SHRI RANCHHODRAIJI MAHARAJ TEMPLE - 4 Things to Know Before Visiting

The six storey temple of Swaminarayan is a popular attraction of tourists visiting Anand. The idols are Harikrishna Maharaj and Narayan Lakshmi located in the 1st shrine, Guruparampara placed in the 2nd shrine, Guru Parampara in the 3rd shrine, Shri Akshar Purushottam Maharaj in the 4th shrine and Lord Ghanshyam Maharaj in the 5th shrine.

Sri Santram Mandir is a temple situated in Nadiad, Gujarat, India run by the Santram Maharaj organization which draws from a Hindu religious figure in Gujarat. The Santram mandir runs trusts for humanitarian activities like Eye Hospital, Physiotherapy Center, Dispensary, Radiology Center, Pathology & Laboratory as well as various other services which are countless. It also carries out various cultural as well as social activities.

There are three main shrines in the temple the central shrine of this temple is that of Lakshmi Narayan and RanchodRai. On the right there is an image of Radha Krishna with Swaminarayan in the form of Hari Krishna and the left has Vasudev, Dharma and Bhakti. The wooden pillars of the temple bear colorful wood carvings. There is a Dharamsala within the temple premises. Gnyanbaug is a garden to the northwest of the temple gate that has four memorials dedicated to Swaminarayan.

This is the house of one of the popular Indian Politicians and the deputy prime minister of India Sardar Vallabhai Patel. He was one of the founding fathers of the Republic of India.

The Narmada Canal is a contour canal in northwestern India that brings water from the Sardar Sarovar Dam north through 460 kilometres of the state of Gujarat and then 74 kilometres into Rajasthan state. It is the main canal of an irrigation system that has 42 branches, and runs a length of 750 kilometres, resulting in a Culturable Command Area of 2,129,000 hectares

This 16th century well has a 1.2m-wide staircase that spirals down along the wall of the well shaft, making it quite unusual in design among stepwells of the region.