History Of JetPur -The city of Festivals

70 km from Rajkot on the way to Junagadh lies Jetpur, a town renowned in history as a center for Block printing and dyeing. The very air is laden with the smells of dye stuffs spiraling out of large copper vats with translucent layers of colored fabrics drying to the percussion beat of wooden printing blocks. Jetpur is a pleasure for textile enthusiasts who can visit and experience the process of printing and dyeing.

Up till now, most of Indian history has been written by British or German historians. None of them have had a blood relation, language, culture, DNA connection to the Kathiwadis. They just came, they saw and they wrote. Because of their power and money, their version was accepted by uneducated people. Those who were educated had no clout or power to reject British or German understanding of Kathiawad.

The fact is as per Vedic History, Kathiawad is the oldest peninsula of Western India. People of Jetpur, have been living in that region, for the last 10,000 years. It is as old as Harappa. If you analyze the history of Sorath and people of Sorath, they have more than 10,000 years history and background with their architecture, Girnar, and the inhabitants of Jetpur. This area was the essence of Kathiwad till the early 18th century. Jetpur was the capital of Kathiwad. The worldwide trade was being conducted from Jetpur, Upleta and Junagadh, using the ports of Veraval, Porbander and Choravad.