ChandraVilas Restaurant

Chandravilas Restaurant is a 120-year-old heritage restaurant located in Ahmedabad City^[1]. It was founded in 1905.

General information
Founder	Jeevnalal Hemraj Joshi
Location	Gandhi Road, near Ratan Pol, Old city, Danapidth, Khadia, Ahmedabad
Founded	1905

History

The owner started the business as a tea-stall.^[1] It became very famous quickly. Daily sales of tea reached nearly 18,000 cups.^[1] For making tea very quickly, a kettle of hot water was kept at all times. So it became famous as "bamba ni chai(boiler tea)" in Gujarati.^[1] People came from various places to enjoy the delicacy of this famous tea. The owner's next venture was Fafda Jalebi. He started a trend in Ahmedabad to eat Jalebi Fafda on Vijayadashmi festival.^[1]

Celebrities

Various celebrities and important persons like Amitabh Bachchan, Kishore Kumar, Gandhiji, Sardar Patel, Indulal Yagnik have also visited this place throughout its 120 years of existence.^[1] Four lines from a song "Hu amdavad no rickshawado" from a prominent Gujarati film of Asrani "Ma-Baap" were dedicated to this restaurant.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 "Ahmedabad ની વિશ્વ વિખ્યાત 120 વર્ષ જૂની હોટલ, જ્યાં 150 વર્ષથી અખંડ દીવો છે પ્રજ્જલિત". VTV Gujarati. Retrieved 2022-03-13.

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[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 "Ahmedabad ની વિશ્વ વિખ્યાત 120 વર્ષ જૂની હોટલ, જ્યાં 150 વર્ષથી અખંડ દીવો છે પ્રજ્જલિત". VTV Gujarati. Retrieved 2022-03-13.

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