Naroda
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Naroda is a suburban town in the northeast of Ahmedabad. It was incorporated in Ahmedabad in approximately 1996. It is predominantly a Hindu area with a majority of Patel, Panchal, and Vyas surnames. With establishment of the Naroda Industrial Area in the 1980s, the town flourished; it is now a part of Ahmedabad City. Naroda is approximately three miles from Ahmedabad center( 8 km) , near the intersection of National Highway No. 8 and National Highway No. 59 () .
The Naroda GIDC industrial park hosts national and multinational corporations such as Reliance Industries Ltd., Pepsi Co, Ingersoll, Dresser-Rand, and various chemical and textile industries, including Umiya Textile and Nirman Textile. Pharmaceutical companies include Dishman, Tuton, Westcost, and Maccore.
Naroda has two parts: Juna Naroda (Ancient Naroda) and Nava Naroda (New Naroda). At the center of Naroda (called Naroda Gam or Naroda Bazaar) are an old fountain and a newly developed park Naroda features also some other beautiful temples such as Ayyappa Temple,Ranchodrai, Satyanarayan, and Padmavati mataji's Jain temple and hanumanji mandir. It also has the great Mahaprabhuji's bethak, the famous pilgrim place for the Vaishnav peoples. It is believed that mahaprabhu stayed here for some time. There is also a recently developed lake, and the world's largest collection of antique cars in kathawada . India's famous Samrat Namkin is also part of Naroda. Naroda is a mixture of many states like most of the states in India. It has a big population of Malayalis who are residing here from last couple of decades. Late Mr. dhirubhai ambani Laid the foundation stone for his big empire at Naroda.
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