Udvada Tourism, Gujarat India
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- State: Gujarat
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- Famous for/as: Pilgrimage
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- Pincode: 396180
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Udvada, India Overview
Udvada is a town in Gujarat, renowned for its Zoroastrian Atash Behram. This place of worship is the oldest still-functioning example of its kind, and has established Udvada as a pilgrimage center for Zoroastrians the world over.
Udvada can be reached through flights available for Surat Airport. It is the nearest airport to the destination and is located at a distance of 176 km from Udvada. Udvada has a railway station, which is located at a distance of about 11 km from the city centre.
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Udvada, India History
According to the same legend, on their journey the Zoroastrians had carried ash from a sacred fire (according to a latter-day embellishment of the story, they had carried a fire itself), which a priest is said to have then used for the bed of the Sanjan fire when it was consecrated. A related legend recounts that this fire was consecrated as Atash Bahram fires traditionally are, that is, out of 16 fires, including that of a funeral pyre, a shepherd's hearth, a goldsmith's hearth, a potter's kiln and from a fire caused by lightning.