Motera
Motera is a neighbourhood in the northwestern part of the metropolis of Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India.
Motera is a neighbourhood in the northwestern part of the metropolis of Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India. It lies west of the Sabarmati River. It falls under the West Zone of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and under the Gandhinagar South constituency of Gujarat Legislative Assembly and under the Gandhinagar constituency of the Lok Sabha. The chief attraction in Motera is the world's largest sports stadium, Narendra Modi Stadium. The stadium is the venue for the international cricket matches held in Ahmedabad. In 2015, the old stadium was demolished and the new stadium was built, becoming the world's largest stadium.
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Worth seeing in and around Motera
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Narendra Modi Stadium
Narendra Modi Stadium is an international cricket stadium in Motera, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. With a total capacity of 132,000, it is the world's largest cricket stadium and the largest overall stadium in the world by capacity.
300 m · cricket stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India · Wikipedia - 02Camp Hanuman Temple
The Shree Camp Hanuman Temple is one of the biggest Hanuman temples in India. It is situated in Ahmedabad Cantonment in Shahibaug, Ahmedabad in the Indian state of Gujarat.
3 km · temple in India · Wikipedia - 03Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Memorial
The Moti Shahi Mahal is a palace built by the Mughal emperor Shahjahan between 1616 and 1623, when he was still a prince. It hosts the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Memorial, a museum and exhibition centre dedicated to Vallabhbhai Patel in Shahibaug, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, near Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad.
3.7 km · memorial in mughal palace at Ahmedabad, India · Wikipedia - 04Sabarmati Thermal Power Station
Sabarmati Thermal Power Station or Torrent Sabarmati Thermal Power Station is a coal-fired power plant. It is located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
2.6 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 05Miya Khan Chishti's Mosque
The Miya Khan Chishti's Mosque, or more correctly, the Miya Khan Chishti's Mosque and Tomb, is a Sufi mosque and dargah complex, located on the bank of Sabarmati River in the Shahibaug area of Ahmedabad, in the state of Gujarat, India.
3.9 km · mosque in India · Wikipedia - 06Subhash Bridge
Subhash Bridge is a beam bridge over the Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, It was built in 1973 and demolished in 2026.
3.8 km · bridge in India · Wikipedia - 07Institute for Plasma Research
The Institute for Plasma Research is a public research institute in India. The institute conducts research in plasma science, including basic plasma physics, magnetically confined hot plasmas, and plasma technologies for industrial applications.
3.1 km · Indian research institute · Wikipedia - 08Vishwakarma Government Engineering College
Vishwakarma Government Engineering College is located in Chandkheda, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Established in August 1994, it is affiliated with Gujarat Technological University offering Engineering courses in 14 undergraduate and 5 postgraduate programs.
1.5 km · college in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India · Wikipedia - 09Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India
The Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India is an autonomous body and not-for-profit institute located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Established in 1983, the institute offers master's degree programmes in Entrepreneurship, a fellowship programme and a number of entrepreneurship training programmes.
4 km · educational institute in Ahmedabad, India · Wikipedia - 10Gujarat Technological University
Gujarat Technological University, commonly referred as GTU, is a public state university affiliating many engineering, pharmacy, and management colleges in Gujarat, India. The university is headed by the state government and came into existence on 16 May 2007.
1.5 km · state public university in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Motera
- Airports
- Sardar Vallabh Patel (AMD), 4 km · Vadodara (BDQ), 106 km · Rajkot (HSR), 178 km
- Stations
- Sabarmati Junction railway station, 2.7 km
- Vadodara → Motera109 km · quickest by road, 2h 22m · ₹790–990
- Rajkot → Motera5285 km · quickest by air, 13h 18m · ₹63,750–98,720
- Surat → MoteraTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Motera
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Motera. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inAn auto rickshaw or a taxi should cost roughly ₹ 200 or 300 respectively.
- Get aroundOne can also travel using a combination of BRTS, AMTS and/or auto rickshaw.
- Get aroundShouting 'auto' or 'rickshaw' at a passing rickshaw should be enough to catch the drivers attention.
- Get aroundSince auto rickshaws are the dominant travel mode apart from BRTS and AMTS, there are few taxis in Ahmedabad.
From Wikivoyage: Ahmedabad, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Motera
Motera is 8 km from Ahmedabad, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Chandkhedahuman settlement2.9 km
- Ranipsuburb of Ahmedabad2.7 km
- Kalihuman settlement in India2.4 km