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Gujarat's main air and rail hub, well connected to the rest of India
West India · Gujarat
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Stepwells, pols and a UNESCO old city · Gujarat's main air and rail hub, well connected to the rest of India
Getting there
By rail
Ahmedabad Junction (ADI), in the city
By air
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, in the city
Best time to visit
November to February — heritage-walk weather
Don't miss
Adalaj Stepwell
Sidi Saiyyed's jali
Sabarmati Riverfront
Rani no Hajiro
Things to do
Sabarmati Ashram visit
Night market at Manek Chowk
Kite museum
Where to eat
Sources: open-meteo, wikimedia, Photo: Tarun802 · CC BY-SA 4.0
What to pack
Comfortable shoes for pol walks, appetite for street food
A quieter corner
Dawn heritage walk through the pols from Swaminarayan temple
About Ahmedabad
- Riverside
Where it is
Ahmedabad is the largest city in Gujarat, on the banks of the Sabarmati river in the north-central part of the state, next to the state capital, Gandhinagar.
History
Sultan Ahmed Shah of the Gujarat Sultanate founded Ahmedabad in 1411 beside the older town of Ashaval, and it grew rich on trade and textiles, its cotton mills later earning it the nickname Manchester of India. Mahatma Gandhi set up the Sabarmati Ashram here in 1917, and it was from the ashram that he began the Salt March in 1930.
People
Amdavadis speak Gujarati, and the city has a strong trading and textile tradition and a love of snacks, from dhokla to fafda-jalebi. Uttarayan in January and the nine nights of Navratri garba are the high points of the year.
Known for
- The walled old city and its pols
- Sidi Saiyyed Mosque and its stone jali
- Sabarmati Ashram
- The Uttarayan kite festival
- Manek Chowk's night food market
Did you know?
Ahmedabad became India's first World Heritage City in 2017, when UNESCO inscribed its historic walled city.
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