We visited the local Government Museum (Sanskar Kendra) also housing the Kite Museum. The Government Museum showcases relics and antiques pertaining to all the religious faiths followed in India, except Buddhism, which we felt was a glaring blunder. The Kite Museum traces the origins of the practice of kite flying right from 200- 1200 B.C. till date. The Manager there bluntly told us that we were supposed to actually read the information displayed alongside the specimens of various kites, or else we would finish our visit in barely 2 minutes. We chuckled inwardly. We had planned on gleaning information which was why we were there in the first place! This hall was well-maintained and well-lit. Both the museums were deserted as we experienced a walk down history, at our own unhurried pace. Obviously, this place was somewhere last or optional on the regular tourists’ itinerary. Was it because photography is banned there? The complex also has statues of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Rao Bahadur Runchorelal Chotalall, the person who set up the first cotton mill in Ahmedabad. Some yards away, stood the Pandit Rabindranath Tagore Hall which was hosting some cultural program right then, as several vehicles were neatly parked outside. The washroom outside the museum presented a sorry state of affairs. It was probably the dirtiest washroom in Ahmedabad (in our opinion!). The wash basin’s tap wasn’t functioning too! To my horror, a man entered the ladies' washroom just after I walked out! Probably he couldn't read the sign-boards... We also noticed that the building housing the Museum, though very spacious, had a very unimaginative and drab facade of plain red bricks. We were surprised to learn that it had been designed by the famed Le Corbusier who had planned the elegant Chandigarh! The Government must spruce up the museum's premises as well its interiors. Security must also be tightened.

Located in the beiulding designed by architect la corbusier........it has more than 1000years history of kite making, technique of flying and marketing....... display clearly evolves how geometry and patterns make kites beautifull and flying them needs skill and craft as a sport.