Ahmedabad, Gujarat:

Sarkhej Roza

From Mumbai, I traveled to Ahmedabad for field work.

Ahmedabad is the capital of Gujarat and India’s fifth-largest city. It’s a lively place with a few interesting sights, including a number of beautiful ancient tombs and mosques. Particularly nice are the intricately carved minarets of the Sidi Bashir Mosque and the fantastic latticework windows of the otherwise plain Sidi Saiyyed Mosque. Ahmedabad is also famous for the Sabarmati Ashram from where Mahatma Gandhi started his Salt March in 1930. Nevertheless, I did not visit the ashram because I was busy with work in the countryside of Kachchh in westernmost Gujarat.

southwestern Ahmedabad

Sarkhej Roza

Sarkhej Roza

Sarkhej Roza

Sarkhej Roza

tombs

tombs

ornamented window

at the water tank

Sarkhej Roza

Sarkhej Roza

Sarkhej Roza

Sarkhej Roza

Sarkhej Roza

Sarkhej Roza

Sarkhej Roza

Sarkhej Roza

electricity switches

ornamented window

ornamented window

sign

wall painting

sign

ancient building at the street side

Sarkhej Roza

Sarkhej Roza

Queen’s Palace

ancient buildings

King’s Palace

Queen’s Palace

Queen’s Palace

Sidi Saiyyed Mosque

Sidi Saiyyed Mosque

Sidi Saiyyed Mosque

latticework window

latticework windows

street scene

Sidi Bashir Mosque

Sidi Bashir Mosque

Sidi Bashir Mosque

Sidi Bashir Mosque

Sidi Bashir Mosque

details of the minaret

details of the minaret

explanation sign at the minaret

street scene

street scene

view from the autorickshaw

Salman Khan Tea Shop in Bhuj

market in Bhuj

breakfast stop in Nakhatrana

street scene in Nakhatrana

street scene in Nakhatrana

street scene in Nakhatrana

After the field work was finished, I returned to Germany via Mumbai.