![]() Just as in other havelis, the layout comprises rooms built around an open central courtyard, which allows light to filter in. ![]() Carving increases the surface area of wood and hence helps greater absorption of heat. The rich, intricate carvings were fascinating but had more than just ornamental use. Walking into the haveli, which will open in August next year, I was struck by the exquisite wooden architecture. It was being managed by the House of Mangaldas Girdhardas (the House of MG), the heritage hotel where I was staying. ![]() I was being shown around a haveli which belonged to a Nagar Brahmin family more than 200 years ago.īut it was being converted into a crafts shop and a rooftop café and had been renamed Mangaldas ni Haveli, as it had been bought by the Mangaldas family two years ago. This walled town is where the beautiful havelis (palatial houses) of Ahmedabad are located. Though I love the energy of markets, seeing the bareness of the old town - the dry earth, the ancient buildings and the odd cow grazing lazily somewhere - I realised even this had a charm of its own. On a normal day, the streets would be buzzing with activity but that day there was a bandh and the whole of Gujarat was closed. ![]() The sun was beating down as I walked through the old town of Ahmedabad, India.
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