Hotel Siddhartha Palace - An unknown Royal heritage in the womb of Ahmedabad by Kushal Soni - 4 year ago | 1912 Most of us haven't lived a King's life, but here is a golden opportunity to live in a King's palace. Hotel Siddhartha Palace was originally the property of the Divan of Kutch, Shri Chaitanya Prasad Divan. He had dreamt to build a royal structure that would mark his status and could be a body of work that could be praised for centuries to come. Read more 0 0
House of MG - Ahmedabad by Purav Gandhi - 4 year ago | 1408 House of MG and its annexes (Mangaldas ni Haveli I and Mangaldas ni Haveli II) are premier boutique heritage hotels in Ahmedabad It is a 20th century family mansion, now having all modern amenities and converted into a 38 room hotel The historical significance of the place is that Mahatma Gandhi stayed here in 1917 on coming back from South Africa Read more 0 0
Dining with the dead in Ahmedabad by Purav Gandhi - 4 year ago | 1791 New Lucky Restaurant in Ahmadabad is a unique concept where the restaurant is made on a cemetry with old muslim graves still in place Owner Krishnan Kutti chose to preserve the coffins and place tables around them instead of ripping off the graves while building this restaurant It is a 60 year old restaurant, and now fairly popular amongst the young and the old Read more 1 0
Ahmedabad originally called as Karnavati by Purav Gandhi - 4 year ago | 1652 During 11th century, Karna of Chaulukya dynasty made Ahmedabad his capital, and named it Karnavati (Karna's town) Ahmedabad during that time was also named Shrinagar (prosperous city) and Rajnagar (king's town), but Karnavati remained the most popular name Chaulukya rule weakened in the second half of the 13th century, Vaghela dynasty rose to power in Gujarat in 1243, but the name still remained Read more 0 0