The junction at Pydhonie near Hamidiya Masjid presents a rather interesting picture for the curious viewer. On one hand you have the beautiful and imposing green structure of the mosque, opposite which stands two derasars (Jain temples).

And lining the wall of the mosque are a host of store selling Ayurvedic and Unani medicines, with a sprinkle of shops that buy and sell old zari borders. One of these stores is the 106-year-old Mohamed Ebrahim Gandhi Store that deals in herbal medicines.

With a simple vintage style hand-painted board announcing the name of the shop in English, Gujarati (for the Gujarati and Bohri community in the area) and Urdu, the store is home to 650 herbal medicines that will help you cure everything from teething problems to heart conditions. 54-year-old Yusuf Gandhi, the current owner of the store tells us, “My grandfather (after whom the store is named) came to the city to escape the plague in Mangalore.