
	Where results make sense

Topic: Bhuj

Related Topics

Kutch

2001 Gujarat Earthquake

Vadodara

Ahmadabad

Gujarat

Calicut

Mandsaur

Quenta Silmarillion

Ajmer

Rann of Kutch

Faridabad

Mumbai

Bhopal

Ahmedabad

Shimoga

	Bhuj - Biocrawler
		Bhuj, the major town of Kutch, is an old walled city- in the past the city gates were locked each night from dusk to dawn.
		Bhuj resembles much of India before the tourist invasion, and you're much more likely to come across that disarming hospitality which was once the hallmark of rural India.
		Train New Bhuj railway station is one km north of town down a little back road from the north gate (Sarpat Gate) of the old town.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Bhuj (732 words)

	Bhuj Gujarat, The Great Rann of Kachchh, Bhuj Tourism, Bhuj Tours, Rann of Kutch, Aina Mahal, Prag Mahal, Swaminarayan ...
		Bhuj was founded in 1548 AD by Rao Khengarji of the Jadeja dynasty, which ruled over Kachchh for more than 400 years.
		Bhuj is distinguished by its brightly decorated Hindu temples, beautiful palaces and intricately carved wooden pavilions.
		The oldest museum of Gujarat is situated in Bhuj.
	www.indiantravelportal.com /gujarat/bhuj (872 words)

	Bhuj
		Not famous for it’s simple ancient buildings Bhuj wasn’t on route to anywhere except the remarkable villages of Kutch and the vast salt fields to the north.
		The people of Bhuj were some of the sweetest I have ever met: some of my happiest memories as a traveler, centre in and around that area of Gujurat.
		Bhuj is a 12 –16 hour trip from Bombay by overnight train – and second class air-conditioned sleeper makes it pretty comfortable in a simple way.
	www.malcolmmcneill.com /Bhuj.htm (1280 words)

	Nearby Sites - Bhuj
		Bhuj, capital of Kachchh District, is an unassuming, friendly town and the ideal starting point from which to explore the diversity and magic of Kachchh’s villages.
		Though some of Bhuj’s rich cultural heritage was lost in the tragic earthquake of 2001, visitors will find a number of charming historic buildings and bazaars retailing magnificent medleys of Kachchhi crafts.
		In the middle of the lake is a cozy park for a picnic or escape from the mid-day sun.
	www.hodka.in /bhuj8.htm (587 words)

	Bhuj, Kutch, Information about Bhuj, Bhuj Tour
		Bhuj, a flourishing walled city is the most important town in the Kutch area.
		Bhuj was the capital of the former state of Kutch and now it is the headquarters of the Kutch district.
		Bhuj was the capital of the former princely state of Kutch till 1947 AD.
	www.indovacations.net /english/Bhuj_about.htm (444 words)

	CPAmedia.com: Once there was Bhuj
		Bhuj was a photographer's dream: From the Aina Mahal, the "Palace of Mirrors" in the centre of the old city, quaint narrow lanes lined with pastel-coloured dolls' houses spread in all directions, leaving us literally in a maze of wonder.
		Cows strolled next to townsfolk who had blankets wrapped around their shoulders to keep them warm and whose crinkled, yet smiling faces mirrored the harsh climate of the area--the Kutch region could be mercilessly hot in the summer and bone-chillingly cold in the winter.
		Bhuj had effortlessly become one of our favourite places in India and now we would never be able to see it again as we had just two years earlier.
	www.cpamedia.com /history/once_there_was_bhuj (777 words)

	HOPE foundation - Hope for a hurting world ...
		The princely citadel of Bhuj is named for its Bhujia fortress, which overlooks it from a hill nearby, and the city was further protected by a fortified walls and gates that could lock at night.
		The history of Bhuj begins from the days of the Naga Chieftain, and it is said to have witnessed the Indus Valley civilisation, exile of the Pandawas during the Mahabharata and the invasion of Alexander the Great.
		Even today, Bhuj is a picturesque city dominated by palaces, havelis and mansions of the mighty Jadeja dynasty, who were respected even by the Mughal empire for their Naval strength which could repel attacks from the powerful Portuguese, who conquered almost all the rich ports of Mughal India.
	www.hopefoundation.org.in /Bhuj/bhuj-history.htm (442 words)

	Gujarat. Kachchh, gateway to timeless experience.
		Bhuj houses The Aina Mahal (The 18th century royal palace) with its resplendent hall of mirrors, Pragmahal palace - an elegant italianate palace, The Shrad Baugh palace, The Royal cenotaphs Chattris, the Kachchh Museum (the oldest museum in the state) Ethnology Museum and the Bharatiya Sanskruti Darshan Complex.
		Lakhpat is situated 135km from Bhuj on the Kori creek.
		Bhuj is also well connected by road with rest of the country It is connected by a state highway upto Bachau (85kms) and from Bachau to Ahmedabad by National Highway number 8A connecting Delhi and Mumbai.
	www.travelmasti.com /domestic/gujarat/kachchh.htm (496 words)

	The Hindu : Young World : Centre for trade, arts and craft
		Bhuj is the capital of the erstwhile princely state of Kutch and the present headquarters of Kutch district.
		Bhuj gained prominence in the 16th century when the king Rao Khengarji made extensive developments to the city.
		Bhuj grew to be a major centre of trade, arts and crafts.
	www.hindu.com /yw/2006/10/06/stories/2006100600190200.htm (509 words)

	Trip to Bhuj India,Trip to Bhuj in Gujarat,Gujarat India Trip,Gujarat India holiday trip
		Blissfully remote and uniquely colourful is Bhuj in the Kutch region of Gujarat, which for decades, even centuries, has beckoned travellers and traders with the promise of release from the restrictions of civilization.
		Bhuj comes as a pleasant surprise to most of the tourists who were skeptical about the destination as just another stretch of arid land on the western frontier of India.
		A temple tour of Bhuj commences with Punareshwar (35kms from Bhuj) noted for its 9th century Solanki temple and a palace at Vadimedi where religious rites are performed.
	www.indiasite.com /gujarat/bhuj.html (1768 words)

	Bhuj
		Bhuj was founded in 1548 AD by Rao Khengarji I, starting a dynasty of jadeja rulers that ruled over Kachchh for 400 years.
		The rural bazaars of Bhuj sell its exquisite handicrafts, where icons of old customs and traditions are still alive in handicrafts, embroidered fabrics, leatherware, carved and lacquered furniture and metal ware, especially, old silver ware.
		Bhuj is connected by State highway upto Bhachau (85 Kms,) and from Bhachau to Ahmedabad by national highway No. 8A (310 Kms.) And from Gandhidham it is a two hour ride to Bhuj and lots of buses ply the route.
	www.ahmedabad.com /travel/cities/bhuj.htm (1342 words)

	The St. Petersburg Times - World - Quake Relief Effort Races Time
		BHUJ, India - Rescuers picking through the rubble of India's worst earthquake found a small boy trapped alive Monday, but three days after the quake many towns and villages struggled to cope without help from the outside.
		Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee arrived in the ancient town of Bhuj in Gujarat state, western India, which bore the brunt of Friday's quake, and complained that villages in the region were not getting necessary help fast enough.
		In Bhuj and in villages nearby, trucks ferried firewood for cremations.
	www.sptimes.ru /index.php?action_id=2&story_id=14144 (691 words)

	Aardbeving in India
		De luchtmacht zei twee helikopters naar een basis in Bhuj te hebben overgevlogen en de regering zei dat daar vanaf zaterdag ook kleine vliegtuigen kunnen landen.
		Uit een gevangenis in Bhuj zijn 188 gevangenen ontsnapt.
		In Bhuj is 90 procent van de huizen beschadigd.
	www.gva.be /dossiers/-i/india/dossier.asp (640 words)

	BHUJ AIRPORT : Encyclopedia Entry
		Bhuj Airport (IATA: BHJ, ICAO: VABJ) is located at Bhuj in the Kutch District of the state of Gujarat, India.
		Also during that time, Indian has stopped all services to and from Bhuj airport, and Air Deccan check-in counters have been built, but are yet to be used.
		Bhuj Airport was used to receive help and supplies for the 2001 Gujarat earthquake.
	www.bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Bhuj_Airport (203 words)

	rediff.com: General arrives in Bhuj to supervise 'quake relief
		Bhuj has turned into a ghost town with several hundred deaths reported and severe damage to property.
		Lieutenant General N C Vij arrived late on Friday night to supervise the operation, which is focussed mostly on Bhuj where the damage is expected to cross all speculation.
		At the Bhuj military hospital, the only hospital in town that is operational, there are 90 beds, "but hundreds of people are staying in the open awaiting medical attention," a senior army officer said.
	www.indiaabroad.com /news/2001/jan/27quak18.htm (461 words)

	Nature Web Matters > Using the Internet to communicate scientific events
		To avoid duplication of effort and to ensure that further observations are made in the case of critical or ambiguous data, news of the response and rapid dissemination of initial observations are necessary.
		The Bhuj earthquake occurred in the same region as the 1819 Kutch earthquake, which measured 7.7 on the Richter scale and is often cited as one of the few large, historical, intraplate —; occurring away from plate boundaries — earthquakes
		The classification of the Kutch and Bhuj earthquakes is contravercial.
	www.nature.com /nature/webmatters/equake (2698 words)

	Rediff On The NeT Travel: A travel feature on Bhuj in Gujarat, India.
		Bhuj turned out to be a happy municipal experience, where history was a bonus to the present, not, as is so often the case in modern urban sprawls, an escape from the mess.
		As one passes by, one is amazed at the upkeep of the temples and bazaars, in contrast to the rest of India where tattiness and lugubrious sanitation assault the wayfarer.
		For this reason you tend to walk with a bounce through the lanes of Bhuj and might feel as I did, the urge to compliment the people on the design and upkeep of their tiny but immaculately spruced homesteads.
	www.rediff.com /travel/1998/feb/26bhuj.htm (1267 words)

	BBC News \| SOUTH ASIA \| Gujarat earthquake: The scars remain
		In the town of Bhuj, close to the epicentre of the earthquake, people are getting on with the process of rebuilding their lives.
		But Bhuj is also a bustling market town, an important pit-stop in the highway that winds its way through the Kachch region in India's extreme west.
		Bhuj has sprung back to life and its residents have picked up from where they left off before the earthquake.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/1773919.stm (609 words)

	India Gujrat - Bhuj City
		The old, walled city of Bhuj is the most important town in Kutchh and also the district headquarters.
		Bhuj is distinguished by its brightly decorated Hindu temples, beautiful palaces and intricately carved wooden pavilions.
		New Bhuj Railway Station is 1 km north of Bhuj.
	www.whereincity.com /india/gujrat/bhuj.php (1768 words)

	TERIIN.ORG
		The result was the construction of the Bhuj solar pond—an idea mooted by a group of scientists in 1983.
		The entire exercise at the Bhuj solar pond successfully demonstrated the expediency of the technology by supplying 80 000 litres of hot water daily to the plant.
		The Bhuj experiment significantly placed the solar pond option as a comparable alternative to technologies that are in use—fossil-fuel-fired process heating and solar flat plate collectors for water heating (Box 1).
	www.teriin.org /tech_solarponds.php (787 words)

	Bhuj, India
		Bhuj, the major town of Kutch, is an old walled city- in the past the city gates were locked each night from dusk to dawn.
		Bhuj resembles much of India before the tourist invasion, and you're much more likely to come across that disarming hospitality which was once the hallmark of rural India.
		Train New Bhuj railway station is one km north of town down a little back road from the north gate (Sarpat Gate) of the old town.
	www.creekin.net /c4042-n85-bhuj-india.html (728 words)

	See the Beautiful City of Bhuj in Gujarat, India - Associated Content
		Bhuj is the biggest and most important city of Kutch.
		Bhuj was rebuilt with the joint efforts of local people, various social work organizations, and the government.
		Bhuj is located at around 240 miles away from Ahmedabad.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/368165/see_the_beautiful_city_of_bhuj_in_gujarat.html (501 words)

	Bhuj
		Bhuj was within 20km of the fault break, and suffered very severe damage.
		A collection of chatris, commemorating members of the ruling family in Bhuj, used to form an important part of the architectural heritage of Bhuj.
		Figure 17 shows that some were totally destroyed in the January 2001 earthquake, though interestingly some survived, despite their apparently rather unstable form, consisting of a heavy roof supported by unreinforced and effectively pinned masonry columns.
	www.booth-seismic.co.uk /page21.html (1077 words)

	2001 Bhuj Earthquake Liquifaction
		The subject event occurred on 26 January 2001 near the village of Bhuj in the state of Gujarat, India.
		The village of Bhuj lies in the Kachchh region of the state of Gujarat in western India.
		The Bhuj earthquake had a focus approximately 17 kilometers in depth and caused maximum uplift of approximately 2 meters near the epicenter.
	www.emporia.edu /earthsci/student/mcgee1/finlproj.htm (1485 words)

	Bhuj, Gujarat Tourism, Cities Of India, Banni Villages of Kutch Bhuj
		Bhuj was founded in 1548 AD by Rao Khengarji I, starting a dynasty of jadeja rulers that ruled over Kachchh for 400 years.
		Also in Bhuj are the Aina Mahal or Glass Palace which was built in the 18th century, the Kutch Museum, which is Gujarat’s oldest, and the Bharatiya Sanskruti Darshan complex is renowned for its Ram Leela Frescoes and other timeless objects d'art.
		Bhuj offers various excursions including Mata no Madh, which is famous for a temple dedicated to the deity of Jadejas.
	www.india-travel-services.com /bhuj.htm (1000 words)

	Aardbeving in India
		Dat gebeurt in een chirurgische eenheid op veertig kilometer van Bhuj, in het stadje Anjar.
		Het hele gebied tussen Bhuj en Anjar is een rampzone.
		Het stedelijk ziekenhuis is er in elkaar geklapt.
	www.gva.be /dossiers/-i/india/india18.asp (723 words)

	Gujarat. Bhuj, the most important town in Gujarat.
		he old walled city of Bhuj is the most important town in the area.
		The oldest museum in Gujarat is located in Bhuj.
		Bhuj is connected by State highway upto Bhachau to Ahmedabad by national highway No. 8A (310 Kms)
	www.travelmasti.com /domestic/gujarat/bhuj.htm (325 words)

	The view from New York to Bhuj - smh.com.au
		Bhuj is the capital of Gujarat, in India, and an earthquake hit the state on Australia Day last year.
		It cannot be simply that Bhuj is considered an act of God whereas September 11 is believed to have been avoidable.
		There are arguments to say that World War I was avoidable, that starvation and AIDS are at least partly avoidable, that the death toll from natural disasters or acts of God need not be so appallingly high.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/09/12/1031608299437.html (712 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)