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Kept in tent for two years, 1,000-year-old skeleton finds home in Vadnagar museum

Kept in makeshift tent for two years, 1,000-year-old skeleton finds its new home in Vadnagar museum

May 16, 2025 5:22 am

On Thursday, after a five-hour exercise and under the watch of 15 experts, the skeleton – locally known as 'samadhi wale babaji' – was shifted to the Vadnagar Archaeological Experiential Museum, which was inaugurated earlier this year.

The skeleton ‘Samadhi wale Babaji’ at Vadnagar, Mehsana | Express photo

In Vadnagar, a 1,000-year-old seated skeleton awaits a resting place

April 18, 2025 3:57 pm

In 2019, excavations by ASI led to the finding of the ‘Samadhi wale Babaji’, an 800-1000-year-old human skeleton. While ASI claims it has handed over possession to the state government, the latter claims it's still with the nodal archaeological research agency.

Gujarat Hardlook: Work in progress as nine municipal corporations undergo urban makeover

February 17, 2025 12:26 am

The nine new municipal corporations announced by the Gujarat government during the 2024-25 budget have been carved out and the state is trying to send them to the election by next year. These new civic bodies take the state’s urban population to over 50 per cent from the current 42 per cent. As the civic bodies find their feet, Parimal Dabhi, Kamaal Saiyed, Aditi Raja and Brendan Dabhi... take a look at the path ahead

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Dig, discover, experience a 2,500-yr-old civilisation in a Gujarat museum

February 01, 2025 7:07 am

The museum, which will open to the public on February 1, was formally inaugurated by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on January 16. Built at an estimated cost of `300 crore, it was developed by Union Culture Ministry and various departments of Gujarat government.

Mentor Richa Tiwari with students, Gujarat government-run Vernacular School, indian express

From ‘Jharkhandi words’ to learning not to waste food: lessons from an experiential school in Gujarat’s Vadnagar

January 28, 2025 8:22 am

Gujarat’s Prerana experiential school, which runs out of the refurbished building where PM Narendra Modi received his elementary education, completed its first year on January 15

World Heritage Week: Tourism facilities worth Rs 255 crore being developed in Vadnagar, Dholavira

November 25, 2024 2:06 am

The Gujarat government is also focusing on restoring forts like Uparkot Fort in Junagadh, Rajmahal in Amreli, and Lakhpat Fort in Kutch.

History meets future: It’s always prime time in Modi’s Vadnagar

June 18, 2023 9:28 am

How a sleepy village got transformed to an archaeological treasure, a happening municipality, an educational hub, and now, a “prerna” destination

Remains and bricks of a Buddhist monastery.

New plans for PM Modi's school in his hometown Vadnagar: What is the early history of the city?

June 09, 2023 10:12 am

Several archaeological excavations began here from 2005-06, when PM Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat. The excavation work taken over by the ASI from 2014 onwards has found over 20,000 artefacts.

Inside Sun Temple and Vadnagar, the heritage sites from Gujarat that have made it to UNESCO's tentative list

December 22, 2022 2:58 pm

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) said that the step will provide a big boost to India's cultural heritage

One of the two Kirti Torans, or the identical gates , with intricate carvings.

The history of Gujarat's Vadnagar, included in the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage sites

June 08, 2023 12:32 pm

Vadnagar can be compared to the historic living cities of Mathura, Ujjain and Varanasi as cities inhabited since the early historic period and in the modern day. What is the process for inclusion in the UNESCO list and what is Vadnagar's status? We explain.