BACKGROUND
Sabli is a site of historical significance that now lays desolate and abandoned under the layers of time. Located in the northern part of the state of Gujarat in India, the site, which comprises temples and water structures, lies close to the edge of a once sacred village, lying on the historic trade routes of the region. With its temples and tanks commissioned by wealthy merchants as acts of piety, the precinct provided relief and shelter to passing merchants who travelled from one city to another.
The historic structures of Sabli today encapsulate not only those memories and imprints of the ancient but also those of the recent eras. As water levels rose due to the construction of the Guhai dam in 1980, part of the site is now submerged under water. What remains are a few structures on the higher ground: temples and a beautiful five-storey deep Kund just beside the large water body formed due to the dam’s construction.
