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Siddi Sayid’s Mosque-January 2024
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　　One of Ahmedabad’s most stunning buildings, this mosque is famed for its exquisite jali windows, spiderweb fine, two of them depicting the intricate intertwining branches of the ‘tree of life’. Built in the year the Mughals conquered Gujarat (1573) by an Abyssinian in the Gujarati army, it was once part of the old citadel wall.

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Sabarmati Ashram
Ahmedabad (Amdavad)
　　In peaceful, shady grounds on the Sabarmati River’s west bank, this ashram was Gandhi’s headquarters from 1917 to 1930 during the long struggle for Indian independence. It’s said he chose this site because it lay between a jail and a cemetery, and any satyagrahi (nonviolent resister) was bound to end...
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Siddi Sayid’s Mosque
Ahmedabad (Amdavad)
　　One of Ahmedabad’s most stunning buildings, this mosque is famed for its exquisite jali windows, spiderweb fine, two of them depicting the intricate intertwining branches of the ‘tree of life’. Built in the year the Mughals conquered Gujarat (1573) by an Abyssinian in the Gujarati army, it was once part...
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