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Pilgrimage Tourism in Nargol
Pilgrimage Tourism in Nargol includes the ancient and medieval pilgrimage sites of Paris.

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Pilgrimage Tourism in NargolPilgrimage Tourism in Nargol covers the different religious place of various communities like Paris, Jains, Hindus and Muslims. Nargol is popular for Paris population. Nargol is the beautiful village of landscape beauty located in Valsad District of Gujarat. Nargol or Nargole lies about 150 kilometres (93 mi) north from Mumbai and around 400 kilometres (249 mi) from Ahmedabad on the coastal part of Arabian Sea.

Agiary or Fire Temple
Agiary or Fire Temple is the place of worship for the Parsi Community in Nargol. Agiary or the Fire Temple of Paris is located near the Nargol Beach. This temple is often visited by the people of Parsi community who often come to this village from Mumbai and other nearby places to visit the places of worship, like Udwada which is renowned for Iranshah Atash Bahram, the oldest and one of the most famous of the fire temples of Parsi Community in Gujarat.

Yoga Center in Nargol
Nargol Village has a great importance for the followers of Sahaja Yoga. Not only the domestic tourists, but also the tourists around the world come in the yoga centre for Sahaja Yoga. Every year, there holds the yoga workshop in Nargol. The Sahaja Yoga was introduced by Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi in the year 1970. From that time, the Sahaja Yoga is practised. The forest land is surrounded with casurina trees, which is acting as a meditation point for the yoga practitioners. For Casurina Tree, the area is known as "Nirmal Tree Forest" or Saru Tree.

Swaminarayan Temple
Swami Narayan Temple is one of the prominent pilgrimage tourism sites in this area. This temple is the first temple of Swami Narayana Sects in Gujarat. In the year 1822, this temple was built. People from far off place come and visit this place of religious significance. Swaminarayan temple was established in Nargol after the successful religious movement led by Acharya 1008 Shree Tejendraprasadji Maharaj.

Sri Auromira International School
Sri Auromira International School at Nargol is a temple constructed for giving the spiritual consciousness among the people of Gujarat. This school follows the doctrine of Aurobindo Ghosh. The school was a boarding school with ideals of finding the learning potential of each and every child in a perfect harmonious environment with Aurobindo`s spiritual teachings in mind.


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