NEW DELHI: Bhuj's Smritivan Earthquake Memorial Museum has been named one of the world's seven most beautiful museums by the prestigious Prix Versailles Award for Architecture and Design ...

Earthquakes are among the most formidable natural disasters, striking with little warning and causing widespread devastation.

In Bhuj, the town that was closest to the epicentre ... Officials in the state estimated the death toll in what was India's worst earthquake at up to 25,000. "Anything more than that looks quite ...

Known as the Jaisalmer of Gujarat, Bhuj is the most important city in the Kutch region of Gujarat. The city was ravaged in the earthquake of 2001 which left a huge area destroyed and in shambles.