When we plan to visit a place, we often look for scenic beauties as well as places to make memories. One of such cities is Ahmedabad. Ahmedabad, since long, has been the prime location for any festival or events. With a gloriously decorated past, it becomes a vital spot for many visitors around the globe to look for this city. Starting from the Kankaria Lake to the street items, not a single visitor has been disappointed. ( PC: Phantoms_photography )
Ahmedabad is a wonderful city with a highly rich culture, varied festivals, delicious items like biryani, ever-smiling souls, and some glorious past events. It is famous for the Sabarmati Ashram or Kankaria Lake that makes Ahmedabad such a wonderful city and stunning mosques, astonishing structures, civilized monuments, beautiful gardens, and some temples that make it equally incredible for tourists from all around the globe to visit this city. It has always been the prime factor of western India, bearing the highly rich legacy of Hindu as well as Muslim rulers.
Still having a question in mind as why to visit this audacious city? Let this blog represent you the reasons to attract your soul to this balanced city. With so many beautiful and attractive places to visit in Ahmedabad, we have come up with 7 of the best places that you must visit during your trip or visit to this culture-based city.
1) Sabarmati Ashram:
Sabarmati Ashram is one of the most famous places in Gujarat that is more popularly known as the Satyagraha Ashram and Gandhi Ashram. Here, Gandhiji used to spend his life hours along with his wife, Kasturba Gandhi. This is the historical place where his famous movement called the Dandi March started. Spread over nearly 30 acres of land, the ashram primarily consists of certain entities related to Gandhi’s past life history. ( PC:_naidev)
2) Swaminarayan Temple:
Dedicated to the great Narayan Dev, the Shri Swaminarayan Temple was constructed in the year 1822 under the guidance and supervision of Swaminarayan. If a person is looking for the best places to visit in Ahmedabad, this is a place that can not be ignored at all. The greatly defined marvelous carvings with a variety of colors increase the beauty and integrity of this spiritual place. It is lived upon by devotees mainly on the occasion of Diwali for “darshan.” If a person who has ideas on civil engineering will visit this place, he or she will surely notice how precisely as well as perfectly the carving work has been done with the help of Burma Teak wood. ( PC: heritagewalkahmedabad )
3) Jama Masjid:
One of Ahmedabad's most peaceful places is considered the Jama Masjid that is located close to or near the Bhandara fort. It is very famous in the western India part or regions since this place's architectural built-up is highly mesmerizing. ( PC: wrapperphotography )
4) Dada Harir Stepwell:
It is an age-old step-well built by a woman of Sultan Begara’s reign in the period of 1499 AD. These step-wells were purposefully built to protect citizens as well as visitors from the hot summers. This beautiful well is situated just behind the tomb of Dada Harir and is believed to be the most complex yet clinical structure of the glorious city of Ahmedabad. This is undoubtedly a place of relaxation for all the visitors where you can find a cooling atmosphere. ( PC: jaysfotografiee )
5) Nagina Wadi:
Nagina Wadi in Ahmedabad is truly a wonderfully built garden and a favorite spot for all the locals and visitors in the city. It is located in the center of the Kankaria Lake (which is circular in shape), which promises outstanding vibes to all the people. There are many food stalls nearby the location. They serve mouth-watering local food and sell souvenirs, which becomes one more reason why the local food is famous out there. You can also have a pleasurable experience by looking at the dancing fountain in this area. ( PC: wrapperphotography )
6) Jhulta Minar:
There lies an unsolvable mystery in this place known as the Jhulta Minar, i.e., if one of its minarets is shaken, another one minaret is bound to shake without the feel of any vibration in the inter-connected pathway. Many architects and civil engineers, tried to find out the scene behind this unsolved logic, but no one has been able to figure it out.
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7) Sarkhej Roza:
If you want to have the atmosphere of the highly rich legacy of Ahmedabad's Muslim rulers, it is well advised to visit Sarkhej Roza for a wonderful experience. This wonderful complex of tombs, mosques, and minarets is also inclusive of an artificially built lake. This archaeological masterpiece of Ahmedabad has certain elements of the Persian and Mughal prints in its construction. ( PC: wanderluststuff1993 )
Ahmedabad has everything that a city needs to be termed as one of the must-visit cities in India. So what are you waiting for? Book your tickets and travel to this marvelous city Amdabad . Do not forget to share your experience.