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Temple timing and a taxi to Junagadh

How aarti, gate closure and queue time should shape a Madhuli cab from Somnath to Junagadh.

Temple time is not road time. Junagadh is the fort city and the base of the Girnar climb. The steps reward an early start. People remember the aarti and forget the walk from the car park to the gate.

For Junagadh, start from the moment you need to be present, then work backward by about 2 hours. Tell us if anyone in the car is not climbing, so the driver knows where to wait.

Uparkot and Mahabat Maqbara fit after the climb only if the group still has energy.

Madhuli’s enquiry asks for a pickup time. Use the time the car should be at the hotel, not the time of the aarti itself. The driver still needs the lane, the bags and a headcount.

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