History of Morbi :

 

Morbi is a City of Rajkot District, 64 Km from Rajkot. Government ST is the main mean of transport.

Until 1947 Morbi was a princely state. Raja Mayurdvaj was the king of Morbi. Morbi devastated in 1979 with flood. Most of historical monuments were ruined in this flood. But now Morbi is once again immerging as Hub for tiles & clock manufacturing.

You can reach Morbi within 2 hrs. from Rajkot. There are two busstands in Morbi New Busstand & Old Bus stand.

There is Hotel Manali Just Opposite to New Bus stand. You can easily find a room here. Hotel rooms are easily available between Rs.200-1000.

Mani Mandir is a temple situated in the courtyard of Wellingdon Secretariat. The images of Laxmi Narayan, Mahakali, Ramchandraji, Radha- Krishna and Shiva are worshiped in this temple. Mani Mandir is made out of Jaipur stone with excellent workmanship and exquisitely carved elements-arches, brackets, jalis, chhatris and shikhara. Welling don Secretariat is an excellent example of the application of principles of Rajput architecture by master craftsmen, at the turn of the century.

The prosperous city Morbi has much of the built heritage and town planning is attributed to the efficient administration of Sir Waghji, who came to the throne in 1879 and ruled till 1948. Sir Waghji acted as the Ruler, Manager, Patron and Policemen of the state with great authority, always keeping the citizens' interests in mind. Sir Waghji, like other contemporary rulers of Saurashtra, built roads, Railway Network of 70 miles connecting Wadhvan and Morbi and two small ports of Navlakhi and Vavania for exporting the state's production of Salt and Cloth. The railway station of Morbi is a beautiful example of Railway architecture, combining Indian and European architectural elements. In 1979, the city was badly affected due to flooding caused by morvi dam burst. But one can see the spirit of people of Morbi as today it is one of the most growing industrial cities of the state.

 

 

How to reach :

 

 

You can reach Morbi by road from Ahmedabad in roughly 4.5 hours.

There are two ways to reach Morbi by roads:

1. 8A National Highway - via Limbadi, Chotila, from this way, the distance of Morbi from Ahmeadabad is approximately 232 kms.

2. SH 7 Highway - via Viramgam, Dhrangadhra, from this way, the distance of Morbi from Ahmeadabad is approximately 200 kms..

There are buses available, run by the Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation, and also by private travel companies.

The nearest railway station is in Wankaner taluka (MORBI) from which one can get trains to many major cities of Gujarat a few other states.

To reach Morbi by air, the nearest airports are about 67 km away in Rajkot and 247 km away in Ahmedabad. Indian Airlines runs regular flights from Mumbai to Rajkot and Mumbai to Ahmedabad.