Indian Architecture and Art-The Bohras of Sidhpur,Gujarat

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I thought I had been posting regularly last month and then took a break due to lack of time.So much to write and then left with no time.A visual journey of Ahmebdabad  is still not over anfd I take you today to visit the Bohras of Sidhpur.Being in Ahmedabad ,i wanted to so see the Town of Sidhpur,having read about it extensively about the Bohra households in the Henry Wilson Book "India,Decoration Design " and in the anniversary issue of Traveller ..I was wanting to see the magnificient buildings which were once upon a time built and deserted...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We reached Sidhpur at around 4 o clock in the evening ,travelling by car to the town of Sidhpur via Patan..It was hot even if it was in the month of October.We visited the Suntemple of Modhera on the way,the step well of Patan and then reached the magnificient town..The delicately ornamented building blocks in colurful play of muted colour tones,colourfully lined,almost all of them locked up and I looked up at them with sigh..beautiful is the word for each ornamentation and each of them is distinct in its own..no work is similar,but as a whole the neighbourhood developed on its own with ease in the twentieth century..we gazed at each of them and stood hours looking upto each work which has been beyond perfection and could imagine the ambition in which  they had been built.Emptier the streets and i could see among the 200 odd  houses,only one of them housed a doctors clinic which they denied permission inside to shoot..there where some of them that were occupied in the streets down..</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Bohras are an old Shia Muslim trading community,with a distinctive economic,social and cultural background</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">A very small ‘grilled’ shaft of open air, called the chowk, runs up through the central room of all the floors bringing in a controlled amount of sun (and when the gods so decree, rain) and provides visual connection across the different levels. Decorative wooden extensions of the upper storeys often project out from the building line, in the older vohrawads particularly, and together with similar projections on the other side of the street, help keep the sun out from the street floor. Even by day, then, the street is a cool, shaded space. No wonder the otlas, or extensions of the high plinths, are carefully designed to be lounging spaces, particularly once the sun weakens. All this is, of course, much like in any other old settlement in the hot and dry landscapes of the country(excerpt from "Traveller ")</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">So much has been said and heard about the town that I had no idea how many images I took and you please have your time to look at the images and take your time to read them..</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7GylWBK3rb2c4rMCcgcpcVAhNYUL1VO_1t2pD995XaLIjB66uoDs7PWibWY2_KT9RMLWN2CyFAR2UiFf4HSsirTuQY29_YamLaZNoB1qHt24ajNfwXUtxQGqFm1QTP2l3lOVCVvlVjBQ/s1600/IMG_6921+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7GylWBK3rb2c4rMCcgcpcVAhNYUL1VO_1t2pD995XaLIjB66uoDs7PWibWY2_KT9RMLWN2CyFAR2UiFf4HSsirTuQY29_YamLaZNoB1qHt24ajNfwXUtxQGqFm1QTP2l3lOVCVvlVjBQ/s640/IMG_6921+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">the first scene as we got out from the car</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaB4UGFgVmW2vPJ9Zxky0m78fWKYXmYYVn9W0adf47BhdDg0skdqOzbc9lg3yurczIL8_aX8doRNVk2H750gMlJmj9N1op4Ysm8u2fWHc74vHNy4pNUtamSvw3Eh8sCKtZoHRf56D9ud8/s1600/IMG_6909+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaB4UGFgVmW2vPJ9Zxky0m78fWKYXmYYVn9W0adf47BhdDg0skdqOzbc9lg3yurczIL8_aX8doRNVk2H750gMlJmj9N1op4Ysm8u2fWHc74vHNy4pNUtamSvw3Eh8sCKtZoHRf56D9ud8/s640/IMG_6909+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">on to the left of us where the magnificient buildings stood</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBZn1R6UE8hyphenhyphen-Co4DqZ-qq5Mukn0epuplsNwHcXB8bsAgLlcvNxOeg-OJ_5-oXaqFc6j8pAqVrTMnRZYuoSj_dbgrMbXtY7rN1xKim-yC8U9U6S74mO6GkJmNt0gcv474T-0p_21zFE_c/s1600/IMG_6916+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBZn1R6UE8hyphenhyphen-Co4DqZ-qq5Mukn0epuplsNwHcXB8bsAgLlcvNxOeg-OJ_5-oXaqFc6j8pAqVrTMnRZYuoSj_dbgrMbXtY7rN1xKim-yC8U9U6S74mO6GkJmNt0gcv474T-0p_21zFE_c/s640/IMG_6916+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">towering buildings and ornamented glasses</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgM46o0X3kcL0ZwltKBCHWspQTjurVYeUqZS4H3lIi21gjNBnqByyj-UWkMHYNCm4CO_qQiHdXtjRzQa1Y1NZ8GIb6Yj4uCRgm28OorTZSexVr8gOkJnreONLtpBSA3dKoFk2vtjE35Pc/s1600/IMG_6945.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgM46o0X3kcL0ZwltKBCHWspQTjurVYeUqZS4H3lIi21gjNBnqByyj-UWkMHYNCm4CO_qQiHdXtjRzQa1Y1NZ8GIb6Yj4uCRgm28OorTZSexVr8gOkJnreONLtpBSA3dKoFk2vtjE35Pc/s640/IMG_6945.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">lovely roofs</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV8U_iDThP1ewoWH5OQbwWMiLNz5u3e3M0o_2qjoeeaqsRhCwnT4f3SMpBNDUlxmqR3Zgsk0qwisBF5E81wflv90EhovcDYTRXAwbuGYA-ZI0_odhyphenhyphenJnDGIY8z1rbHlSMU-jKrcwOQH7k/s1600/IMG_6944.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV8U_iDThP1ewoWH5OQbwWMiLNz5u3e3M0o_2qjoeeaqsRhCwnT4f3SMpBNDUlxmqR3Zgsk0qwisBF5E81wflv90EhovcDYTRXAwbuGYA-ZI0_odhyphenhyphenJnDGIY8z1rbHlSMU-jKrcwOQH7k/s640/IMG_6944.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">looks straight from a movie set</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioeIDpztoqG0eX0c0Ce2q_KZFGrmYrBt8CnFzYjFgDjnrzGzUgi28Ot3Bgsj3NCTx5YNKNKPQ5Ow-Vzj-DMRq5llX4LIJfdHxohq7zjjYUoElfa6YlptDwwhQmjim_GyTyEZpRDVR4uXU/s1600/IMG_6946.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioeIDpztoqG0eX0c0Ce2q_KZFGrmYrBt8CnFzYjFgDjnrzGzUgi28Ot3Bgsj3NCTx5YNKNKPQ5Ow-Vzj-DMRq5llX4LIJfdHxohq7zjjYUoElfa6YlptDwwhQmjim_GyTyEZpRDVR4uXU/s640/IMG_6946.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">loved the long railings,much more Brtish influences could be seen here</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMU3eo0S5mCnhkmEVzlTRoC5IjVuJwQxW729tes55w7-WmWqy7HDRb-VE0gcAY4QBhR-8vHDy6gnQ12K85p00j0YRPW1t1x7XT8P2sdsk4M92thdF-Bycb8s3GKVFM4ksVdMtPGYX6cFM/s1600/IMG_6934+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMU3eo0S5mCnhkmEVzlTRoC5IjVuJwQxW729tes55w7-WmWqy7HDRb-VE0gcAY4QBhR-8vHDy6gnQ12K85p00j0YRPW1t1x7XT8P2sdsk4M92thdF-Bycb8s3GKVFM4ksVdMtPGYX6cFM/s640/IMG_6934+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">this building has the maximum number of windows</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFQLiW5p16l5du5gsjVxwilNz86lhaxsrpwtpUzfKdpag26QUtt6dmWkiYeymEAS9A4qRmPWmIBj5KtmewxGFXPdhFrhpa_GWd2h17pzu7hg6a9h7Pq3GrIazNb4mylnC2V0H7agA-hzk/s1600/IMG_6914+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFQLiW5p16l5du5gsjVxwilNz86lhaxsrpwtpUzfKdpag26QUtt6dmWkiYeymEAS9A4qRmPWmIBj5KtmewxGFXPdhFrhpa_GWd2h17pzu7hg6a9h7Pq3GrIazNb4mylnC2V0H7agA-hzk/s640/IMG_6914+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">the locked gates and creepers over them</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeIZNoP6sy_Azn_H-Dq2MDeV8UILuc7SFu0NTQwxIJQgiX1rrJOkVez0QzIijay6ty98-bRHsZiEchsD0Oe9FExYdWJgUSk7iR3fOMTzOYnxmJQd1thbymMaPg9aIBwU1A5saEMXTjY0g/s1600/IMG_6901+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeIZNoP6sy_Azn_H-Dq2MDeV8UILuc7SFu0NTQwxIJQgiX1rrJOkVez0QzIijay6ty98-bRHsZiEchsD0Oe9FExYdWJgUSk7iR3fOMTzOYnxmJQd1thbymMaPg9aIBwU1A5saEMXTjY0g/s640/IMG_6901+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">some kind of board ,gujarathi on the doors</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiim58erSQHjr9r8yykV9D-OjozYt4sWf-ErVrMakrAWwY7Thpsust_H0AdWTmhHiZAYQUs3geoZhurwlqkydjA9i6kWdTgmWd8WExOME28-9-367lyl8886l14lbNAezmThHHI2oC-9VA/s1600/IMG_6939.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiim58erSQHjr9r8yykV9D-OjozYt4sWf-ErVrMakrAWwY7Thpsust_H0AdWTmhHiZAYQUs3geoZhurwlqkydjA9i6kWdTgmWd8WExOME28-9-367lyl8886l14lbNAezmThHHI2oC-9VA/s640/IMG_6939.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">the back doors of the buildings..</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJaAMp7RR3mdb1RLeXHzMatIwD6WXUkS5fKwpCHRXG2Io_UzT2aTHnzq7zHiCJyLFkucmCC2iESUnZumXW4kzXIi9L1bXgx0xS_0SN9I7nlXS__cHMs4NkIipfRQRrdURGv7h0aDY0Gww/s1600/IMG_6942+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJaAMp7RR3mdb1RLeXHzMatIwD6WXUkS5fKwpCHRXG2Io_UzT2aTHnzq7zHiCJyLFkucmCC2iESUnZumXW4kzXIi9L1bXgx0xS_0SN9I7nlXS__cHMs4NkIipfRQRrdURGv7h0aDY0Gww/s640/IMG_6942+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">lovely grills</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG68eMY8krXqMFqPgm698AneT00WVxu0W1gsx9u4GnoJyPRYUerAbiOXONZtbwoarlSMMbN8EYpreDE1zRAJVWW8yQrHzZ97uhWdQlTwb_1KGxr4dsqg8EXM6uceXZrAn1jm-hufcI7G0/s1600/IMG_6955+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG68eMY8krXqMFqPgm698AneT00WVxu0W1gsx9u4GnoJyPRYUerAbiOXONZtbwoarlSMMbN8EYpreDE1zRAJVWW8yQrHzZ97uhWdQlTwb_1KGxr4dsqg8EXM6uceXZrAn1jm-hufcI7G0/s640/IMG_6955+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">ornamentation and look at the year mentioned</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQ9fRDdqcHFtbu2Nxsso6NyQlro0Kjy9fJlzYB-Wk5Bt-z_AdtJBpRuYxp5dwRQgRNmB-IBKYHFqdAdvJkl73PCrzhl2KvNRFmJSXovqpv6H1XZPQ8Je4Dr2qGkGssBuMT6RD7cR8fl4/s1600/IMG_6961.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQ9fRDdqcHFtbu2Nxsso6NyQlro0Kjy9fJlzYB-Wk5Bt-z_AdtJBpRuYxp5dwRQgRNmB-IBKYHFqdAdvJkl73PCrzhl2KvNRFmJSXovqpv6H1XZPQ8Je4Dr2qGkGssBuMT6RD7cR8fl4/s640/IMG_6961.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">rows and rows of beautiful deserted houses..</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfpiXrvpTqlC6oX0k3U-trLsAorP9oAcoOcpdQMp_qEm0uwHh87Ejb3PdAkZUBPeyozONJAdCReWyci07tDJ9WNZnmoxtVuqcdc00bZdHvnGYjB0G7yigSMacbg9vLhxyPArSqpFWm6ws/s1600/IMG_6970.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfpiXrvpTqlC6oX0k3U-trLsAorP9oAcoOcpdQMp_qEm0uwHh87Ejb3PdAkZUBPeyozONJAdCReWyci07tDJ9WNZnmoxtVuqcdc00bZdHvnGYjB0G7yigSMacbg9vLhxyPArSqpFWm6ws/s640/IMG_6970.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">loved the roses on them..imagine the time taken to build them and then they got abandoned</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmN5GMpflORITC1qE6qT-gANofa4dz5pn1XTTOQeHK6PxoZr-bhyLFOQzV0bMq2pHqkF99n2yQEKZ_415doBbRV1zWNRBaRkgNc4z931JDHwO9dOgry5SGas1enLwRyHn2H5RQdeulawg/s1600/IMG_6964+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmN5GMpflORITC1qE6qT-gANofa4dz5pn1XTTOQeHK6PxoZr-bhyLFOQzV0bMq2pHqkF99n2yQEKZ_415doBbRV1zWNRBaRkgNc4z931JDHwO9dOgry5SGas1enLwRyHn2H5RQdeulawg/s640/IMG_6964+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">loved how M,A and P is written </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJqvnsIHG79x-33nuuxO7KQLEj7tNiyYcaFHPs7BV_kPa7l35aCYaEr9MoD8bS5FUtRnecbjapgQo_JNu1Kh2XFbalzPEuH-6gBUbaLrNrEjvB61dC0m_qSuGvMd8m2SzJfGit16ginxc/s1600/IMG_6967.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJqvnsIHG79x-33nuuxO7KQLEj7tNiyYcaFHPs7BV_kPa7l35aCYaEr9MoD8bS5FUtRnecbjapgQo_JNu1Kh2XFbalzPEuH-6gBUbaLrNrEjvB61dC0m_qSuGvMd8m2SzJfGit16ginxc/s640/IMG_6967.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">lovelier</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVL4FaZU39qAbcnWQC-O06L_mK252jKPDnN_FfaMv80GWjWT0VsuYxqbPD3lij6EzZJvG9kW8fegYPlJL-0F7tz8K7oX6MwxnmAiuVEjJgt2c0QceLK1j-g-qtuZxr9FDdXld6gGk3Ww/s1600/IMG_6971+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVL4FaZU39qAbcnWQC-O06L_mK252jKPDnN_FfaMv80GWjWT0VsuYxqbPD3lij6EzZJvG9kW8fegYPlJL-0F7tz8K7oX6MwxnmAiuVEjJgt2c0QceLK1j-g-qtuZxr9FDdXld6gGk3Ww/s640/IMG_6971+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">loved all the muted colours used</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_y7pGmVc62UV5oAhjfaDkS5E0tVm0HPlioPJKeG3ZIbOfb-UimucCdfGUPLFassFERd9pNa95ljAesEVugGAZc5yvxmzslloBBeoxH7miL3oTKOkLVEVs5PHRS3K9D_HESxqBDyXtHgE/s1600/IMG_6979+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_y7pGmVc62UV5oAhjfaDkS5E0tVm0HPlioPJKeG3ZIbOfb-UimucCdfGUPLFassFERd9pNa95ljAesEVugGAZc5yvxmzslloBBeoxH7miL3oTKOkLVEVs5PHRS3K9D_HESxqBDyXtHgE/s640/IMG_6979+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">closed windows</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin2y9MCb76UJQM9F8IifFOUvt46v3FDtc663aFmH1Zy9dQU2eW0amvUIau1w2pIq5A8wvjl-ccmJHM7CgcrU4O8AWDbJ7Q-GyMKWfxnTCEkVxCdIQmLxd5zORQVpCMWzLCvTvGmXgRgug/s1600/IMG_6983.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin2y9MCb76UJQM9F8IifFOUvt46v3FDtc663aFmH1Zy9dQU2eW0amvUIau1w2pIq5A8wvjl-ccmJHM7CgcrU4O8AWDbJ7Q-GyMKWfxnTCEkVxCdIQmLxd5zORQVpCMWzLCvTvGmXgRgug/s640/IMG_6983.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">a street at the end of the road</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-EKNgrtveNTEbBWhQS5b6dWGdTxeM20hPyGUTiaaNQxXVbHD37XDnontBxIwE-hE0AgMKGodCBZoEnCLLRJg6JL7p5wEB1WJtpvm5i2LgzOdYp5XYQxLqGNDYajTlv16zwzhdw-l-ao/s1600/IMG_6987.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-EKNgrtveNTEbBWhQS5b6dWGdTxeM20hPyGUTiaaNQxXVbHD37XDnontBxIwE-hE0AgMKGodCBZoEnCLLRJg6JL7p5wEB1WJtpvm5i2LgzOdYp5XYQxLqGNDYajTlv16zwzhdw-l-ao/s640/IMG_6987.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">loved the peacock...a night lamp could have been there..a lovely decor idea</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKwUtRTrT04GhlrCGrDsKmIKnzcPLv1WpS9Oq_IhopHKQ0p1gwUozK96yDHpJA-ppZRZ-KmJ3qVT7CCtLA5w5tvsU3wyjkLFE-h2ykCsdc1Lzc2dJZxcj6eof6njtBylqZaeePKdD_H8M/s1600/IMG_7002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKwUtRTrT04GhlrCGrDsKmIKnzcPLv1WpS9Oq_IhopHKQ0p1gwUozK96yDHpJA-ppZRZ-KmJ3qVT7CCtLA5w5tvsU3wyjkLFE-h2ykCsdc1Lzc2dJZxcj6eof6njtBylqZaeePKdD_H8M/s640/IMG_7002.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">lotus on the windows,loved them</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Y_eTujJEIWxGDYhkR8N88_6lUelXI9s82m3lK7ZW8peR5xd1pRbIAa-2gZH6xkDDn1pS-zYxCDhvIsP2EvFPKIBi2bnPwH4HOl2wEXJK57hHhagypqQqYdpzXMgl2ghZ8LcJLf9RyjI/s1600/IMG_7004+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Y_eTujJEIWxGDYhkR8N88_6lUelXI9s82m3lK7ZW8peR5xd1pRbIAa-2gZH6xkDDn1pS-zYxCDhvIsP2EvFPKIBi2bnPwH4HOl2wEXJK57hHhagypqQqYdpzXMgl2ghZ8LcJLf9RyjI/s640/IMG_7004+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">loved the light</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDuWqyZV6AdxDdkDgrik5c7bEM5JfzT5yvzOI5bgZyAqtGZZhOFYrX7jV-qjuGQsLfahSdG5n3Ooiqir45zZfmCLLAEdx_yNHp40X6vyZ7UHVJLZmjbAf3X_NiLlnUSFA8wJNWeR_ZDjA/s1600/IMG_7006+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDuWqyZV6AdxDdkDgrik5c7bEM5JfzT5yvzOI5bgZyAqtGZZhOFYrX7jV-qjuGQsLfahSdG5n3Ooiqir45zZfmCLLAEdx_yNHp40X6vyZ7UHVJLZmjbAf3X_NiLlnUSFA8wJNWeR_ZDjA/s640/IMG_7006+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">these shadows</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuAWELLci39OXkPIEKOgTmi9sTZUTQa-Wz4_ZX7NPx59TiIespGxOtnYgUVS8nT9JYX9juoaXBCNTsYipl_ZBsIzyQNCjZhyY_UDMrlA_BiS7mDsuzQ1YPOl8TJP_yZs9HdF7_2AIdPtg/s1600/IMG_7007+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuAWELLci39OXkPIEKOgTmi9sTZUTQa-Wz4_ZX7NPx59TiIespGxOtnYgUVS8nT9JYX9juoaXBCNTsYipl_ZBsIzyQNCjZhyY_UDMrlA_BiS7mDsuzQ1YPOl8TJP_yZs9HdF7_2AIdPtg/s640/IMG_7007+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">i spotted a dish on top/....wonder who has put it??the house looks deserted though</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnon3_m7c3BFnbHburr_yUKn9OYfmCoOx9DH-b70KjRluRIQ43Cym8WfyWkSgYOwoEsWOY-lJoa068VkSKIMH9DT5rejakrerUDCUu6CFP8yUxLdOFp_PzEEQTwPgEGWpTVMGH6tgu-4M/s1600/IMG_7010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnon3_m7c3BFnbHburr_yUKn9OYfmCoOx9DH-b70KjRluRIQ43Cym8WfyWkSgYOwoEsWOY-lJoa068VkSKIMH9DT5rejakrerUDCUu6CFP8yUxLdOFp_PzEEQTwPgEGWpTVMGH6tgu-4M/s640/IMG_7010.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">i love this idea of a box window projecting out...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCEaGkugMPb5RUNhbGJuPHM9ziXEAhTlFokOHcS79J2AjJk7c3IFE4bwKSW6oM1wnVQFxpb2DC8Zd7j8XF-Hir-pNC3-eEjKXf3926iekV9Hy5ERvKHABUOsKDFKSHxlOQ_RmeiiVaqpg/s1600/IMG_7014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCEaGkugMPb5RUNhbGJuPHM9ziXEAhTlFokOHcS79J2AjJk7c3IFE4bwKSW6oM1wnVQFxpb2DC8Zd7j8XF-Hir-pNC3-eEjKXf3926iekV9Hy5ERvKHABUOsKDFKSHxlOQ_RmeiiVaqpg/s640/IMG_7014.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">the lonely traveller among the house</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwtWItsBjTr0Qo595KTrR68ac7DOqh_iS7sjnHYHQihIGfUoJDA0BTydyoWj1Er2lKo6G7Er1k5im7qNQxS8opj7qGmKVZzMcIosG2crB6cgL9gzZkDNaKO1dS7MnZRLrVQxw991sZhus/s1600/IMG_7016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwtWItsBjTr0Qo595KTrR68ac7DOqh_iS7sjnHYHQihIGfUoJDA0BTydyoWj1Er2lKo6G7Er1k5im7qNQxS8opj7qGmKVZzMcIosG2crB6cgL9gzZkDNaKO1dS7MnZRLrVQxw991sZhus/s640/IMG_7016.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">windows and designs</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_gQRTFBDROextGLCFaOSKWKCA54hinQadUa1LnTB_OB98mrrw1jbCZ53-sJra5nrlh6a1gV9J168jY76zJobBH7yz8j1wxHFh8g4DIydxY_yddPid9pFuyWak1jXREvj39qaMVzhpF4g/s1600/IMG_7018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_gQRTFBDROextGLCFaOSKWKCA54hinQadUa1LnTB_OB98mrrw1jbCZ53-sJra5nrlh6a1gV9J168jY76zJobBH7yz8j1wxHFh8g4DIydxY_yddPid9pFuyWak1jXREvj39qaMVzhpF4g/s640/IMG_7018.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">windows  and their work resembled some of them in south</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVIuicKwXN31jHiVJYZhzhBiRBZONGGCi9E6lrIgeHJjGRjXMM_4bqA0gPghHk77HuMLWvfrdIYSeYlc1jZTf41FnyvwYtPcqbxAZ51cHYMeFPtRPnIBV6A_HG7rQzqDp2vs6pWj8l8IY/s1600/IMG_7019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVIuicKwXN31jHiVJYZhzhBiRBZONGGCi9E6lrIgeHJjGRjXMM_4bqA0gPghHk77HuMLWvfrdIYSeYlc1jZTf41FnyvwYtPcqbxAZ51cHYMeFPtRPnIBV6A_HG7rQzqDp2vs6pWj8l8IY/s640/IMG_7019.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">the only one house which i saw was opened..the great Zainab Mansion</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Below are some of the amazing images taken by the world famous photographer Henry Wilson for the Book <a href="http://books.google.co.in/books?id=aOvlx5Rc3SUC&source=gbs_book_other_versions">"India,Decoration,Design"</a>I am a fan of his photographs and books.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuCoZ-BIJbrSA16_gQZylB-YlZl9RVkM-YTMM4ihguBvZKvKC1bbe3qbCHWvHUhtM1rl3sPm4fP091ta8UyD6xHqRJrpxM4an8r2TDZEaKog7BzuFKhq8o5Sc2Shbbgyxenkaf2mHylFs/s1600/IMG_3008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuCoZ-BIJbrSA16_gQZylB-YlZl9RVkM-YTMM4ihguBvZKvKC1bbe3qbCHWvHUhtM1rl3sPm4fP091ta8UyD6xHqRJrpxM4an8r2TDZEaKog7BzuFKhq8o5Sc2Shbbgyxenkaf2mHylFs/s640/IMG_3008.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Indian Architecture and Art-The Bohras of Sidhpur,Gujarat

I thought I had been posting regularly last month and then took a break due to lack of time.So much to write and then left with no time.A vi...

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Indian Architecture and Art-Vishala,Ahmedabad,Gujarat

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE8McrC5Ul8G6vrkZDo4fDU6q5Tle4bPb1OO_R5GdK8GmhTcI-MCKa6d573BUQ5kxITwo4-MR-Dq9hVocnOVXwDzKv0_h8XiTihZtMiT567anCBoUFddi5PFH1HCEijAk5WWaIWv1Rgxw/s1600/IMG_6436+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE8McrC5Ul8G6vrkZDo4fDU6q5Tle4bPb1OO_R5GdK8GmhTcI-MCKa6d573BUQ5kxITwo4-MR-Dq9hVocnOVXwDzKv0_h8XiTihZtMiT567anCBoUFddi5PFH1HCEijAk5WWaIWv1Rgxw/s640/IMG_6436+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">On our way back from Sarkhej Roza,we were at the<a href="http://www.vishalla.com/"> ‘Vishalla'</a>, the traditionally typical village type designed restaurant,by Mr. Surendra Patel.Vishalla adds to its pride of presenting the typical Indian culture through its village-like environment with its old utensils museum named as ‘Vechaar'.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A walk around the hut-like museum makes one's heart skip a beat watching at the absolute beauty of the utensils. These utensils have been through the changing seasons and times over years. They speak of the unmatchable art-genius of man kind during the old days.The designer has taken effort in preserving the  rich heritage and not let it pass away with these vessels being lost under the smoldering fire! He was determined to preserve them, and today his dream is a reality in the form of Vechaar. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: justify;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVLYsmYoaxi8jmaDRVCOFvRU4HTX3IR9ead4ll7JHO9NaGMNs8sGM2aeMFFiss5pnTT9zkkCy_K6fhCKgIaPM7-6JmjNdJuQjFZpEs89_ljv4XlivW6pjlqV7awth8IW37WEixk0MqHbQ/s1600/IMG_6444+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVLYsmYoaxi8jmaDRVCOFvRU4HTX3IR9ead4ll7JHO9NaGMNs8sGM2aeMFFiss5pnTT9zkkCy_K6fhCKgIaPM7-6JmjNdJuQjFZpEs89_ljv4XlivW6pjlqV7awth8IW37WEixk0MqHbQ/s640/IMG_6444+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">as we walked,coloured water and oil ,they were lit with buwas where wick are inserted,(detail post later)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjjsIgNWjPKiGpD9H-XH2FZdt0xDkODpRrv_gopLtp0KY0LHu7_-ARFpkjem-FwjxJO8Y_FY6YGeD6FKQYF_L18efPszRgoeccsv3O-vgYbEXBQ1wSuaQYwkBaHICb2b8xEGnGemsNSfM/s640/IMG_6445+copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">already in time to lit the lamps</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3rxiM1KaPYbAqki9PS4DnZkyq3qC_rdtMh3KoimYLWrHuQZBJRbAhcTpBkHTzK5Fjt2M1mrlyZzaLk7o4NzMS4b5TZs4ntocEBmA1OJDNe4bncYEdWHaLEwaOlxwMEMujoBJq_FwxIQw/s640/IMG_6459+copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">utensils in terracota,brass,aluminiun,bronze and various metals arranged on the way</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj09CZDnjFBvHeknHhEczzKF9lg6nMJx1-SdOl9ByscPLvHzvDMmuIvc_1rD47MeoThYTBCO2w3-mmiNFk-vbhPYVzgyVCHno_3w23eqYnBTrV4xS6DtYf3EUD4CXVc04ZCSDrt80C2eRk/s640/IMG_6473+copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">the big urulis</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj09CZDnjFBvHeknHhEczzKF9lg6nMJx1-SdOl9ByscPLvHzvDMmuIvc_1rD47MeoThYTBCO2w3-mmiNFk-vbhPYVzgyVCHno_3w23eqYnBTrV4xS6DtYf3EUD4CXVc04ZCSDrt80C2eRk/s1600/IMG_6473+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjterljlN7NBvqjd12utVmCALxjHsBFEtjG5TSJ1cbunjXnEtbs7ZEUA7ZFO0fpC9ab-0vRRNko_w41LuelZcXW_q6qQl-rXaUifLdwPOxjvVCO98pJ9Oc-GjT_zQMx7Bpoq7m0GnrEFjA/s640/IMG_6478+copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">a small temple inside the museum</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjterljlN7NBvqjd12utVmCALxjHsBFEtjG5TSJ1cbunjXnEtbs7ZEUA7ZFO0fpC9ab-0vRRNko_w41LuelZcXW_q6qQl-rXaUifLdwPOxjvVCO98pJ9Oc-GjT_zQMx7Bpoq7m0GnrEFjA/s1600/IMG_6478+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">different types of betel nut cracker</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhur6HTITPnWrdd9-XVtZ0c5toRHMq_0JQ9R-KaZHkt5jhCu-zGFgUx81aHbWiJXwujshbcbFQ24wXY2wyhoZV6I9KXj934n8tGrkkI2rQSlJ4SR0EJA-k2PNSw1xuw3I-EwxunGxbSS6M/s640/IMG_6590+copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">time for us to leave,the darkness creeps in,as we leave</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05Ow0yj7VjztijjZMHHEp4NTs8wHLeZBwTW-dc3oNmw1K9BRny8FAgOd34dGHxosPypf54WSJEe-ZqkbORQzJOfNjJ9Nlk2i_r5wLI_me2OC0OubAIGL69PVZGBtKu-AovWM8ee1I-uE/s1600/IMG_6600+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgehvuXkS9bfjPogWU2ccYFfze8UkqvQ6KcBWMtbDYUJk1LUPYWgzDP8ds3oMumF41L4HRSqk-4RyPlWOvJY_9TmnNPeYdWsYg_1lt8BriI5yWokwbt_A9tX8qBS0OQ2sv1b5apzAvQHjI/s640/IMG_6604+copy.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the lamps where lit and they shone all over,it was ablessing indeed</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgehvuXkS9bfjPogWU2ccYFfze8UkqvQ6KcBWMtbDYUJk1LUPYWgzDP8ds3oMumF41L4HRSqk-4RyPlWOvJY_9TmnNPeYdWsYg_1lt8BriI5yWokwbt_A9tX8qBS0OQ2sv1b5apzAvQHjI/s1600/IMG_6604+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Images:Lakshmi Arvind</span></div></div>

Indian Architecture and Art-Vishala,Ahmedabad,Gujarat

On our way back from Sarkhej Roza,we were at the ‘Vishalla' , the traditionally typical village type designed restaurant,by Mr. Surendr...

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