Heritage Word Clouds - Ahmedabad
Photo - Graphic Exhibition
Ahmedabad is celebrating the Heritage Festival during World Heritage Week – 19th to 25th Nov 2011. A decade ago, on 19th November, 1996, residents of Desai ni Pol in Khadia in the walled city of Ahmedabad, in association with Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, initiated the celebration of the World Heritage Week. It was a beginning of a unique revival process where citizens and the city administrators came together to work to preserve the characteristic of the city. Later many organizations and media jumped in to celebrate city’s Heritage.
The Heritage Festival is an initiative that connects people to their past. It gives an opportunity for people to have a pause in their daily routine and not only appreciate the existence of glorious heritage around them but also engage through activities like arts & craft, drama, music, etc.
Heritage World Clouds is a medium to engage people of all the age groups with the historical places of their city in an innovative way. It gives us a chance to learn about and connect with the monuments through simple, latest and playful technology. The Word Cloud graphic individually created could be of multiple use, be it educational, artistic or analytical. Most importantly, here it converts all the random information available about the monuments into an interesting graphic that highlight the words that form the part of their unique identity.
Come, unleash your creativity, make your own word cloud and connect with the heritage of your city!
To create your own word cloud, go to www.wordle.net

Concept, Design & Layout:
Nilesh Dave,
City Heritage Collection

Photographs:
Narendra Otia

Text Research & Co-ordination:
Vijay Ramchandani

Technical Support:
Suresh Amreliya,
Gopal Patel
Badalsinhji G. Gohil

Special Thanks:
Debashish Nayak
Nikhil Vyas
Vijay Pandya

Exhibition Products

Picture Postcard SETS

Set of Six Postcard with Monuments Short Description

SET 01

Sarkhej roza

Adalaj Step Well

Sawminarayana  temple, Kalupur

Hutheesingh Jain Temple

Gandhi Ashram

Kankaria Lake

SET 02
Ahmed Shah's Mosque
Jami Mosque
Rani Roopmati Mosque
Rani Sipri Mosque
Shaking Minarate
Sidi Sayed mosque

Greetings

Greetings with Monuments Short Description

Sarkhej Roza

Located 8km south-west of the city, Sarkhej Rosa is a collection of intriguing Islamic buildings.

They cluster around a great tank, constructed by Sultan Mahmud Shah I (1458–1511).

Kankaria Lake 

Built in 1451, the polygonal Kankaria Lake, southeast of the city, is a breath of fresh air,

and a popular place for a promenade. There is a grand colonial Dutch tomb nearby,

one of Gujarat’s oldest.

Gandhi Ashram (Sabarmati Ashram)

About 5km from the centre, peacefully set on the river Sabarmati's west bank, this ashram was Gandhi’s headquarters during the long struggle for Indian independence. He founded the ashram in 1915 and it moved to its current site a few years later. It was from here on 12 March 1930 that Gandhi set out on his famous Salt March to the Gulf of Cambay in a symbolic protest.

Adalaj Step Well

Adalaj Step Well, 19km north of Ahmedabad, is among the finest of the Gujarati step wells. Built by Queen Rudabai in 1499, it has three entrances leading to a huge platform that rests on 16 pillars, with corners marked by shrines. The Octagonal well is five storeys deep and is decorated with exquisite stone carvings. 

Rani-ki-Vav

About 130km north-west of Ahmedabad, Patan was an ancient Hindu capital before being sacked by Mahmud of Ghazni in 1024 – the only sign of its former glory is Rani-ki-Vav, an astoundingly beautiful step well , incongruously grand in this unassuming town. Built in 1050, the step well is the oldest and finest in Gujarat and is remarkably well preserved – it was protected by centuries of silt and restored in the 1980's.

Sun Temple, Modhera

The Sun Temple, Modhera, at Modhera in Gujarat, is a temple dedicated to the Hindu Sun-God, Surya. It was built in 1026 AD by King Bhimdev of the Solanki dynasty. Other Sun Temples in India are as follows: Konark in Orissa, Martand in Jammu and Kashmir near Almora in Uttarakhand, Dakshinaarka temple in Gaya, Bihar, Punark and Deo Barunark in Bihar, Bhramanya Dev Temple at Unao, Balaji in Madhya Pradesh, Sun Temple at Sri Surya Pahar in Assam, Suryanaar Temple at Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu, Surya Narayana Swamy temple at Arasavalli in Andhra Pradesh.The Modhera sun temple is situated on the bank of the river Pushpavati, 25 km from Mehsana and 102 km from Ahmedabad.

Design by Nilesh Dave
CITY HERITAGE COLLECTION
108, Anilkunj Centre, Near Shefali Shopping Centre,
Paldi Cross Road, Paldi, Ahmedabad - 380007, Gujarat, India
Phone:91-79-26579755/26579180

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