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Mukesh Ambani’s Rs 15000 crore Antilia in Mumbai is very famous and always in the news for some or the other reason. Very few are aware of his ancestral home in Gujarat. This house is also around 100 years old. It is known as the Mangarolvalano Delo. It is located in Gujarat’s Junagadh district and nearby to the Arabian Sea. The property is built on 1.2-acre and its current cost according to media reports is Rs 100 crore. It has beautiful gardens with a variety of flowers and trees. The two floor home is designed in traditional Gujarati style. It also has a central courtyard multiple rooms and a veranda. In the last 100 years they have done multiple renovations but still the mansion has maintained its original look. It has antique furniture chandeliers and artwork related to the Ambani family. A local landlord was the owner of this house earlier. A section was given on lease to Hirachand Ambani Mukesh Ambani’s grandfather in the 20th century. Hirachand was a school teacher who later started his business. He used to live there with his wife Jamnaben and their six children including Dhirubhai Ambani. Dhirubhai Ambani grew up in this house during his childhood. At 16 Dhirubhai moved to Aden (now Yemen) to work. Despite becoming a big business man he always used to return to this house. After Dhirubhai Ambani’s passing in 2002 the Ambani family purchased the entire property. They converted it into a memorial in honor of Dhirubhai Ambani. The mansion was renamed The Dhirubhai Ambani Memorial House. It was inaugurated in 2011 by Kokilaben Ambani alongwith Mukesh and Anil Ambani. The property is divided into two sections like a private area is for the family and a public section is opened to visitors.