Historic City of Ahmedabad
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The walled old city founded by Sultan Ahmad Shah in 1411, with carved wooden pol houses, mosques and temples. India's first World Heritage City.
CityAhmedabadBest time to visit: November to February; Uttarayan kite festival in JanuaryUNESCO heritage 2017
Highlights
- Pols, gated lanes of carved wooden houses with bird-feeders (chabutaro)
- Sidi Saiyyed mosque's stone lattice, Jama Masjid and Bhadra Fort
- Sabarmati Ashram, Gandhi's home from 1917 to 1930
- Adalaj stepwell nearby and the heritage walk of the old city
Significance
The old city shows Hindu, Jain and Islamic building traditions side by side. Gandhi began the Dandi March from Sabarmati Ashram in 1930. The walled city was inscribed by UNESCO in 2017.