Gateway (Madapol) of the fort located at Zinzuwada Village Gujarat India. I was passing by this place when I was going to meet my pastoral friend. This fort constructed in the 11th century AD. According to a legend the town was founded by Zanz Lambariya. He had advised Mayanalla Devi, wife of Chaulukya ruler Karna, to take blessings from a hermit living on an island in the Rann of Kutch. She later gave birth to Jayasimha Siddharaja who named the place where he lived as Zinzuwada after him. The core town is surrounded by 11th century fort built during the rule of Chaulukya dynasty. There are inscriptions on the walls of the fort ascribed to Udayana, a minister of Jayasimha Siddharaja. It was a non-salute princely state on Saurashtra peninsula during British Raj. The princely state in Jhalawar prant was ruled by Kshatriya Koli Chieftains’s Thakors of Jhala dynasty.In 1901, it comprised 18 villages, covering 165 square miles, with a population of 11,732, yielding 73,343 Rupees state revenue (1903-4, mostly from land), paying 11,075 Rupees tribute to the British.
Love this place…
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I had visited Zinzuwada around 12 years ago @Chetanrabari111
This place is really great and the architecture of all gates is awesome.
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Very happy to see you on connect nice photos and content thanks for sharing with us.
Regards Tejal
This gate is so fascinating @Chetanrabari111
Thanks for sharing the photos.
The circular buds hanging inverted at the corners are the Kangoora design representing the holy Kalash post in North Indian gates and a Coconut bud in south India.
I saw a similar entrance arch in the Bijari Khan tomb in Delhi leading me to think of it was in fact a temple remodeled as a tomb:
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