Dwarka (disambiguation)
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Dwarka, Dwaraka or Dvaraka may refer to:
Places
[edit]India
[edit]- Dvārakā, also Dvaravati, ancient city in Gujarat, the capital of the Yadus in the Mahabharata
- Dvārakā–Kamboja route, an ancient trade-route and a branch of the Silk Road
- Dvaravati sila, sacred coral stone (shaligrama) from the Gomti river in Dwarka
- Dwarka, Gujarat, also known as Dvaraka
- Dwarka, Gujarat Assembly constituency, an assembly constituency of Gujarat
- Dwarkadhish Temple, a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Krishna
- Dwarka Sharada Peetham, a monastery in Gujarat
- Devbhumi Dwarka district, a district of Gujarat
- Dwarka River, a tributary of the Bhagirathi
- Bet Dwarka, an island near the city of Dvaraka (Gujarat)
- Dwarka, Delhi, Sub City of Delhi, also known as Dvaraka
- Dwarka, Delhi Assembly constituency, an assembly constituency of Delhi
- Dwarka Baoli, a stepwell in Delhi
- Dwaraka Nagar, a locality in Visakhapatnam
- Dwaraka Nagar, Kadapa, a village in Andhra Pradesh
- Dwaraka Tirumala, a town in Andhra Pradesh
- Dwaraka Tirumala mandal, a tehsil in Andhra Pradesh
- Venkateswara Temple, Dwaraka Tirumala, a vaishnavite temple
Other
[edit]- Derweze, Turkmenistan, also known as Dvaraka
- Dvaravati, also known as Dvaraka, a kingdom of the Mon people from the 7th to 11th-centuries in what is now central Thailand
Transport
[edit]Delhi Metro
[edit]- Dwarka metro station
- Dwarka Mor metro station
- Dwarka Sector 8 metro station
- Dwarka Sector 9 metro station
- Dwarka Sector 10 metro station
- Dwarka Sector 11 metro station
- Dwarka Sector 12 metro station
- Dwarka Sector 13 metro station
- Dwarka Sector 14 metro station
- Dwarka Sector 21 metro station
Other
[edit]- Dwarka Express, an express train of the Indian Railways
- Puri Okha Dwarka Express, an express Train of the Indian Railways
- Dwarka railway station, a railway station in Gujarat
- Dwaraka bus station, a bus station complex in Visakhapatnam
- Jamnagar & Dwaraka Railway, metre gauge railway in Gujarat during 19th century
- MV Dwarka, a passenger/cargo ship of British India Steam Navigation Company
People
[edit]- Dwarka Divecha, an Indian cinematographer and actor
- Dwarka Nath Das, an Indian politician from Assam
- Dwarka Nath Mitra, an Indian lawyer and judge of the Calcutta High Court
- Dwarka Nath Tiwary, an Indian politician from Bihar
- Dwarka Prasad Mishra, an Indian politician; chief minister of Madhya Pradesh
- Dwarkanath Kotnis, Indian physician during the Second Sino-Japanese War
- Dwarkanath Tagore, Indian industrialist and founder of the Jorasanko branch of the Tagore family
Entertainment
[edit]- Dwaraka (film), a 2017 Telugu film
Other uses
[edit]- Operation Dwarka, a naval operation by the Pakistan Navy during the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965
- INS Dwarka, a forward operating base of the Indian Navy