About Baroda Baroda is a graceful city of gardens, palaces and shady avenues and has one of the modern universities in the country. It has a public park with a museum, a picture gallery and a zoo covering 60 hectares on the banks of the Vishvamitri. The museum is of particular interest as it has sections on Indian civilization and art with an imposing collection of sculptures and miniatures, folklore, natural history , ethnology and specialised sections devoted to neighbouring countries in Asia and Africa. The Oriental Institute attached to the university is known for its collection of ancient Sanskrit manuscript, particularly of the Ramayana, on which scholars are engaged in specialisd research. The Laxmi Vilas palace, the Makarpura palace, the Nazarbag palace and Pratap Vilas palace have Indo-Saracenic style of architecture. The Kirti Mandir where the mortal remains of the members of the ruling Gaekwad family are laid, is built of a variety of stones and its inner walls have murals. Baroda is a leading industrial centre