Umiya Dhaam...

Located right in the centre of Varacha Road is the Umiya Dham Temple.. an interesting work of art, where the Diamond Polishers come to pray. Navratri sees this temple become the hub of one of the biggest Garba's.

Diamond Hub...

For those Surtis who's impression of Varacha Road was an overpopulated area with bad roads and traffic, here's what it looks like now.. The buildings you see are Diamond Polishing Centres.

The Traffic Island on Varacha Road is aptly designed to reflect the shape of an inverted Diamond. The bldg behind it is a diamond polishing unit, where state of the art laser cutting machines are used.

Its said, 8 of 10 diamonds polished in the world are done in Surat.. Here's one more diamond factory.

Security in these diamond units is state-of-the-art, and all bldgs are completely sealed and aircon. Compared to the manual techniques used for polishing diamonds, currently its technology at work!