Bharat’s Havelis

We bumped into Bharat outside Nagar Sheth’s Haveli. He was more than happy to let us into his havelis. This was the highlight of our Diu trip. We had a great time browsing though his family heirlooms.

Bharat in his Living Room

Furniture in the Living Room

Metal Charriot

Bharat has a working hand-wind Gramaphone. It was quite an experience to browse through his house with old hindi music playing on the Gramaphone.

There was a bottle with honey all the way from Africa.

Honey Bottle

Currency Collection

A recent aquisition from Bharat’s trip to Ladakh

Bharat has a few statues, medals etc which belonged to Nagar Sheth. The collection also includes 2 pagadis. Unfortunately, some idiot ended up opening up the Pagdis!

Nagar Sheth’s Pagdis

View from the Kitchen area

Roof brackets

Cart Wheel

The house has an excellent collection of pots. Savi would have loved to take a few with her.

Bharat had opened only a few windows. As a result, it was perfect for pictures!

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From here, we proceeded on to his next haveli which was about 500m away. This one was in complete ruins. He has been working on restoring it back to its glory.

Stairwell

Courtyard

Side yard

Back then, they had an outdoor wooden Jarokha facing east.

Jarokha brackets

The rooms have roots which have penetrated the walls/roofs over time. Bharat plans to keep them intact. It’ll be max cool to stay in these rooms post renovations.

Inside the house

Inside the house

Inside the house

Inside the house

Next to the stairwell to the upper floors