SHAKING MINARETS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... UNIQUE FEATURE If one of the minaret is shaken the
other vibrates too, as if following the principal of resonance. In an
experiment, a small ball was hung to one of the minarets and when the other
minaret was shaken, the hanging ball on the other exhibited swinging effect. THE ARCHITECTURE This is a unique historical architectural marvel in the state of Gujarat. Each minaret is three storeyed with delicately carved balanced stone balconies, which girdle the minarets of each storey. These minarets are about 21.34 meters high. MYSTERY ABOUT ITS ORIGINAL BUILDER Though popularly named after Sidi Bashir, a favourite slave of Sultan Ahmad Shah I, it is perhaps likely, the builder was Malik Sarang, a noble of Sultan Mahmud Shah Begada's court in whose name the adjoining locality of Sarangpur was built. Malik Sarang was a Rajput Hindu converted to Islam under the influence of Sultan and later became the Governor of Ahmedabad , in 1521 AD, during the reign of Muzaffar Shah II (1511-1526 AD). Popularly these are called as Siddi Bashir Minars. |
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The Shaking Minarets are two minarets
located at the Sidi Bashir mosque, near the Sarangpur Gate and about 1.5
kilometers south of railway station of Ahmedabad city, in the state of
Gujarat. They are uniquely designed in a way that when one minaret is shaken
the other one shakes too.