Vechaar Utensils Museum: The Exhibit Of Utensils in Gujarat

It won’t be wrong to say that Ahmedabad is the Museum City of Gujarat. Tourists visiting Ahmedabad should take advantage of the opportunity to visit these preserved heritage sights and museums. One unique museum in Ahmedabad is the Vechaar Utensils Museum, yes, a museum of utensils. 

Following are the details of Vechaar Utensils Museum Ahmadabad from how to reach Vechaar Utensils Museum to the places to visit near Vechaar Utensils Museum:

About Ahmedabad Vechaar Utensils Museum

As a designer, his heart was filled with compassion to save those vessels. These are not just vessels but stories of how the ancestors used to cook food and serve their families for many previous centuries that would have been unheard of to future generations. 

The designer and the brainchild behind Vechaar Utensils Museum was Mr. Surendra Patel. He went beyond his financial capacity and offered the owner to buy those vessels. For over 40 years Surandra Pan kept buying the vessels and adding to the exhibit of Vechaar Utensils Museum.  

History Of Vechaar Utensils Museum

Mr. Jain fully supported and guided the cause and eventually helped in setting up the museum itself. His passion for the cause was so deep that his good work did not stop at that; he wrote catalogues for the museum himself.

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Collections At Vechaar Utensils Museum Ahmedabad

Just outside the Vechaar Utensils Museum Ahmedabad is a beautiful Shiva temple. The face mask of the Shivaliamgam is around a century old. 

Ahmedabad Vechaar Utensils Museum has utensils from as small as one-inch spoon to as large as cooking pans with 6 feet diameter. Apart from several pots, there is a small section of locks of various sizes and shapes, some of them are as old as the millennium. 

The collection also includes a grain grinding stone which people use to grind grains to produce flour, and a butter churning machine which two people use to churn butter. Some of the utensils including jugs, plates, and trays are from Uzbekistan. There are various types of pitcher pots on which intrinsic designs are made, coffee filters, and pins. 

There is a small section where various kinds of chillam and hookas are kept. There is also an instrument in which opium used to be mixed in olden days. A beautiful prototype of the Taj Mahal made of 75,000 match sticks is also there in the Vechaar Utensils Museum. 

The museum also has a vast collection of nutcrackers, a tool used to cut various nuts.You could see the nutcrackers of different sizes and shapes. It includes nutcrackers in the form of birds, animals, angels, etc. They are made with brass, copper, iron, German silver, elephant teeth, etc. Their size ranges from 1 to 18 inches.

There are many swords, kukri, knives, shields used by kings, water guns, stirrups, weighing scales, and containers to store water, grains, and oil. Idols of Maa Laxmi, Lord Ganesh, Lord Shiv, Nataraj, etc. Various types of bells are centuries old and were used in Pooja. Lassi Glasses from Patiala, Punjab mugs, and various other utensils from north India are included in the collection of Ahmedabad Vechaar Utensils Museum. Other kitchen utensils include a juicer, tiffin box, solid turner, slotted turner and the list goes on. 

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How to Reach Vechaar Utensils Museum

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Utensils Vishalla Restaurant

The restaurant follows the Ayurvedic system Serving fresh nutritious food and aiding digestion so that nobody goes home feeling excessively full or uneasy from here. 

The cuisine includes various Gujarati and Non Gujarati disheshes. Many celebrities have visited Utensils Vishalla Restaurant including Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Harbhajan Singh, Sachin Tendulkar, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and the list goes on.

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Places To Visit Near Vechaar Utensils Museum

Following are some of the places to visit near Vechaar Utensils Museum

1. Sabarmati Ashram

Gandhi’s followers lead a community life in the Ashram following the principles of seeking truth and non-violence. Gandhiji believed that these were the ultimate weapons to fight for the freedom of the country.

2. Isckon Temple Ahmedabad

The huge halls are brightened with grand-looking chandeliers. The interiors of the temple are pretty immense. The Ahmedabad ISKCON temple also boasts a massive campus, which is full of a huge number of flowering trees and plants.

3. Riverfront Biodiversity Park

Riverfront Biodiversity Park has more than 5000 trees and has many endangered species of trees. It is one of the magnificent Riverfront Parks with lush green trees. This park also abodes many migrant and resident species of birds. 

4. Sarkhej Roza

It was made at the start of the sultanate period in Gujarat. Where the first thing they took over to build there was a mosque and a tomb to remember Khattu Ganj Baksh which is now known as the Sarkhej Roza mosque in Ahmedabad.