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Porbandar, owing to its coastal location, is the least hot of all major cities in Gujarat: Average high temperatures do not reach 35 °C or 95 °F in any month. Climate data for Porbandar Airport (1981–2010, extremes 1969–present)
Porbandar is the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi.Porbandar is also mentioned in the Mahabharata as the native place of Krishna's childhood friend Sudama.As per the mythological reference in Sudama Charitra of Skand Puran of Shrimad Bhagvad, the present Porbandar city was named after Goddess Porav, and was located along the river banks of Asmavati.
Porbandar State was a princely state during the British Raj ruled by Jethwa dynasty. It was one of the few princely states with a coastline. The capital of state was the harbour town of Porbandar. [citation needed] Some other important towns of this state were Bhanvad, Chhaya, Ranpar, and Shrinagar.
Porbandar Airport (IATA: PBD, ICAO: VAPR) is a public airport in Porbandar, Gujarat, India. Currently, civilian flights are not operational. Apart from civilian operations it also has a military presence in the form of INAS 343 of the Indian Navy and CGAE Porbandar of the Indian Coast Guard. A new terminal building was opened in April 2008. [1]
Bakharla is a village in the Porbandar district, Gujarat, India. It is approximately located 12 km north east of Mohandas Gandhi's birthplace Porbandar city. The existence of Bakharla gham is verified by Google Maps [2] and Google Earth and its location is confirmed at Latitude: 21.73194 & Longitude: 69.63531.
Miyani is a beach village in Porbandar Taluka in Porbandar, Gujarat, India. It is located 39 km north from the district headquarters of Porbandar and 429 km from the state capital of Gandhinagar. [1] Miyani is situated on a creek and is a fishing center in a fresh fish zone. [2] It is located on the coastline of Gujarat with beaches on the ...
Ranavav is a Taluka of Porbandar district in Saurastra, Gujarat, India. In Gujarat legislative (vidhan sabha) Ranavav shares it seat with Kutiyana taluka (33, Ranavav/Kutiyana). Ranavav is main headquarters for hundreds of villages near by; it is at the edge of Jungle bardo, which extends from Jamnagar to Porbandar and it is rich in jungle ...
Kutiyana is located at 4] It has an average elevation of 30 metres (98 feet). Kutiyana town is spread over almost a 2 km range on the banks of the Bhadar River. Kutiyana is around 42 km away from its district center, Porbandar, and 40 km away from Airport. Kutiyana taluka has 52 villages.