For most visitors, Bhavnagar is little more than a convenient base for exploring the magnificient temple town of Palitana. Yet Bhavnagar itself is not without charm, its old bazaar dotted with merchants’ havelis, has shops specializing in tie-dye textiles and gold and silver jewellery. Palitana is an extraordinary cluster of 1008 Jain temples crowning the twin summits of Palitana’s Shatrunjaya Hill.