Safarnama-Gujarat

POLO FOREST- VIJAY NAGAR IDAR GUJARAT                                                   POLO FOREST is a weekend retreat in the lap of nature. This  place serves everything ... green lush forest, river, dam site, archaeological  ancient Temples ,mountains, wild life and many more........we can say , " Its a archaeological paradise hidden inside the jungle " . now a days it is a famous destination for pre-wedding photo shoot and AD shoot.                                  Polo Forest is surrounded by hills from where the Harnav river is crossing and spread across the forest. you can also visit beautifully carved ancient Sharneshvar shiv temple, Jain temple and other heritage site located in nearby areas.  There are many trekking routes also. The 400 square Km. area of deciduous forest is rich with medicinal plants,  variety of birds, mammals and reptiles.                                 The  name POLO is derived from "POL", the marwary word of &qu

NADA BET-SUIGAM Dist. BANASKANTHA GUJARAT                        Nadabet-suigam is a nearest approach to the international border with Pakistan. It is a TCP(tactical command post) or Zero Point where actual border exists.                       Nadabet is like a oasis and surrounded with small bets like chorbet, dhanbet, jagmalbet.                   During my visit to ZAZAM village sarpanch DANABHAI CHAVDA  told us some interesting historical facts.   In 1971 during war with Pakistan, INDIA occupied "NAGAR PARKER" a main town of the Sindh prant of Pakistan. For six months an administrative camp of India was there, and people of India and Pakistan can easily roam/travel in both the countries. After six months we hv  returned   "NAGAR PARKER" to Pakistan. Major population of Nagarparkar is of SODHA hindu rajput  and many of them are settled in kutch a nd banaskantha, , till today they have "ROTI BETI RELATION" with Pakistani sodha's.