Museum sights in Ahmedabad (Amdavad)
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NC Mehta Gallery
In the same building as the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum is the NC Mehta Gallery with an important collection of jewel-like illustrated manuscripts and miniature paintings. Best known is Chaurapanchasika (Fifty Love Lyrics of a Thief), written by Vilhana, an 11th-century Kashmiri poet sentenced to be hanged for loving the king’s daughter. Just before his execution he composed the poems and so impressed the king that there was a lucky turn-around for Vilhana and the king gave his daughter to him in marriage.
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City Museum
The City Museum, housed in a Le Corbusier building and reminiscent of a high school under demolition, covers Ahmedabad’s history. It has sections that focus on the city’s religious communities, Gandhi and the Independence struggle. On the ground floor you will find the Kite Museum with a selection of patterned tissue-paper kites resembling trapped butterflies.
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Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum
The Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum, near Gujarat University, houses fine stone, marble and wood carvings from around India, as well as local bronzes, cloth paintings and coins. Among the sculptures is a sandstone carving from Madhya Pradesh dating from the 6th century AD, the oldest-known carved image of the god Rama.
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Shreyas Folk Museum
The Shreyas Folk Museum, in the suburb of Ambavadi, displays an impressive range of Gujarati folk arts and crafts, with elaborately decorated everyday items, including textiles, clothing and woodcarving. Take bus 34 or 200 (Rs. 5), or an autorickshaw costs around Rs. 50.
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Calico Museum of Textiles
This museum contains one of the world’s finest collections of antique and modern Indian textiles – there are some astoundingly beautiful pieces here, displaying incredible virtuosity and extravagance.
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Kite Museum
On the ground floor of the City Museum is the Kite Museum, with a selection of patterned tissue-paper kites resembling trapped butterflies.
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Utensil Museum
The Utensil Museum, opposite Vasana Tol Naka, displays the graceful practicality of pots and utensils.
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