Photos of a bastion, part of the Siri Fort fortifications in Delhi. This bastion is pretty well preserved, but is hidden in the urban village of Shahpur Jat. I took these photos while on a walking tour of the Shahpur Jat/Siri area. Will have to go back there to click better photos when there’s no winter fog!
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Inside the bastion
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Bastion and village
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The bastion is pretty well preserved/restored
Sarson ke Khet 
This is amazing! A fort bastion arising from the courtyard of a house- happens only in Delhi!!
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nice post! i saw your flikr stream too…lovely pictures! for a newbie who’s wandering across Delhi your pics are quite a treat, thank you :)
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Glad you liked them – thanks!
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i would be extremely grateful to you sir if you could plz let me know where exactly you found this in shahpur jat. i could only find tohfe ka gumbad, the ruins rights in front of it and the panchsheel park ruins. thanks
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There is a road from Panchsheel that leads into Shahpur Jat (i.e. from the south). At one point on this road, you see part of the old surrounding wall of Shahpur Jat/Siri to your left. Follow the road into Shahpur Jat that runs parallel to this wall. This road will soon veer to the right, and soon after that there is a road leading left. Take this road to the left, and then take the first gali to the left. This gali will lead you to this bastion.
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Sir, can I please use the pictures in a research project. I am an undergraduate student and I am doing research on Siri and Shahpurjat. this bastion no more exists as it was demolished. I would be highly thankful if you would let me use these pictures.
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Sure, go ahead. Are you sure the bastion is gone? It’s a little hard to find.
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yes sir, it’s gone. the saddest part is that according to the locals it was destroyed by MCD.
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This is really sad. Thanks for letting me know. I’ll try to visit the site when I’m next in Delhi. Our built heritage should not be destroyed like this.
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