THE LAND
Mandvi sits on the Arabian Sea, kilometres of open beach, a 400-year-old port still building ships by hand, and a tourism footprint growing faster than any coastal micro-market in Gujarat. New hotels are breaking ground. Flights into Bhuj are filling up. The traffic has begun, the capital is following.
THE INFRASTRUCTUREOF MANDVI
The infrastructure of Mandvi is being rebuilt by the largest names in the country. Reliance is laying down a solar and wind hub of 5,50,000 acres, operational by 2027. Adani has committed two lakh crore rupees to the same state, with Mundra port sixty kilometres from The Palm. The runway at Mandvi has been cleared for expansion, and an international airport is rising at Mundra.
Rann Utsav witnessed 7.42 lakh visitors last season.
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72 Jinalaya, Bhadreshwar One of the largest Jain pilgrimage circuits in India.
VIJAY VILAS PALACE
The Maharao's summer palace was built on this coast in 1929 — red sandstone, Rajput architecture, a private beach, gardens that have hosted Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Lagaan. Vijay Vilas isn't a monument. It's a neighbour. The coastline has been chosen for a hundred years.
DHORDO
At the other end of Kutch sits Dhordo — the Banni village the UN named the world's best in 2023. It hosts Rann Utsav. It hosted the G20. Kutch isn't being discovered anymore. It's been chosen. Mandvi is the coastline of that story.
A Project By
Narayan Bhanushali Group
Built on the Mandvi coast by the Bhanushali family, who have been here for generations.
