ancient ruins
Modhera Sun Temple
An 11th-century Solanki temple to Surya, aligned so the equinox sunrise strikes the sanctum, fronted by a vast stepped tank ringed with 108 miniature shrines.
26 km · about 30 min drive
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Mahesāna
Gujarat, India · Asia
About Mahesāna
Mahesāna is worth a stop: 30 minutes from Baliyasan, 26km from Modhera Sun Temple.
Mahesāna is in Gujarat, India, with about 190,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Baliyasan, about 15 km away.
Mahesana, also spelled Mehsana, is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India. It is part of Mahesana district, numbered as 15-Mahesana and is one of the seven Vidhan Sabha seats which fall under Mahesana Lok Sabha constituency.
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Within an hour or so of Mahesāna: Modhera Sun Temple (26 km), Rani ki Vav (41 km).
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Mahesāna is in Gujarat, India, about 15 km from Baliyasan.
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- Population
- 190,753
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- India
- Region
- Gujarat
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
- Coordinates
- 23.5986, 72.3847
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Worth the detour from Mahesāna
2 notable places within an hour's drive.
ancient ruins
Rani ki Vav
An 11th-century subterranean stepwell at Patan carved as an inverted temple over seven levels, with more than 500 principal sculptures. Silted over for centuries and excavated in the 1980s.
41 km · about 45 min drive
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