Pipavav is located at latitude 20°54'N and longitude 71°30'E on the coast of

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. By road it is 2 hours (85 km) from

Amreli Amreli is a city and a municipality in Amreli district in Indian state of Gujarat. History It is believed that during 534 AD Amreli existed was formerly known as Anumanji, Amlik and then Amravati. The city is named in ancient Gujrati as ''Am ...

, 30 minutes (20 km) from Rajula city, 2.5 hours (130 km) from

Bhavnagar Bhavnagar is a city in the Bhavnagar district of the Saurashtra region of Gujarat, a state of India. It was founded in 1723 by Bhavsinhji Takhtasinhji Gohil (1703–1764). It was the capital of Bhavnagar State, which was a princely state befo ...

on the east and 1.5 hrs (89 km) from Diu in the west. Pipavav is the name of village which is used while naming the name of Port Pipavav, the first private sector port in India

. Two Goliath gantry cranes of Reliance Naval and Engineering Limited, Reliance-Shipyard and the Port Pipavav portainer cranes are landmarks in that area. The nearest town to Pipavav is Rajula City which is 22 km away.

History

The name 'Pipavav' has two parts, the name Pipa originates from the name of Saint Pipaji, who was a king from Rajasthan, left his kingdom in search of the eternity along with his queen Sitadevi. Vav in Gujarati refers to a well. Pipavav village is still having a well which was dug by Saint Pipaji. A temple of Radha and Krishna is in the village, there is a saying that the idols were obtained during the digging process of the well than. Villagers mentions the importance of the place during the Mahabharata time, wherein Krishna, with Rukmini while going to Dwarks, halted in Pipavav. Preacher Morari Bapu did a Ramkatha at Pipavav to collect fund for the development of Pipavav temple.

References

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article, "Pipavav" http://www.internet-encyclopedia.org/wiki.php?title=Pipavav * "Pipavav eyes Indian Navy contracts after FIPB nod" http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report_pipavav-eyes-indian-navy-contracts-after-fipb-nod_1523909

External links

Port Pipavav home page

Home page of Reliance-Shipyard

Pipavav, a modern scrap yard waiting for orders
report of a visit by Greenpeace (archive.org 2004-02-03) Cities and towns in Amreli district Port cities in India