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| native_name = માણેક બુરજ
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'''Manek Burj''', also spelled '''Manek Buraj''' ({{literally|Ruby bastion}}) is the foundation bastion of [[Bhadra Fort]] in the [[Old Ahmedabad|old city]] of [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], India.<ref name="dna 2013">{{cite news | title=Ahmedabad's quiet birthday at Manek Burj | publisher=dna | date=27 February 2013 | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/report-ahmedabads-quiet-birthday-at-manek-burj-1805154 | accessdate=7 January 2015}}</ref> The Burj is associated with legendary saint [[Maneknath]].

==Etymology==
{{Main|Maneknath}}

Manek Burj is named after the legendary 15th century Hindu saint, [[Maneknath]], who intervened to help [[Ahmed Shah I]] build [[Bhadra Fort]] in 1411.<ref name="igg">{{cite book | title=India Guide Gujarat | publisher=India Guide Publications | year=2007 | pages=93–94 | isbn= 9780978951702 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gZRLGZNZEoEC&pg=PA93&dq=manek+chowk+ahmedabad&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7bX1UOO4NcLmrAeAhoCwDA&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=manek%20chowk%20ahmedabad&f=false | editor=Desai, Anjali H.}}</ref><ref name="baba">{{cite news | url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/baba-maneknath-s-kin-keep-alive-600yr-old-tradition/698967 | title=Baba Maneknath’s kin keep alive 600-yr old tradition | work=[[The Indian Express]] | date=18 October 2010 | accessdate=21 February 2013 | author=More, Anuj}}</ref><ref name="mnk">{{cite news | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-07/ahmedabad/30257006_1_flag-foundation-stone-puja | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411040432/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-07/ahmedabad/30257006_1_flag-foundation-stone-puja | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 April 2013 | title=Flags changed at city's foundation by Manek Nath baba's descendants | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=7 October 2011 | agency=TNN | accessdate=21 February 2013}}</ref><ref name="tam">{{cite news | url=http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=News%20-%20A%201000%20Salutes&sectid=68&contentid=2010022620100226182744376d3de031 | title=Multi-layered expansion | work=[[Ahmedabad Mirror]] | date=26 February 2010 | agency=AM | accessdate=21 February 2013 | author=Ruturaj Jadav and Mehul Jani | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207235844/http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?page=article | archive-date=7 December 2009 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History==
Manek Burj was the original bastion of Ahmedabad. It was built around the foundation stone of the city, laid by Ahmed Shah I on 26 February 1411. The bastion is {{convert|53|ft|m}} high on the outside. It once contained a roofed [[stepwell]] with a circumference of {{convert|77|ft|m}}, the Manek Kuva. The well was filled and sealed in 1866 after the [[Sabarmati river]] changed its course, causing the Manek Kuva to run dry. A water channel near the bastion once brought water to the royal baths.<ref>{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ahmedabad|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3354|year=1879|publisher=Government Central Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3354/page/n282 276]}} {{PD-notice}}</ref><ref name="TimesPub11"/>

In 1869, [[Ellis Bridge]], the city's first bridge across the Sabarmati river, was constructed near the bastion.<ref name="ah">{{cite news | url=http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=News%20-%20City&sectid=3&contentid=201002042010020402552458c42a24a3 | title=Bridges - To past, present & Future | work=[[Ahmedabad Mirror]] | date=4 February 2010 | accessdate=4 April 2013 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103150901/http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=News%20-%20City&sectid=3&contentid=201002042010020402552458c42a24a3 | archivedate=3 November 2013 }}</ref> In May 1989, the [[Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation]] declared Ellis bridge and its boundary, Manek Burj, and the natural water drain near one of the banks of the Sabarmati river protected sites.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}

The original Ellis Bridge was narrow, and not suited for heavy motorized traffic. It was closed in 1997, and in 1999 a new concrete bridge was constructed on either side of the 19th century steel structure. Manek Burj was partially demolished to make way for the bridge expansion.<ref name="dna 2013"/><ref name="ah"></ref><ref name="hope">{{cite news | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-02/surat/30105331_1_hope-bridge-vivekanand-bridge-steel-bridge | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104063016/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-02/surat/30105331_1_hope-bridge-vivekanand-bridge-steel-bridge | url-status=dead | archive-date=4 November 2013 | title=Hope lies in Ellisbridge | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=2 September 2011 | accessdate=4 April 2013 | author=John, Paul}}</ref>

After the [[2001 Gujarat earthquake]], and [[2002 Gujarat violence|riots in 2002]], many believed that the city had suffered as a result of the damage done to the bastion. Manek Burj was restored in 2003.<ref name="TimesPub11">{{cite news | title=Ahmedabad says abracadabra | website=Times of India Publications | date=27 February 2011 | first=Parth|last=Shastri|url=http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=2&edlabel=TOIA&mydateHid=27-02-2011&pubname=&edname=&articleid=Ar00202&format=&publabel=TOI | accessdate=7 January 2015}}</ref>

==Culture==
Chandan and Rajesh Nath, 13th generation descendants of Saint Maneknath, perform ''[[Puja (Hinduism)|puja]]'' and hoist the flag on Manek Burj on Ahmedabad's foundation day and for the [[Vijayadashami]] festival every year.<ref name="India 2015">{{cite web | first=Lakshmi | last=Ajay| title=Ahmedabad city turns 604 | newspaper=The Indian Express | date=27 February 2015 | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/ahmedabad-city-turns-604/ | accessdate=29 May 2018 }}</ref><ref name="baba"/><ref name="mnk"/><ref name="TimesPub11"/><ref name="dnax2011">{{cite news| title=Manek Burj's sorry state fails to move AMC | publisher=DNA | date=19 April 2012| url=http://dnasyndication.com/dna/article/DNAHM53975 | accessdate=7 January 2015}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Manek Buraj Ahmedabad.jpg|From north
File:Manek Buraj Ahmedabad 3.jpg|In evening
File:Manek Buraj Ahmedabad 1.jpg|Staircase leading to the roof of the Burj
File:Manek Buraj Ahmedabad 2.jpg|From south
</gallery>

==References ==
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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Ahmedabad]]
[[Category:Forts in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Ahmedabad]]

Manek Burj - Revision history

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