Jyotirlinga Guide

Ahmedabad to Nageshwar, distance and route

About 370 km in a straight line from Ahmedabad to Nageshwar in Dwarka. That figure is a straight-line estimate, not a driving distance. This page pairs it with the way people actually make the trip: the train through Dwarka, a flight into Porbandar (PBD) or Jamnagar (JGA), or the road.

Straight line
370 km
Railhead
Dwarka
Airport
Porbandar (PBD) or Jamnagar (JGA)
Season
Nov to Feb

The straight-line distance, and what it is not

The number is about 370 km, measured on the globe between Ahmedabad and the temple town, then rounded to the nearest ten kilometres. It is a straight-line estimate.Treat it as a way to compare trips, not as a route: the road, the rail line and the air path all bend, and each one runs longer than this figure.

This is the same kind of number as the span on the map page. It tells you whether Ahmedabadto Nageshwar is a long day or a multi-day journey, and it is honest about being a calculation rather than a measured route.

Routes to Nageshwar from Ahmedabad

Train via Dwarka

The railhead this site treats as the nearest is Dwarka, about 15 km from the temple town. Over a long distance the train is usually the calmest option: an overnight run from most big cities, then the last leg by bus, jeep, auto or cab.

Flight via Porbandar (PBD) or Jamnagar (JGA)

The nearest airport is Porbandar (PBD) or Jamnagar (JGA), about 126 km away. Fly if the trip is short or the distance is long, then take a cab or a train for the rest. At a small airport the last departure of the day can be early, so plan the arrival side carefully.

Road

Coast, near Dwarka. On a road trip the last stretch into the temple town is usually the slowest, and the hill and forest approaches can close in heavy monsoon rain or winter snow. Check the local road status the week you travel.

What Nageshwar's own source says about coming from a city

Rail. The district says Dwarka is well connected to other major cities by regular trains, and gives the station as Dwarka, code DWK. It is about 15 km from the temple by road.

Air. The district states plainly that there are no regular flights from other major cities to Dwarka. It names Porbandar (PBD) and Jamnagar (JGA) as the nearest airports; by road from the temple each is about 126 to 127 km, two to two and a half hours, on Google Maps.

Road. The district says regular buses reach Dwarka from other major cities. From Dwarka the temple is about 15 km north on the Nageshwar road, towards Okha.

Train numbers, days of running and flight schedules are not printed here: they change with each timetable. This block records the approach the source describes, and the straight-line figure above is the only distance on this page.

Approximate city coordinates used here

The straight-line estimate uses these approximate coordinates, which are the city centre to one decimal place. They are not survey points, and they are only for this calculation.

Approximate coordinates of the origin cities used for the straight-line estimate
CityLatitudeLongitudeThis page
Delhi28.677.2Delhi page
Mumbai19.172.9Mumbai page
Ahmedabad23.072.6The estimate above
Kolkata22.688.4Kolkata page
Chennai13.180.3Chennai page
Bengaluru13.077.6Bengaluru page
Hyderabad17.478.5Hyderabad page
Lucknow26.881.0Lucknow page
Patna25.685.1Patna page
Pune18.573.9Pune page
Nagpur21.179.1Nagpur page
Jaipur26.975.8Jaipur page

The temple end uses the temple's map point in this site's data.

Before you book the travel

Nov to Feb is the comfortable window, and Open all year. Pairs with Dwarkadhish in one day. Decide the mode first, then the day: a train needs booking weeks ahead in festival season, a flight is flexible but the last leg is not, and the road is the one that the weather can change.

Plan the rest of Nageshwar