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Invitation from Vikram and Mrinalini Sarabhai to the house warming of their new Corbusier-designed residence overlooking the Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad. I was unable to attend but later was a house guest there.
Today Mayor Shri Gautam Shah along with Dy Mayor Smt Pramodaben Sutariya, local councillors and other diganitaries laid the foundation stone for upcoming Community Centre/Hall in Keshavnagar Stadium Ward West Zone.
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The Jama Masjid of Ahmedabad was probably the largest mosque in the Indian subcontinent built in this period. Designed as part of a major plan desired by the Emperor Sultan Ahmed Shah. The wide open courtyard, floored with white marble, is ringed by a colonade painted with giant Arabic calligraphy, and has a tank for ritual ablutions in the center. The mosque and arcades are built of beautiful yellow sandstone and carved with the intricate detail that mosques of this period are known for