When the woman at the hotel arranged my trip and added the Wooden Houses of Sidhpur I thought "why would I want to go all that way to look at wooden houses"? Boy was I in for a surprise. This fairly small town had 5 ot 600 of these fabulous houses. Streets and streets of them! And almost all not lived in but obviously maintained by someone.
These are called bohra wads. the residential areas ofthe Muslim Bohra community. Bohra houses were built perhaps more than a hundred years by the trader community people who settled abroad, but sent money to build house in their native country. A clear european influence is visible on facades and deoration as well as its unique streets. since most of the owners reside outside the country, one finds the streets quite empty, very unusual for indian streets.
The least well maintained seemed to be the buildings on the main street which housed shops on the first floor.
The main street
A melon seller
The donkey seemed to be all alone.
These garlic sellers were happy to pose for me.
This little girl wanted her photo taken then changed her mind.
Thank you to visit my town Sidhpur.
ReplyDeleteSurprised to see my house first in your trip detail.
Thank you
I thought the houses were fabulous. I would love to visit there again and spend more time looking at the houses.
ReplyDeleteSend me private mail when you visit my town again. A will arrange to see it form Inside and also few other houses.
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That would be absolutely wonderful. I see you are a jewelry maker? Great photos on your blog.
ReplyDeletehi its really very exciting to see our houses on your details of photos.
ReplyDeletewe would surely in your next want to see a documentary showcasing these houses..
Moiz.S.Zaveri
Thanks for expose our Sidhpur heritage place n Thanks for visit ....K.V.Momin
ReplyDeleteThanks for expose our Sidhpur heritage place n Thanks for visit ....K.V.Momin
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