Porbandar Bird Sanctuary
Porbandar Bird Sanctuary is a bird sanctuary in the Porbandar District of Gujarat state, India, which was dedicated in 1988. It is the only bird sanctuary in Gujarat that provides legal protection to the birds which nest there.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Porbandar railway station and Kirti Mandir.
Porbandar railway station
Railway station
Porbandar railway station is a railway station in city of Porbandar in the Indian state of Gujarat. It belongs to the Bhavnagar Division of Western Railways. Porbandar railway station is situated 1 km northwest of Porbandar Bird Sanctuary.
Kirti Mandir
Museum
Photo: Jaydip3212, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kirti Mandir is a small museum at the birthplace of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in the city of Porbandar, Gujarat, India, memorializing him and his wife, Kasturba Gandhi. Kirti Mandir is situated 2 km west of Porbandar Bird Sanctuary.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porbandar.
Porbandar
Photo: Dn9ahx, Public domain.
Porbandar is a city in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat, India. It is the historical birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi, and the mythical birthplace of Sudama, the childhood friend of the Hindu god Krishna.
Porbandar Bird Sanctuary
- Type: Pond
- Also known as: “Porbandar Lake WLS”
- Categories: bird sanctuary, protected area, and body of water
- Location: Porbandar, Gujarat, Western India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
21.63558° or 21° 38′ 8″ northLongitude
69.61868° or 69° 37′ 7″ eastOpen location code
7JHFJJP9+6FOpenStreetMap ID
way 374269683OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=pondWikidata ID
Q7229958
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Gujarati to Tamil—“Porbandar Bird Sanctuary” goes by many names.
- Gujarati: “પોરબંદર અભયારણ્ય”
- Hindi: “पोरबन्दर पक्षी अभयारण्य”
- Tamil: “போர்பந்தர் பறவைகள் சரணாலயம்”
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