A Weekend Trip to Dwarka and Bet Dwarka



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A weekend spent at home is a weekend wasted!

Dwarka, Gujarat was one of the destinations which was on the top of my bucket list. Top on the list because of easy transportation and can be traveled within a weekend. Immediately I called up my travel partner Indresh Pal and as always, he was ready for another adventure with me. I checked for the tickets, the trains were running houseful. We decided to get Tatkal and booked return tickets which had a waitlist of 1, for which we were pretty much sure that it would get confirmed.

A day before the trip I booked the ticket from Mumbai to Okha train and was successful in getting Tatkal tickets. Me and Indresh met at railway station and got ready for our adventurous journey. The train journey was boring. We were surrounded by an over enthusiastic family who didn’t let us sleep even at night. Also, there was no pantry car in train and we just came across two vendors in the whole journey. One was Chana bhel and other was refreshing Chaas.

View of the adjacent road from the train window


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Chana Bhel - I loved it!

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Semi dry river


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Refreshing chilled Chaas topped with Masala

Dry river, longing for the rain

On my journey, I also met an interesting family belonging to Sidi community. Sidi community are the lesser known people of African origin residing in India. They were originally brought by Portuguese colonial rulers as slaves. Post the independence, the Portuguese left India and these people settled here as an Indian citizens. They follow Islam and speak the local language. They face problem when they visit Urban cities because they are considered as foreigners. They dislike if someone calls them African or Negro. The basic problem is the lack of knowledge and physical appearance. Most of the Indians don't even know that such a community exists. Their tradition, language and the accent is no different, it is just that they don't look like Indians by physical appearance.

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Me with the Sidi family

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Distant windmills

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Pink salt pans made me curious

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All we could see were the saltlakes till the horizon


We reached Okha junction around 4 pm and walked till the harbour for the boat which would take us to the island of Bet Dwarka. The local fishermen with the help of CISF guards ferried tourists to Bet Dwarka Island. The boats are filled over-capacity and without any life guards or the safety equipment. They were charging a hefty amount of 3000 rupees for a private boat and just 10 rupees per person for the shared ride. As 3000 rupees were of more value than our lives, we hopped in to the shared boat for rupees 10. Within 30 minutes we reached Bet Dwarka and explored the temples around. By this time, it was dusk and it was the time to return to Dwarka and hunt a place to sleep.

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Refreshing lemonade slush called Shikanji at Okha station

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Voyage from Okaha to Bet Dwarka on boat

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Yummy Pani Puris which has boiled potato filling

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Funny English sign at a Temple

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Temple with yagna kunds

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Evening on our way back to Bet Dwarka Jetty

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Masala Chaas Soda - Butter Milk mixed in plain carbonated water


At Okha, we came to know that we had missed the last bus to Dwarka. One option was to wait till 10:30 pm for the train and the other was to ask for lift. We walked till the highway which was pitch dark with occasional sounds of roaring trucks. Luckily, a rickshaw driver agreed to drop us at Dwarka for rupees 40 per person.

After reaching Dwarka, we approached Ranchodd Sanatana Dharamashala and asked them for accommodation. We told the authorities that we were university students and were from sports quota, to which they agreed and gave us a twin bed room for rupees 200 for a night. Happy with the deal, we left our luggage & went to eat at the local market.

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Masala Rice for the dinner at Dwarka Market Chowk

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Chapata Ghoogra

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Mango flavoured local soft drink - Tasted yuck!

 Next morning, we packed our bags and left for the main temple of Dwarka. The first spot was the Gomti Ghat. We saw the pilgrims taking a dip into the salty water of River Gomti. The water was clean and clear. We just dipped our legs and moved ahead for the Temple. After praying at the grand temple of Dwarka, we headed to Sudama Setu a bridge across the Gomti river. The price of the ticket is rupees 10. Please retain this ticket as you need to submit while you exit. Many tourists had lost the ticket and had to pay again. So, keep the tickets safe. It leads to the beautiful beach of Dwarka with pristine blue water. It is one of the most beautiful beach I have ever seen. We explored the beach and places around.


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A spider wished me morning at the Dharamshala

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Indresh gets Poha and Masala Chai (Breakfast) which was not meant for us

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First view of the Gomti Ghat and Sudama Setu

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Main temple of Dwarka, Camera was not allowed inside

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Sudama Setu

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View of Gomti Ghat from Sudama Setu


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Weird formation of grass patches on Dwarka Beach






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Dwarka Beach Waves


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Indresh Pal captured this amazing picture of mine

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Waves crashing on the rocks at Dwaka Beach


On our way back, I couldn’t resist the temptation of the clean blue water of Gomti river and decided to swim in it. After enjoying the swim, we headed to the Marine Drive of Dwarka. From there we saw a beautiful lighthouse and decided to walk till the lighthouse. We walked along the Dwarka Seaface and reached the lighthouse, only to know that entry was prohibited. We were running short of time and we decided to take a rickshaw to Dwarka station where we had our afternoon lunch and boarded our return train to Mumbai.

Me taking a dip in the saline water of Gomti River

Seaface of Dwarka beach

Lighthouse of Dwarka Beach



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Feasted on fresh sweet and yummy Cordia gharaf or Cordia sinensis berries (Gondhi)

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Poori and Bhaji was our lunch at Dwarka station

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A beautiful evening that ends our journey. Thank you mother nature!

We were back to Mumbai on Monday morning ready to face the dull city life for five more days until another fun weekend awaits.

PS: Thank you Priyanka Shetty for editing and proof reading it. Lots of love.


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