Community Science Centre and Planetarium

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Community Science Centre and Planetarium in the Race Course area of Main City, Rajkot, Gujarat. Edit

Detail InformationEdit

Community Science Centre and Planetarium community Science Centre is run and maintained by an NGO. The chief objective of the centre is to arrange educational programmes, workshops, seminars related to science and maths for children. Besides they also have the task of educating people in the slum areas regarding burning issues like aids etc. The Planetarium imparts information regarding planets, their positions, movements and their effects on nature by means of audio and video shows.

HistoryEdit

The Community Science Centre and Planetarium is based in an attractive building in the Race Course area in the heart of Rajkot, Gujarat. The seeds of the Community Science Centre and Planetarium were sown in the year 1979 when a group was ready to work at Rajkot on development of scientific temper and a beginning was made in the name of “Prayog” to remove belief in miracle and superstition etc. The planetarium itself was established in the year 1992.

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Best Season to VisitEdit

Throughout the year

Best Time To VisitEdit

Morning to Evening

Time Required for SightseeingEdit

2hrs

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Restaurants NearbyAdd / Edit

Lords Banquet Restaurant ; Opp. Dharam Cinema, Kasturba Rd, Sadar, Rajkot. ; Ph/M – 0281 244 4486 ; Food Serve – Indian

How to ReachEdit

Taxi : Rajkot is well connected by a road network and national highways. The tourist can reach to Rajkot by taxi. The normal Indian taxi charges of Rupees 8 to 20 will be charged for each km.

Bus : There are state transport buses that are available to the city of Rajkot from all nearby cities, and tourits can even opt for private buses to Rajkot. Buses will regularly ply to the city of Rajkot from Mount Abu, Bhuj, Udaipur, Mumbai, Una and Bhavnagar. Buses also ply from the city of Ahmedabad.

Train : The city of Rajkot has frequent trains connected to other important cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Coimbatore, Cochin and Bhopal.

Air : The airport in the city of Rajkot is a domestic airport that has frequent flights to the city of Mumbai and Kandala. Rajkot Airport: 0281 245 1849.

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Safety / WarningEdit

Beware of pickpockets as Rajkot is a major tourist city in India.
Beware of fake items, especially the marble souvenirs.
If you buy from roadside sellers, most likely the items are fake and made of chalk instead of marble.
Better to buy from reputable shops even though you have to pay more.