Sarkhej Roza Crafts

Sarkhej Roza Crafts Sarkhej Roza Crafts is an effort to create livelihoods for women living around a 15th Century monument so that they can lead a dignified life.

The Sarkhej Roza Crafts and Womens’ Collective is an effort to create livelihoods for the people living around the monument of Sarkhej Roza with a focus of connecting their lives to the monument. The people settled around the Roza are mainly a migrant population uprooted from their native spaces in various times of political and economic distress. The Sarkhej Roza Crafts and Womens’ Collective con

sists of women and girls from underprivileged backgrounds and belong to the Muslim community. The monument of Sarkhej Roza is a 15th century Tomb shrine of the Sufi Saint Shaikh Ahmad Khattu, popularly known as ‘Ganj Baksh’ for his generosity. It is one of the oldest monuments in the city of Ahmadabad. The design motifs found in this complex are a beautiful example of Indias’ syncretic culture. The architectural style of Sarkhej Roza is a precursor to the Mughal period in a true amalgamation of Hindu, Jain and Islamic design vocabularies. For product enquiries pl contact us on [email protected]

The Sarkhej Roza Crafts and Womens’ Collective is facilitated by the Ahmadabad Community Foundation (www.acfindia.org)

23/01/2025
Shahrukh Hanif Shaikh was born in the vicinity of the Roza. He runs a tea stall that provides the much needed succour to...
15/01/2023

Shahrukh Hanif Shaikh was born in the vicinity of the Roza. He runs a tea stall that provides the much needed succour to visitors after a long walk around the Roza. His Tea stall also works as a meeting point with visitors waiting to connect with fellow travellers.

16/01/2022
16/01/2022

New product at Sarkhej Roza Crafts ....a neatly woven and slim compact spectacle case.

Fostering Sisterhood. Lumbas or Bhabhi Rakhi in preparation for RakshaBandhan
24/07/2021

Fostering Sisterhood. Lumbas or Bhabhi Rakhi in preparation for RakshaBandhan

01/05/2020

Just like migrant workers, artisans are also daily workers, and since all markets are shut, they can neither buy raw material, nor sell finished goods. They don’t even have a safety net like provident fund,” says Delhi-based craft revivalist Laila Tyabji of Dastkar.

30/03/2020

Artist Ashley V. Blalock fills indoor and outdoor spaces with gigantic crocheted doilies to great visual effect.

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Prahlad Nagar Road
Ahmedabad

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Monday 12pm - 5pm
Tuesday 12pm - 5pm
Wednesday 12pm - 5pm
Thursday 12pm - 5pm
Friday 12pm - 5pm

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