"Agashiye",House of MG,Ahmedabad

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We were at "Agashiye", the little restaurant within  the heritage hotel, "The House of Mangaldas", for an authentic Gujarati meal.Each meal was a treat to the eyes and a feast for us.They were an array of Gujarati delicacies  like the meetha dal,pakoda,tamarind chutney,poori,parota,shrikhand,achar and khichadi too .The last day we were about to leave they even gave us complimentary sweets,coz of the everyday visits there and there were complimentary coupons also everytime we went  for the next visit..The food was enjoyable,lipsmacking and the decor was so homely and heavenly..I think this is the first time i featured something like this.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">My daughter the 7 year old still says of going back ..</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><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/AVvXsEhg4UMWJ3-wsfiaVgnSvUIGEqSg03QVdwiwfrAlskPz-NhTaWvO5f9n9EK0uV-cstIVmL0f-djr4jdSLM2pRuoiW5EYm7NFb6kG129wXtaR6GlqPl7lSkWarLFloekBBeq79cnVvNHf_EA/s1600/IMG_6158+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; 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/AVvXsEhg4UMWJ3-wsfiaVgnSvUIGEqSg03QVdwiwfrAlskPz-NhTaWvO5f9n9EK0uV-cstIVmL0f-djr4jdSLM2pRuoiW5EYm7NFb6kG129wXtaR6GlqPl7lSkWarLFloekBBeq79cnVvNHf_EA/s640/IMG_6158+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 through the fragrant corridors</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><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/AVvXsEg_tQdPKGRzK_DUEZQy-Wwmjr8JoyDk6kYNgadiWZKBwzAZmdSytMY-q6MUuVJXAZI5j5t1nCNQYdTxMNxRsmGHNVt-2VyW8Fs58qIUnY7WBkMSQsDK11Pz_vbxmdlmsRFlPwQA9QF2Ch0/s1600/IMG_6157+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; 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/AVvXsEg_tQdPKGRzK_DUEZQy-Wwmjr8JoyDk6kYNgadiWZKBwzAZmdSytMY-q6MUuVJXAZI5j5t1nCNQYdTxMNxRsmGHNVt-2VyW8Fs58qIUnY7WBkMSQsDK11Pz_vbxmdlmsRFlPwQA9QF2Ch0/s640/IMG_6157+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;">walk past a lovely sunlit courtyard</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI6QdDVuehNFO2Q2VcEIKjXyYkXXs8ZszGnjZ_jli-J8bW0TBybIiQmpGyaPfPsmjnUSw_8wXgyGSPZKWjdusTm-YfS5Cvp8PNzgCE21pNNkh2bvo3PASEcuJRotZUVQ4JooZ-LN3eiQs/s1600/IMG_6155+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; 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/AVvXsEjI6QdDVuehNFO2Q2VcEIKjXyYkXXs8ZszGnjZ_jli-J8bW0TBybIiQmpGyaPfPsmjnUSw_8wXgyGSPZKWjdusTm-YfS5Cvp8PNzgCE21pNNkh2bvo3PASEcuJRotZUVQ4JooZ-LN3eiQs/s640/IMG_6155+copy.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3usqdRPMVKcl16VQtfJm1kPf8Vcdfhfxas_d20v5gq2u24au83H_d-enCMBMHM7a1MFHaAjst4AIntUcQvPi6kUzsuqinRIUN2KXfMNAMF27q0EB2SCFQ-jqMBglg-AeaXxQQMNFtZSk/s1600/IMG_5756+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/AVvXsEg3usqdRPMVKcl16VQtfJm1kPf8Vcdfhfxas_d20v5gq2u24au83H_d-enCMBMHM7a1MFHaAjst4AIntUcQvPi6kUzsuqinRIUN2KXfMNAMF27q0EB2SCFQ-jqMBglg-AeaXxQQMNFtZSk/s640/IMG_5756+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;">black and white photographs on every walls you walk past,the bamboo shade with holes on the tube lights</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg__TgD0HQLapSuzBPJEEHlET_wtxiLsNh8yPpqyXMAx-h3LnfSVzoBNTSy_rm9IPTjXyjjkngaPvh4o5qqozCM3iipegGGHGZ1bu3VhdHxo2v16d7ktyDHoB_mw1KSDhL6OShrpKjM4Z4/s1600/IMG_5763+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a></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/AVvXsEjLLdL18JRyW-vPRjIHPwMknkTIC7NysByzMBXkp2KIv0eGnuBYThP1iqA5YHcoESiHY0Nbo2acy-fTLZFM3Rc1_2PwpMIWEivxw-Cr4I6txwBwpvrGkSdumN4uKfGNAVQa0lXBA2-jWVg/s1600/IMG_5726+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLdL18JRyW-vPRjIHPwMknkTIC7NysByzMBXkp2KIv0eGnuBYThP1iqA5YHcoESiHY0Nbo2acy-fTLZFM3Rc1_2PwpMIWEivxw-Cr4I6txwBwpvrGkSdumN4uKfGNAVQa0lXBA2-jWVg/s640/IMG_5726+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 seating outside agashiye</span></td></tr></tbody></table><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/AVvXsEgoLz_Zu81vI0YtVEu01HcsfhH2nguuMOPnV6dh_iyt7sVx753BH3mXiFvf4OcrWdY_k0blQ20FN1q7V2PTiTMMS7L8qu0c2HOd4Pl7Gb-OXeNmCZVaqQ2Y_SYK3DkYuA0tLXdqVoeHYic/s1600/IMG_6136+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/AVvXsEgoLz_Zu81vI0YtVEu01HcsfhH2nguuMOPnV6dh_iyt7sVx753BH3mXiFvf4OcrWdY_k0blQ20FN1q7V2PTiTMMS7L8qu0c2HOd4Pl7Gb-OXeNmCZVaqQ2Y_SYK3DkYuA0tLXdqVoeHYic/s640/IMG_6136+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;">outside agashiye</span></td></tr></tbody></table><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/AVvXsEhMlJwOZv9M7kew9EZPW3K1WjbVZVkth1U2fuCTZPy58wV82ngBIzX7E6TjdlWkUPxf5ZIRuXZBn1goyRma_1-4TClKn4-XlH5qswEL_PEKA8dlP27CqIQJqaTb-pSFI2wf6Omx06ShiWo/s1600/IMG_5732+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/AVvXsEhMlJwOZv9M7kew9EZPW3K1WjbVZVkth1U2fuCTZPy58wV82ngBIzX7E6TjdlWkUPxf5ZIRuXZBn1goyRma_1-4TClKn4-XlH5qswEL_PEKA8dlP27CqIQJqaTb-pSFI2wf6Omx06ShiWo/s640/IMG_5732+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;">stone uruli</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><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/AVvXsEi7hEUm9YjQO7ZethyphenhyphenHRbuYFzP4zdO5Qt8KyWwhLLbZP8TVSbsW66FQNU90sdwTEZN4RZfVwQc74Q5SD5u8freEwFOmQy138YRE5zgKeaH2pa2V9IqnPV8IP8d4QYCMKtfLq7IvdJf2DX8/s1600/IMG_5737+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/AVvXsEi7hEUm9YjQO7ZethyphenhyphenHRbuYFzP4zdO5Qt8KyWwhLLbZP8TVSbsW66FQNU90sdwTEZN4RZfVwQc74Q5SD5u8freEwFOmQy138YRE5zgKeaH2pa2V9IqnPV8IP8d4QYCMKtfLq7IvdJf2DX8/s640/IMG_5737+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;">of blockprints and patch works</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><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/AVvXsEgk85-b9BKcXv0WJOddf3sGqw3s_brD7fjjuZd-fLXb_hSr8eOhcvjwKweEL3zjU3vLGKLXDskdXGZsaQLED5ooAjYC4nQe9jMzJ-8ERY73m-kQ_E5adfmE-7SZ1d3ds9H8JqW8VuCOaio/s1600/IMG_5699+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/AVvXsEgk85-b9BKcXv0WJOddf3sGqw3s_brD7fjjuZd-fLXb_hSr8eOhcvjwKweEL3zjU3vLGKLXDskdXGZsaQLED5ooAjYC4nQe9jMzJ-8ERY73m-kQ_E5adfmE-7SZ1d3ds9H8JqW8VuCOaio/s640/IMG_5699+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 coloured windows</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/AVvXsEhavkmwMBkaDBZ53qPqwVJpmtZzIKiqudf60BDhop2XYuBYVqikv3YP32QZKX9adTkrcGsMYErVJ9OQym3cu6RIGjbBV4NoXSWNchnTOePP-79K4ClbU62JnrvnAvgztb1fG5kjR85_ADQ/s1600/IMG_5696+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/AVvXsEhavkmwMBkaDBZ53qPqwVJpmtZzIKiqudf60BDhop2XYuBYVqikv3YP32QZKX9adTkrcGsMYErVJ9OQym3cu6RIGjbBV4NoXSWNchnTOePP-79K4ClbU62JnrvnAvgztb1fG5kjR85_ADQ/s640/IMG_5696+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 plate set on the table</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><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/AVvXsEhxlcr7ganosSnRxVZoga9YMvgzpYJMWipKXGKk-8Ga45Cm5Dt0m2MuzjJPMpHgjTgEDznBI-N309Y3PHJyddjgD4uhwIQPhPkHO2dwZNDPlriYPxE3p9fk6XzdUI2PmGx-cbtX3CGzoxU/s1600/IMG_5703+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxlcr7ganosSnRxVZoga9YMvgzpYJMWipKXGKk-8Ga45Cm5Dt0m2MuzjJPMpHgjTgEDznBI-N309Y3PHJyddjgD4uhwIQPhPkHO2dwZNDPlriYPxE3p9fk6XzdUI2PmGx-cbtX3CGzoxU/s640/IMG_5703+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,that fell on the juice</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><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/AVvXsEi91Zh_cfOuAYy3f9DJ7nV6bAl4UgBXC5CxGCLO-AV-3TEANNHJ-q-WY96KiULcW2h8hsGl3nwAQb7TjYjG2tO4cj5Y7x9vB4r9vZCmLCqa4lyAo415smLA1p4UfP6goVfasZq87fTvhtk/s1600/IMG_5705+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi91Zh_cfOuAYy3f9DJ7nV6bAl4UgBXC5CxGCLO-AV-3TEANNHJ-q-WY96KiULcW2h8hsGl3nwAQb7TjYjG2tO4cj5Y7x9vB4r9vZCmLCqa4lyAo415smLA1p4UfP6goVfasZq87fTvhtk/s640/IMG_5705+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 concept of dried leaf on a clay plate and salad on it</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><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/AVvXsEhWlDM2B_KcfecHuRpoxfnYPQt8OWO2lKeMqtZikjylcX_1_LWy2Th4mRdkZuHMq7ZuVqBT450w6co1mB2NWIaO63mYAyrpeXlhunNsUuYBUAMS_09RTbtllaHynUwWJ3OoM94-NM7LZps/s1600/IMG_5714+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/AVvXsEhWlDM2B_KcfecHuRpoxfnYPQt8OWO2lKeMqtZikjylcX_1_LWy2Th4mRdkZuHMq7ZuVqBT450w6co1mB2NWIaO63mYAyrpeXlhunNsUuYBUAMS_09RTbtllaHynUwWJ3OoM94-NM7LZps/s640/IMG_5714+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 Gujarathi thali..</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><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/AVvXsEgfajaEGqjKVWwB97ktoT9hb54K44sV0iY8KRORl3UZW6dh7Q6a6VgYIZXPztQt8-F54DSPlsJGzX4vJdp8psz_SQFIyNg9SVlh3QBZpdVfRtZzcjn8JmIExlub1u0g5hDNs0G1FSdaQpQ/s1600/IMG_5718+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/AVvXsEgfajaEGqjKVWwB97ktoT9hb54K44sV0iY8KRORl3UZW6dh7Q6a6VgYIZXPztQt8-F54DSPlsJGzX4vJdp8psz_SQFIyNg9SVlh3QBZpdVfRtZzcjn8JmIExlub1u0g5hDNs0G1FSdaQpQ/s640/IMG_5718+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 amazing homely icecream,they had so many flavours  each particuarly for a day</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Images Lakshmi Arvind</span></div></div>

"Agashiye",House of MG,Ahmedabad

  We were at "Agashiye", the little restaurant within  the heritage hotel, "The House of Mangaldas", for an authentic Gu...

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Indian Architecture and Art-Mangaldas ni Haveli,Cafe and craft Centre

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">A trip to Ahmedabad three months back and still I sit for long hours in front of these charming images. The restoration of old monuments, havelis, heritage walks are all a part and parcel of Ahmedabad. With a 7 month old baby it was difficult for us to go for heritage walks, so we took an Autorickshaw. The best way to see the city is in an autorickshaw driven by  the loving<b> "Mohammed Bhai"</b>. Is there any tourist who comes to Ahmedabad  who doesn't know Mohammed bhai..?</span><span style="background-color: white;"> <b>Mohammed Ghulam Ahmed</b>, a man trained by the <b>Ahmedabad Heritage Committee</b>. Want to know everything there is to the walled city’s heritage? Mohammed Bhai will tell you when and who built a particular mosque or temple, and just what is so special about it. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Mohammed Bhai knows more than Ahmedabad’s history or its architectural gems.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> Very few havelis allowed us inside and one such haveli is the Mangaldas ni Haveli. As in all other Havelis, this one also has a courtyard, frescoes and brackets and so on..</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Mangaldas ni Haveli is located in the heart of the historic walled city of Ahmedabad. It is estimated to be over 200 years old and it originally belonged to a Nagar Brahmin family (Brahmins were considered the highest amongst all castes in India). It is one of the finest examples of carved wooden architecture typical of that time. It was bought by the Mangaldas family in 2006 and has since been restored. It now houses a café and a Learning Centre and is accessible by a shuttle service from</span><a href="http://www.houseofmg.com/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> The House of MG.</a></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/AVvXsEjtseBYYhGPNZAt96-JzT3f2DHwp3yunmBtDWfrAR00nkKmHMSmaGEyM4zfoV76hnUhchtJHYx42Ir0W3m5j51e0zCveCbs5atAY1IFLSCVDNSnElxH9PgYM6HSwazCsZ_pCCSOwbI2LQs/s1600/IMG_7083.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/AVvXsEjtseBYYhGPNZAt96-JzT3f2DHwp3yunmBtDWfrAR00nkKmHMSmaGEyM4zfoV76hnUhchtJHYx42Ir0W3m5j51e0zCveCbs5atAY1IFLSCVDNSnElxH9PgYM6HSwazCsZ_pCCSOwbI2LQs/s640/IMG_7083.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; 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font-size: small;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><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/AVvXsEhu6cZdYzHhIbAj1WHnjVeqCxFQJRl1P3b7cqOpYi_8xGKc9S6XwSHMpuKFjjGVNBW9rex_2refh4CCPKEq4-sc8zRGKVoi0yI5y4HnZpgEBqN5GcBnSU6bJUr_MUAiwMt8axs8YrdtCSY/s1600/IMG_7082.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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/AVvXsEhu6cZdYzHhIbAj1WHnjVeqCxFQJRl1P3b7cqOpYi_8xGKc9S6XwSHMpuKFjjGVNBW9rex_2refh4CCPKEq4-sc8zRGKVoi0yI5y4HnZpgEBqN5GcBnSU6bJUr_MUAiwMt8axs8YrdtCSY/s640/IMG_7082.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;"><br /></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/AVvXsEjFRFR4YiDlAFVeMzeGmKDx8TXCIEdZw1ynZxmi3LXCWOTHUEWnl6mfaQHixy7dFknUJXgFS6BForb6bPErbCynecCxAoiTDTH9nCGJB9o-JRNUhu5zc-01Swa9h7V7e10pJcrhrMI2naY/s1600/IMG_7394.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/AVvXsEjFRFR4YiDlAFVeMzeGmKDx8TXCIEdZw1ynZxmi3LXCWOTHUEWnl6mfaQHixy7dFknUJXgFS6BForb6bPErbCynecCxAoiTDTH9nCGJB9o-JRNUhu5zc-01Swa9h7V7e10pJcrhrMI2naY/s640/IMG_7394.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;">was glad the old switches were retained</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"></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/AVvXsEj2MBgJvcNnX3HduePC95lgCb0_dLioZRW8BqTnDIhei89WhTE0yqZzGVvnIpoKjctkioXuDnlGb32w6L1-QQ4cSek6RTLcfk0pHUUQxZQ7sor2u231v4YfrIirQWAFaUEBrg6vDt4x5d4/s1600/IMG_7243+-+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/AVvXsEj2MBgJvcNnX3HduePC95lgCb0_dLioZRW8BqTnDIhei89WhTE0yqZzGVvnIpoKjctkioXuDnlGb32w6L1-QQ4cSek6RTLcfk0pHUUQxZQ7sor2u231v4YfrIirQWAFaUEBrg6vDt4x5d4/s640/IMG_7243+-+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 door detailing</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/AVvXsEgf-9h6YdCgQr80GXfZ-hCJuNkeeJOv3dMg8PkeErmiV2otWgzmxBfmlqN9zLYdKl557zN1RsTIU9uBudp5SpRwAYYUANeEgEuv3GmeKyev04KxIBAG0dwF7q8tETNXY1n4YODcQ0bl780/s1600/IMG_7238+-+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/AVvXsEgf-9h6YdCgQr80GXfZ-hCJuNkeeJOv3dMg8PkeErmiV2otWgzmxBfmlqN9zLYdKl557zN1RsTIU9uBudp5SpRwAYYUANeEgEuv3GmeKyev04KxIBAG0dwF7q8tETNXY1n4YODcQ0bl780/s640/IMG_7238+-+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 courtyard, the airy one</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/AVvXsEjoqQGAg-jmLkFXlMzW42OEotufraKZXBN8aZeG5yl0FRq0qqkLiMLJqdZLhR6t-Zk59guRTPGb_0pCAr-UdEOmzAviQeFQ_o5fTZHSoLlIMQDM1b9iZmEWnQSpQvPtm_3oXXrQdBsqFb8/s1600/IMG_7272+-+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/AVvXsEjoqQGAg-jmLkFXlMzW42OEotufraKZXBN8aZeG5yl0FRq0qqkLiMLJqdZLhR6t-Zk59guRTPGb_0pCAr-UdEOmzAviQeFQ_o5fTZHSoLlIMQDM1b9iZmEWnQSpQvPtm_3oXXrQdBsqFb8/s640/IMG_7272+-+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;"><br /></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/AVvXsEhxcrpBBlNlbEB5EAX4VPPq9DQdwKQKxts6dM5PjfnpKXNSiIdgBUQyO3kmdH9eDboH8CQl3ZDg0Uoy1RA0TiVPUnCvxXs0qeENzEsBmIEuNZ38ax6yPB0InQI8zcjSlYCIDVfYCbiAUZw/s1600/IMG_7254+-+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/AVvXsEhxcrpBBlNlbEB5EAX4VPPq9DQdwKQKxts6dM5PjfnpKXNSiIdgBUQyO3kmdH9eDboH8CQl3ZDg0Uoy1RA0TiVPUnCvxXs0qeENzEsBmIEuNZ38ax6yPB0InQI8zcjSlYCIDVfYCbiAUZw/s640/IMG_7254+-+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;">balls and hearts were found tied and they were dancing to the tune of wind</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><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/AVvXsEgLA3dIumiTufHLqBMpzv0O8WdfeVYs_FgZkZpTsK-yOo1lMHFInYwL5iiHy0J_2I1kZQ8XjiqH8fxKV6qW51bc9Zu_y5dE3kHcFOyks5caNDYIuYJHb6Ny_Z3TqNL151YX2NU4RoKhoOk/s1600/IMG_7256+-+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/AVvXsEgLA3dIumiTufHLqBMpzv0O8WdfeVYs_FgZkZpTsK-yOo1lMHFInYwL5iiHy0J_2I1kZQ8XjiqH8fxKV6qW51bc9Zu_y5dE3kHcFOyks5caNDYIuYJHb6Ny_Z3TqNL151YX2NU4RoKhoOk/s640/IMG_7256+-+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;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><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/AVvXsEhAvZcmauxsMwmc_b99gP3igG1A5tL_p7UZ-if8BmKGo1LsRrmZ2zLRLHq-utiQS74UiQ509wQkfo-0J_mYeM2yO0NwPj1-SlmZi_ljFTr04LI6iv2XQVaodZFVeY-IRqio62wBWWfc_-o/s1600/IMG_7316+-+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/AVvXsEhAvZcmauxsMwmc_b99gP3igG1A5tL_p7UZ-if8BmKGo1LsRrmZ2zLRLHq-utiQS74UiQ509wQkfo-0J_mYeM2yO0NwPj1-SlmZi_ljFTr04LI6iv2XQVaodZFVeY-IRqio62wBWWfc_-o/s640/IMG_7316+-+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 way up</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/AVvXsEjAakC0CZaDMoIlDT2CEaE-USFOq0ch4itu9FyBrr4F6L_wQLJB8f48xxWbPEgcD7Fb_0QSZFvScWzDD6tmHlqROY-leRgWgia-2vtvWhjr4EoMV4fSdcaG9FuumrXRQBaPAL9JyzG6EVQ/s1600/IMG_7330+-+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/AVvXsEjAakC0CZaDMoIlDT2CEaE-USFOq0ch4itu9FyBrr4F6L_wQLJB8f48xxWbPEgcD7Fb_0QSZFvScWzDD6tmHlqROY-leRgWgia-2vtvWhjr4EoMV4fSdcaG9FuumrXRQBaPAL9JyzG6EVQ/s640/IMG_7330+-+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 doors also had these lotus representations</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/AVvXsEjE6XvWbNKeo2GKHd2QuT0lnRE9y63KVKr4a3yWINQRHi5fKGAE8NbEu22d7mSFcp9d9_hDT3zEYiXpf_9UsCquj_9fVYvVyKqX3YU3shcgV_aTEjr7kOQHvC0S-mqJt5iF-u-I_8-B2Qk/s1600/IMG_7301+-+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/AVvXsEjE6XvWbNKeo2GKHd2QuT0lnRE9y63KVKr4a3yWINQRHi5fKGAE8NbEu22d7mSFcp9d9_hDT3zEYiXpf_9UsCquj_9fVYvVyKqX3YU3shcgV_aTEjr7kOQHvC0S-mqJt5iF-u-I_8-B2Qk/s640/IMG_7301+-+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 windows,huge and large</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/AVvXsEiSY8ZNKDjVgjwH2A2o8xhST0e0q8hBzxW5xtFs7pI3eletkSfDAkcfSOr5uDyJmvBvtcQxCXAzlRn0ilR4WeJQ4rNV9i5Mw2Bggkgv2NhwgsFTpbmNiQUtb_48R6PwBK0u1Jvl8Xu8mDs/s1600/IMG_7333+-+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/AVvXsEiSY8ZNKDjVgjwH2A2o8xhST0e0q8hBzxW5xtFs7pI3eletkSfDAkcfSOr5uDyJmvBvtcQxCXAzlRn0ilR4WeJQ4rNV9i5Mw2Bggkgv2NhwgsFTpbmNiQUtb_48R6PwBK0u1Jvl8Xu8mDs/s640/IMG_7333+-+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 cafe centre which is closed now</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/AVvXsEjp951e4eLn8G3HqaXiLAYuQrMZYq_qsk2RLrL4jVWrLdKaDVCQ2PYJQp8UF0ZHdsHAgCqAUn1GuWkaL_WbyomdDfmlIFFmQ9lGZC9feHCcqxn10dkTCokQBsfrpN72LtLxzedngL-VGDo/s1600/IMG_7324+-+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/AVvXsEjp951e4eLn8G3HqaXiLAYuQrMZYq_qsk2RLrL4jVWrLdKaDVCQ2PYJQp8UF0ZHdsHAgCqAUn1GuWkaL_WbyomdDfmlIFFmQ9lGZC9feHCcqxn10dkTCokQBsfrpN72LtLxzedngL-VGDo/s640/IMG_7324+-+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;">motifs on the terrace</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/AVvXsEhBJyUACmp9zUaCLfc9WqsSR8nzvDxWUdycsXld5y2zitVfIMlud2ti56SPGmX-i6kHOFIFh9-kBUFrbYQck5aCJa6mexgeV1WHbXJxKzB0ZHmCRnOvZuqy-vY0joZx38sKMEB2h83WV7s/s1600/IMG_7326+-+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/AVvXsEhBJyUACmp9zUaCLfc9WqsSR8nzvDxWUdycsXld5y2zitVfIMlud2ti56SPGmX-i6kHOFIFh9-kBUFrbYQck5aCJa6mexgeV1WHbXJxKzB0ZHmCRnOvZuqy-vY0joZx38sKMEB2h83WV7s/s640/IMG_7326+-+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 lotus motifs on the walls,signature of house of MG</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/AVvXsEhF9CWg8SqHjm7Q8gi34SAm8t86rCbwfmG40B0xj0ttwbQttse3VunOofUAZBcFTmPRauTf8Nhc0mwDRZFTwVN-w-v7x7NyjwlcKGqD2EHQOYOgZxG2GkZxyADA9q-PVjtpofgyXLLgf5M/s1600/IMG_7334.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/AVvXsEhF9CWg8SqHjm7Q8gi34SAm8t86rCbwfmG40B0xj0ttwbQttse3VunOofUAZBcFTmPRauTf8Nhc0mwDRZFTwVN-w-v7x7NyjwlcKGqD2EHQOYOgZxG2GkZxyADA9q-PVjtpofgyXLLgf5M/s640/IMG_7334.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 this one on the parapet lining</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><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/AVvXsEiVHDQkx6HUZcSCVmGrQI489iutFx1lfCudH6itO7aJLfS1nDu4M9Ch4b143piB35FoejfmuuWK0ken16GMIYdqwrkb22Sg7suX61mgNFsGrkwnU1tQcrr-JEW6sZMQUP8XnFp-6kIx86k/s1600/IMG_7335.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/AVvXsEiVHDQkx6HUZcSCVmGrQI489iutFx1lfCudH6itO7aJLfS1nDu4M9Ch4b143piB35FoejfmuuWK0ken16GMIYdqwrkb22Sg7suX61mgNFsGrkwnU1tQcrr-JEW6sZMQUP8XnFp-6kIx86k/s640/IMG_7335.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 old world feel</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><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/AVvXsEgdNV3EyLXqAJs2hBeU-he1IhsMcIULOy1tNhaeOPSuNit5DRkUAlMJauk3PH3IJ2WCPn_5hTJTM9vo9VoesuT1GWyXgNC8HOHUhlFaWnOaoIe8-eKUi3QmqEtPvQ2Nvg9uiv1NoHkTKgI/s1600/IMG_7354.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/AVvXsEgdNV3EyLXqAJs2hBeU-he1IhsMcIULOy1tNhaeOPSuNit5DRkUAlMJauk3PH3IJ2WCPn_5hTJTM9vo9VoesuT1GWyXgNC8HOHUhlFaWnOaoIe8-eKUi3QmqEtPvQ2Nvg9uiv1NoHkTKgI/s640/IMG_7354.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;">steps to keep the pots..</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Still charmed and very charmed and will keep on posting about Ahmedabad..We have travelled to many cities and no city has charmed us so much as this city keeps us haunting for more....</span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Images and Ideas:Lakshmi Arvind</b></span><br /><br /><br /></div>

Indian Architecture and Art-Mangaldas ni Haveli,Cafe and craft Centre

A trip to Ahmedabad three months back and still I sit for long hours in front of these charming images. The restoration of old monuments, ha...

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