Best Things To Do in Ankleshwar, Gujarat

Ankleshwar is a petite place in the Bharuch district of Gujarat and it is famous for Shri Ankleshwar Tirth Pilgrimage which includes the four Jain temples. Additionally, there are numerous marvelous ancient places plus sightseeing points in the town. The flora and fauna of the region are exclusive in the truest soul.

Ankleshwar City Guide is unfinished without a specification of its industrial growth. Ankleshwar, also recognized as Gujarat's "City of Oil" is known for its industrial precinct called Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC). The town has more than a thousand chemical plants fabricating a wide range of goods such as insecticides, pharmaceuticals, paints and chemicals.

Tourist Places

The Statue of Unity

The Statue of Unity is a colossal statue of Indian statesman and independence activist Vallabhbhai Patel (1875–1951), who was the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of independent India. Patel was highly respected for his leadership in uniting 562 princely states of India with a major part of the former British Raj to form the single Union of India. The statue is located in the state of Gujarat, India. It is the world's tallest statue with a height of 182 meters (597 feet. It is located on the Narmada River in the Kevadiya colony, facing the Sardar Sarovar Dam 100 kilometers (62 mi) southeast of the city of Vadodara. And it is also 90km far from Ankleshwar.

The Golden Bridge

The Golden Bridge attaches Ankleshwar to Bharuch in the Gujarat state. It was formulated in 1881 by the British, who required a bridge over the Narmada River to perform a more reliable way to trade and enforcement officials in Bombay (now called Mumbai). The bridge is also named the Narmada Bridge.

Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary

Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary is a secured stretch in India's Gujarat state, positioned in the western Satpura Range south of the Narmada River and is 607.7 km2 (234.6 sq mi) long. It yields a joint boundary with Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. It includes mixed dry deciduous jungle, riverine forest, few pockets of humid teak forest, farming areas and two water reservoirs.] It was founded in 1982.

Four Digambara Jain temples are located at Ankleshwar, namely: 1. Chintamani Parshwanatha temple, 2. Neminatha temple, 3. Adinatha temple, and 4. Mahavira temple.

Amongst the whole, the Parshwanatha temple is particularly significant. It is assumed that the avatar of Parshwanatha in this temple is truly miraculous. There is a tale related to this idol that enlightens us about its installation. It is said that three Jaina idols of Bhagwan Sheetalanatha, Chintamani Parshwanatha and Nandi were made at Raskund. While these three idols held taken from Raskud to many places, the carriage bearing the Parshwanatha idol stayed here and could not go and thus the idol of Chintamani Parshwanatha was established here.

The idol of Bhagwan Sheetalanatha was situated at a place called Sajod which is located at a distance of 8 km from this place.