Area: 204.6 sq km
Language: Gujarati and Hindi
Best time to visit:Winter
STD Code:079 .
Gujarat has a distinct identity - highly industrialized, with flourishing trade and commerce on the one hand, it is associated, on the other hand, with some of India's most beautiful crafts and an architectural heritage dating back a thousand years.
A large concentration of India's 7 million Jains live in Gujarat, which has for long been the stronghold of the Jain faith. The austerity of the religion has given way to profusely carved temples of extraordinary beauty, nurtured today by religious trusts that have been set up for the purpose.