ambaji, pavagadh & girnar
the inland gujarat circuit, and the one the jyotirlinga route ignores. a shakti peetha, a hill fort temple with a ropeway, india's finest sun temple after konark, and the hardest stair climb on this site.
stops
4
duration
4–5 days
cost
rs 8,000–14,000 per person
season
oct – mar
the full guide
gujarat temple yatra guide (2026): the six stops nobody adds to somnath and dwarka
ambaji has no idol, girnar's 9,999 steps are really about 8,000, modhera costs rs 20 online, and pavagadh got its shikhara back in 2022.
read the whole thing →what they don't tell you
girnar's famous 9,999 steps is a religious number, not a count. the real breakdown is about 5,000 to ambaji and 8,000 to dattatreya, and every hundredth step to ambaji is painted with its number so you can audit it yourself. the ropeway ends at ambaji, not at the top — the dattatreya summit is still yours to climb.
the route
ahmedabad → ambaji → modhera → pavagadh → girnar (junagadh) → back
- 01
ambaji
banaskanthaa shakti peetha with no idol — a yantra is worshipped instead, and it is not photographed.
full guide → - 02
modhera sun temple
mehsanaasi site, no longer in worship. the stepwell tank is the reason to come.
full guide → - 03
pavagadh kalika mata
panchmahalhill temple with a ropeway. the shikhara was restored in 2022 after five centuries.
full guide → - 04
girnar
junagadhthe stair climb. ropeway to ambaji, then dattatreya on foot if you want it.
full guide →
guides on this route
gujarat temple yatra guide (2026): the six stops nobody adds to somnath and dwarka
ambaji has no idol, girnar's 9,999 steps are really about 8,000, modhera costs rs 20 online, and pavagadh got its shikhara back in 2022.
gujarat temple yatra guide (2026): the six stops nobody adds to somnath and dwarka
ambaji has no idol, girnar's 9,999 steps are really about 8,000, modhera costs rs 20 online, and pavagadh got its shikhara back in 2022.
gujarat temple yatra guide (2026): the six stops nobody adds to somnath and dwarka
ambaji has no idol, girnar's 9,999 steps are really about 8,000, modhera costs rs 20 online, and pavagadh got its shikhara back in 2022.
gujarat temple yatra guide (2026): the six stops nobody adds to somnath and dwarka
ambaji has no idol, girnar's 9,999 steps are really about 8,000, modhera costs rs 20 online, and pavagadh got its shikhara back in 2022.
other yatras
char dham
uttarakhand · 4 stops
5 shaktipeeth
himachal pradesh · 5 stops
ashtavinayak
maharashtra · 8 stops
somnath, nageshwar & dwarka
gujarat · 4 stops
mahakaleshwar & omkareshwar
madhya pradesh · 3 stops
maharashtra trio
maharashtra · 3 stops
khatu shyam & salasar
rajasthan · 3 stops
odisha temple circuit
odisha · 5 stops
braj parikrama
uttar pradesh · 5 stops
konkan temple coast
goa & karnataka · 6 stops
amarnath yatra
jammu & kashmir · 5 stops