Private Tour in Manek Chowk Bazaar and Jamma Masjid from Ahmedabad

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1. Manek Chowk is one of Ahmedabad’s most animated bazaars and a place to experience treats for all your senses. Browse market stalls for jewelry and fabrics try spicy snacks and delicious street food or admire centuries-old monuments. From morning until late into the night Manek Chowk is a constant hive of activity. It’s both a popular tourist attraction and a favorite gathering spot for Ahmedabad couples, friends and families. This daily bazaar opens in the morning with a vegetable and spice market. Listen as the hawkers shout out prices to shoppers and onlookers. See and smell rows of multicolored spices and mukhaws (breath fresheners), all displayed in perfectly sculpted pyramids. After midday the vegetable and spice sellers make way for jewelry and textile merchants. Visit Manek Chowk in the evening, when it becomes one of the city’s best street food markets. Breathe in the sweet aromatic scents as you wander between the restaurants and food stands.

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2. The famous mosque that was built by the founder of the city 700 years back stills stands pristine and is visited by millions of visitors every year. The Jama Masjid situated in Ahmedabad is one of the largest mosques in India built in the period of 1424. This marvelous edifice formed a major part of the old walled city and was built by Emperor Sultan Ahmed Shah, who is the founder of the Ahmedabad. In addition to being a revered shrine, Jama Masjid also houses the tombs of Ahmed Shah I, his son and his grandson followed by the graves of the queens of the king.

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About Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad, on the Sabarmati River in Gujarat, is a historic merchant and textile city of carved wooden houses, mosques and Gandhi's ashram.

Ahmedabad was founded in 1411 by Sultan Ahmad Shah on the banks of the Sabarmati, and its walled old city is listed by UNESCO. Its pols, tight clusters of homes around shared courtyards, have carved wooden fronts. The Jama Masjid, the Sidi Saiyyed Mosque with its lattice window carved as a tree, and the Teen Darwaza gateway show the Indo-Islamic style of the sultanate.

Top-ranked sights in Ahmedabad: Sabarmati Ashram, Adalaj Stepwell (Adalaj ni Vav), Sidi Saiyyed Mosque.

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