Mahatma Gandhi Museum Rajkot
The bonfire of cloth in the distance threw a brilliant orange glare that lit up our faces in the dark.
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Gujarat
International Kite Festival – Uttarayan Festival in Gujarat
A small boy ran behind his father, or rather the father ran behind the son. They carried a spool of thread and attached to the thread, dancing merrily in the blue sky was a colorful kite.
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Sabarmati Ashram – Mahatma Gandhi’s Home in Ahmedabad
Sabarmati Ashram – Mahatma Gandhi’s Home in Ahmedabad
Quit India! Quit India! The loud voices rang through the still night piercing it like the staccato burst of machine gun fire. Suddenly the dark night was awash with brilliant light, what seemed like a giant bonfire erupted in the distance.
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The Famous Sidi Saiyyed Jaali in Ahmedabad
Sidi Saiyyed Mosque
My Introduction to Siddi Sayyed Mosque aka Siddi Sayyed Jaali
Cars, buses, autorickshaws, two wheelers all moved around a building that looked quite ancient and was dotted with trees. It looked like a mosque from whatever portion was visible from the road.
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Why A Jamnagar Temple Features in the Guinness Book of World Records?
India is a land of historic monuments, amazing temples, churches, mosques and mausoleums. A veritable treasure trove for history, culture and architecture aficionados. Apart from the well-known sights and sounds, India has some wonderful surprises at many nooks and corners of its vast expanse which are relatively unknown.
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Mysteries Of Submerged Dwarka City And Amazing Facts
The mysteries of Submerged Dwarka City have resurfaced to intrigue after India’s Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi offered underwater prayers at the ancient site of Dwarka. He described it as a, “very divine experience.” Krishna and Dwarka, and the mysteries of submerged Dwarka, have always been a source of great fascination and intrigue for those interested in mythology, history, and archaeology.…
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Ahmedabad’s Shaking Minarets – An Unsolved Enigma
Shaking Minarets
“Aren’t they the shaking minarets?”
I turned to my friend who had picked me up from the Ahmedabad Railway Station and was skilfully manoeuvering his car in the dense traffic.
“Yes it is, but they do not shake any longer, actually they are not shaken any longer!”
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Flying high with the Kite Festival
Flying high with the Kite Festival
It was one of those lazy, sunny, Sundays when you just don’t want to do anything!
I was lazing in an armchair watching the vast blue sky from my window when I spotted a lone yellow kite swaying in the breeze high up in the sky.
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