Sardar Sarovar Dam

About this place

Near Rajpipla, 1163 kms away up the river from the sea is Sardar Sarovar dam. At the reception centre there is a map and an interpretation centre. Tourists can book a guided tour which will take you through six points around the dam site: a garden; the foundational stone laid by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1961; a site with a side view of the flow of the water from the dam; a lake where boating takes place; the first lock gate of the main canal; a trekking site with a nature education camp for students. Near the site is also the Surpaneshwar Shiva temple that the Government had built to replace the original ancient temple that was submerged by the dam. At the foot of the dam are the Kevadia colony, where the employees of the dam live and where there are also places for visitors to stay.