Situated in a quiet corner of the Karelibaug area of the city, the Bahucharaji Temple has been the center of faith for the city’s people for more than a 150 years now. The temple is the house of goddess Bahuchar maa, an incarnation of the mother aspect of Shakti. Other than the main temple, the precinct consists of many small deras…
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Sometimes, ‘to find something, you have to loose yourself ‘, this is exactly the case with this age-old Dhundiraj Ganpati Mandir, to find it you have to first loose yourself in the lanes and by-lanes of the old city. The temple is one of the oldest Ganesh Temples of Gujarat and has a sense of serenity and seclusion to it,…
Located in the Mogulwada area of the old city, the Laxmi Narayan Mandir/Swami Narayan Mandir is the oldest temple of the Swami Narayan sect in Vadodara. The temple is said to been built in the 1870s by Acharya Bhagwat Prasad, who belonged to the sect. The Gaekwads of Baroda were said to have been great devotees of the temple, who…
Located just across the street from the General Post Office, is the Surya Narayan temple dedicated the Sun God. Built more than 200 years ago, the temple was commissioned by the then Diwan, Raoji Appaji Fanse in the reign of Govindrao Gaekwad. Enveloped in lush gardens and tall trees, the temple, and the garden stand on a higher ground than…
Located in the quiet corner of the Kirti Mandir compound, the Kubereshwar Dutta Mandir is a most famous temple dedicated to Lord Dutta in Baroda. It is named after Kuberji, who was a servant of the Baroda State in the olden days. The temple was built in the early 1890s during the reign of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III. A godly…
Located just on the ghats of Vishwamitri River, the Kamnath Mahadev Temple was built in the early 19th century. It is said that the area was developed during the reign of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad I by his brother Fatehsinhrao Gaekwad. In the olden days, the temple was visited by thousands of devotees. They would first take a dip in the…
In the middle of the hustle and bustle of a market place is situated, the home of a god, Lord Krishna. The ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness) Temple is a temple dedicated to Radha Krishna, the sibling trio of Lord Jagganath, Lord Balbhadra their sister Subhadra and Gaura Nitai, situated near the Hari Nagar Market along the Gotri Road,…
EME Temple, often referred as the Dakshinamurti Temple, was built by the Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (EME) Corps and is situated inside the Army Cantonment of Baroda. Featuring an unusually modern geodesic dome and structure, this temple is dedicated to Dakshinamurti, a form of Shiva as supreme teacher. It is run by Indian Army Authorities, and acts as a multi…