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Ahmedabad Khadia खाडिया

The intensity of Ahmedabad’s walled city may seem a bit daunting at first, but behind the bustling market streets you find a living labyrinth of surprisingly quiet residential streets. The city is home to more than 500 of these pols, intimate housing clusters grouped around a central courtyard, a temple and a birdfeeder. It is where people of different faiths and castes live together in harmony based on the powerful mantra of ‘Mahajan’, a centuries custom of shared well-being. The city’s glorious past is forever present in the exquisite havelis with handcrafted wooden sculptures in all colours of the rainbow. अहमदाबाद की दौड्धूप आपको पहले थोड़ी सी कठिन लग सकती है, लेकिन हलचल भरे बाजारों के पीछे आपको आश्चर्यजनक रूप से शांत आवासीय सड़कों की एक जीवित भूलभुलैया दिखाई देती है। शहर इस प्रकारकी करीब 500 पोल अपने आप में समाये हुए है, एक सर्व सामान्य आंगन, एक मंदिर और एक पंछीदान के आसपास वहाँ के सभी रिहायसी एवं अंतरंग पड़ोसी इकठ्ठा होतें है। इन गलियों में आपको शहर के आंतरिक रहस्य छिपे हुए मिलते हैं। यह वह जगह है जहाँ विभिन्न धर्मों और जातियों के लोग एकता के साथ ‘महाजन’ सांझा स्वास्थ्य का एक रिवाज के शक्तिशाली मंत्र के आधार पर एक साथ रहते हैं। इस अनूठी अवधारणा की कल्पना शक्तिशाली शाह सुल्तान ने की थी, जिन्होने इस शहर की स्थापना की, और छह सदियों से वह अवधारणा ही अहमदाबाद की सफलता के मूल में रही है। आज भी हम कई अति सुंदर मंदिरों में इस शहर के गौरवशाली अतीत और इंद्रधनुष के सभी रंगों में हस्तनिर्मित लकड़ी की मूर्तियों से तराशी गई शानदार हवेलियों को देख सकते हैं।
  • 2 hours
  • 3,365 steps (3 km)
  • Story Walk
  • 40 things to see and do

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ICID is an independent organisation that specialises in documenting and promoting living heritage in India’s heritage cities to preserve their unique identity in a time of rapid urbanisation.

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The Prince Claus Fund from the Netherlands creates opportunities worldwide for cultural development, connection and expression. Its joint initiative ‘Contemporary Take, Beyond Cultural Heritage’ with the British Council supports a dozen innovative projects in six South Asian countries that have the potential to create dialogue between communities and foster mutual understanding. The Prince Claus Fund from the Netherlands creates opportunities worldwide for cultural development, connection and expression. Its joint initiative ‘Contemporary Take, Beyond Cultural Heritage’ with the British Council supports a dozen innovative projects in six South Asian countries that have the potential to create dialogue between communities and foster mutual understanding.

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Maitri Dalicha Maitri Dalicha

Maitri is an Illustrator and Ink Artist from Ahmedabad, India. She loves to make and create. It was what her childhood was made up so she decided her adulthood to be the same. Her drive is the immense pleasure of creating something out of absolutely nothing. Maitri is an Illustrator and Ink Artist from Ahmedabad, India. She loves to make and create. It was what her childhood was made up so she decided her adulthood to be the same. Her drive is the immense pleasure of creating something out of absolutely nothing.

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This walk is

last updated on March 2020

Created by

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About

International Center for Innovative Developments

ICID is an independent organisation that specialises in documenting and promoting living heritage in India’s heritage cities to preserve their unique identity in a time of rapid urbanisation.

www.linkedin.com/in/sameeha-sheth-2582376
Prince Claus Fund Prince Claus Fund

The Prince Claus Fund from the Netherlands creates opportunities worldwide for cultural development, connection and expression. Its joint initiative ‘Contemporary Take, Beyond Cultural Heritage’ with the British Council supports a dozen innovative projects in six South Asian countries that have the potential to create dialogue between communities and foster mutual understanding. The Prince Claus Fund from the Netherlands creates opportunities worldwide for cultural development, connection and expression. Its joint initiative ‘Contemporary Take, Beyond Cultural Heritage’ with the British Council supports a dozen innovative projects in six South Asian countries that have the potential to create dialogue between communities and foster mutual understanding.

princeclausfund.org
Maitri Dalicha Maitri Dalicha

Maitri is an Illustrator and Ink Artist from Ahmedabad, India. She loves to make and create. It was what her childhood was made up so she decided her adulthood to be the same. Her drive is the immense pleasure of creating something out of absolutely nothing. Maitri is an Illustrator and Ink Artist from Ahmedabad, India. She loves to make and create. It was what her childhood was made up so she decided her adulthood to be the same. Her drive is the immense pleasure of creating something out of absolutely nothing.

www.maitridalicha.com

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