Gandhinagar

Understand

thumb|Akhshardham Temple After being separated from Maharashtra, the state of Gujarat had its government offices in Ahmedabad temporarily. This town was created to set up the government offices through which the state can run. All the bureaucrats travelled by public transport from Ahmedabad to serve the government offices (or, Sachivalaya - Gandhinagar has Old Sachivalaya and New Sachivalaya). Some still do so. New Sachivalayar surrounds Vidhan Sabha or the State Senate Building. From its start is a town of bureaucrats. It is now booming with tourism. It is one of the greenest cities in the world and has many high-class high schools and professional teaching institutes. New infrastructure projects by the Gujarat Government are attracting people from the whole state and the country. The population is now getting diverse with a mix of professionals, government service personnel, and college students. The non-Gujarati community from all over India is increasing like never before. Gandhinagar is becoming a symbol of the cultural and economic hub of Gujarat, with a lot of foreign investments and multinational companies and businesses.

Get in

As a twin city of Ahmedabad, most of the options will be via Ahmedabad, as the services will be more frequent. Although Gandhinagar has its own railway station and GSRTC bus depot (Pathik Ashram).

Get around

To move about locally in Sectors, travelling in CNG auto-rickshaws is the best option available.

Also, VTCOS runs local city buses.

See

thumb|Adalaj stepwell Here are the main places to visit in Gandhinagar.

Eat

thumbnail|Dhokla is popular in Gandhinagar

Drink

Alcohol is prohibited in Gujarat.

Sleep

There are a number of good hotels in Gandhinagar. With Ahmedabad International Airport at a drive of less than 20 minutes (less distance than from most of the neighbourhoods in Ahmedabad), it is not unusual for travellers to stay in the nearby airport hotels and visit Gandhinagar.