ગુજરાત

Gujarat

State · Capital Gandhinagar · 60.4 million people (2011)

નમસ્તેNamaste: hello in Gujarati

• Art and craft

  Rogan painting, a Geographical Indication craft of Gujarat's Kutch, lays boiled-oil and vegetable-dye paint onto cloth with a stylus.

• Weave (GI)

  Patan Patola, GI tag 2013

• Music and dance

  Garba (UNESCO, 2023); Dandiya Raas

• Festival

  Navratri; Uttarayan, the kite festival

• Taste

  Dhokla; mohanthal; basundi

• 4 World Heritage sites

  Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park · Rani-ki-Vav · Historic City of Ahmedabad · Dholavira: a Harappan City

• Official symbols

  Animal: Asiatic lion · Bird: Greater flamingo · Flower: Marigold · Tree: Banyan

Gujarat's Gir landscape is home to the Asiatic lion's only wild population.

Sources: Census of India 2011 · UNESCO World Heritage Centre · gu.wikipedia.org: ગુજરાત · omniglot.com: gujarati · en.wikipedia.org: Rogan painting · GI Registry, application 232 · Wildlife Institute of India repository · pib.gov.in: PressReleasePage; traditions from the India map’s sources.