Naulakha Museum
This Museum is housed in a beautiful, decrepit riverside palace (Naulakha Palace) that was built in a mixture of styles, with striking gargoyles. The museum shows royal artefacts, including scales used to weigh the maharaja in 1934 (his weight in silver was distributed to the poor) and dinky toys.
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Udhyog Bharti Khadi Gramodyog
This is a large khadi shop where hundreds of women work spinning cotton upstairs, while downstairs embroidered salwar kamees (traditional tunic and trousers) and saris are on sale.
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Swaninarayan Temple
Swaninarayan Temple, owned by the wealthy Swaninarayan sect, is a white, 19th-century building built on land donated by the maharaja, with an attached farm.
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Car Museum
This Museum contains the royal fleet of around 50 impressive vehicles, including a car from 1907, made by the ‘New Engine Company Acton’.
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Dreamland
This has Gondal’s best Gujarati thalis, in a bright, clean, busy restaurant, with good veg Punjabi, South Indian and Chinese dishes.
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