Why tiny Udvada scores over sprawling Navsari
Berjis Desai
Navsari and Udvada share a rather uneasy relationship. After all, the Iranshah, before He was enthroned in Udvada in 1742, had been in Navsari, for three long centuries (1419 to 1740) until the Pindhara (plundering tribe) menace forced His migration. But for this quirk of history, Udvada would have been one of the faceless 18,225 villages of Gujarat, observe the Nosakras sardonically. He has been with us too for nearly 300 years, and will continue to do so till eternity, counter the Udvadias. Giant Navsari (population, 163,000; 2011 census) is a district; tiny Udvada (5,897) is a hamlet. However, ask......