Sidi Bashir Mosque - Ahmedabad, India
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N 23° 01.407 E 072° 35.997
43Q E 254031 N 2548131
Also known as Jhulta Minar or more commonly, "The Shaking Minarets", it's a former mosque in the center of Ahmedabad.
Waymark Code: WM18GW9
Location: India
Date Posted: 08/02/2023
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What makes this place truly special is a strange phenomenon: when one of the minarets is gently shaken, the other will equally shake after a few seconds. The most intriguing thing is that in the passage connecting both minarets such a vibration will not be felt.
Accordingly to the official tourism website(https://ahmedabadtourism.in/sidi-bashir-mosque-jhulta-minar-the-shaking-minarets-ahmedabad), "The reason behind this strange occurrence is still not known but it is believed that the layered construction of theses minarets could be the reason behind it. This unique feature of these minarets was not known until the 19th century when it was first observed by Monier M.Williams, an English scholar."
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"The mosque is believed to have been constructed either by Sidi Bashir, a slave of Sultan Ahmed Shah, or by Malik Sarang, a noble in the court of Mahmud Begada, another Sultan of Gujarat. It has been dated to 1452, although the style and material of the minarets point to the close of Mahmud Begada's reign (1511) or later. The body of the building was destroyed in 1753 during the war between the Marathas and the Mughal governor of Gujarat; only two minarets and the arched central gateway connecting them remain."
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