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Next time you’re in Ahmedabad, do visit the Dinosaur park at Indroda
This photograph taken on August 30, 2016 shows a life-sized model of a dinosaur at the Dinosaur and Fossil Park at Indroda in Gandhinagar, some 30 kms from Ahmedabad. (AFP)
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This photograph taken on August 30, 2016 shows a life-sized model of a dinosaur at the Dinosaur and Fossil Park at Indroda in Gandhinagar, some 30 kms from Ahmedabad. (AFP)
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A pigeon leaves its nest from inside the jaws of a life-sized model of a dinosaur at the park in Gandhinagar. Not many know that Aaliya Sultana Babi, a member of the royal family that once ruled the Balasinor Estate in Gujarat, is often called the Dinosaur Princess for her keen interest in protecting prehistoric fossils and now promoting the fossil park. (AFP)
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Seen here is a life-sized model of a dinosaur at the park. One of Aalia’s most-prized possessions is a fossilised dinosaur egg she found an unsuspecting villager using to grind spices on her ancestral lands, an area billed as India’s Jurassic Park. (AFP)
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Another life-sized model of a dinosaur. Aalia rescued the egg and it now has pride of place among her collection of prehistoric fossils, part of a lifelong legacy of protecting the dinosaur remains on the land her family once ruled over. (AFP)
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Nature educator Kusum Suthar gesturing as she speaks at the dinosaur park. (AFP)
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Nature educator Kusum Suthar speaks at the dinosaur park. (AFP)
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