Information About Mahatma Gandhi Visit in Ahmedabad

• • Ahmedabad, Gujarat •
Information About Mahatma Gandhi Visit in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

When Gandhi ji returned from South Africa in January 1915, Ahmedabad was chosen as his second home, because according to him, this Porbandar was no longer Rajkot or his caste. He first established the Satyagraha-Ashram at Kochrab near Ahmedabad on 25 May 1915 and then at Sabarmati Ashram across the Sabarmati River.

In 1919, the publication of weekly magazines ‘Navjeevan‘ and Young India started under his editorship from Ahmedabad. Now Navjeevan Trust has been established here.

Gandhi ji laid the foundation of Gujarat Vidyapeeth here in November 1920. In December 1921, at a Congress session, he was given full leadership rights at the Ahmedabad session.

He was tried in the sessions court at Ahmedabad for the crime of sedition and was sentenced to six years imprisonment on March 18, 1922. He resided at the Sabarmati Ashram and from there on March 12, 1930, he set out for his historic Dandi March for the Salt Satyagraha.

(Information About Mahatma Gandhi Visit in Ahmedabad- This photo was taken at Ahmedabad Railway Station in Gujarat)

Dal Pakwan and Pakodi for Breakfast

• • Ahmedabad, Gujarat •
Dal Pakwan and Pakodi for Breakfast at Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Morning hours we were at Waiting Room, Ahmedabad Railway Station waiting to catch our next train. We made ourselves fresh by having a hot water bath and then I was hungry. Upon query, I was told to visit Revdi Bazar opposite the entry gate of the railway station. Just approx. 100 meters walk and I saw the crowd at a few stalls. We inquired about the food.

Dal Pakwan and Pakodi he said.

We ordered two plates. Dal Pakwan – Rs. 20/- per plate and Pakodi Rs. 15/- per plate.

It was a new dish as I never had Dal Pakwan before. Interesting it was. These makeshift shops are open from 7 am to 11 am only. By afternoon hours food is finished.

And how can I forget the Hot ‘Jalebis‘ I had from Hari Om shop almost opposite railway station for Rs. 10/-. Rs. 120 kg he said. Delicious it was. I like Hot Jalebis.

A Brief History of 13th Century Kumbharia Jain Temples

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A Brief History of Kumbharia Jain Temples, Ambaji, Gujarat, India

1) Kumbharia Teerath is located in the middle of the Arasur mountains and there are marble mines around it. That’s why the original name of the village was Aarasan Nagar. Thereafter, after the name of Kumbha Rajput of Mewar, it was named Kumbharia after the 17th century. 2) Here the very ancient grand Panch Jinalaya-like samples of art adorned in the midst of mountains 1) Neminatha Bhagwan 2) Shantinath Bhagwan 3) Mahavira Swami Bhagwan 4) Parshvanatha Bhagwan and 5) Sambhavnatha Bhagwan is adorned. The specialty of these temples is that their faces are north facing. 3) The first of the Jinalayas, the temple of Moolnayak Neminath Bhagwan is said to have been built by Vimal Shah in Samvat 1088 and the remaining four Jinalayas are said to have been built in the era of Vastupal-Tejpal. 4) In Samvat 1356, Alauddin Khilji‘s brother Ulugh Khan invaded Gujarat, then the idols of enthroned Prabhuji were uplifted and stored in these Jinalaya whose condition and location are not known yet. During the Muslim invasion, the work of Jinalayo was broken and the city was destroyed. Thereafter these temples were renovated with the expenditure of lakhs of rupees.