Ahmedabad's Darwajas

Ahmedabad's Darwajas

Old Ahmedabad city, Gujarat's commercial capital, was encompassed within a fort. This Bhadra fort had 12 darwajas (gates). Each of the darwaja has beautiful carvings, calligraphy and some of them even balconies.

These entrances to the city has a unique name. Pretty much the area surrounding these gates have adopted the name of darwaja as the name of the locality.
* Teen Darwaja (Tran Darwaja, Three gates) - It is composed of 3 arched entrances was built by Sultan Ahmed Shah to serve as a royal entrance to Maidan Shahi. Mughal emperor Jehangir and his wife Nur Jahan used to watch the Tazia procession of Mahuram from over these gates.
* Teen Darwaja
* Astodia Darwaja
* Raipur Darwaja
* Sarangpur Darwaja
* Panchkuva Darwaja
* Prem Darwaja
* Dariyapur Darwaja
* Delhi Darwaja - Entrance in the direction of Delhi.
* Shahpur Darwaja
* Khanpur Darwaja
* Jamalpur Darwaja
* Shahalam Darwaja
* Gomtipur Darwaja


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