The area of Daryaganj is the south-eastern part of the walled city of Shahjahanabad, and used to lie along the banks of the river Yamuna (the floodplain of the river was “shifted” roughly a kilometer to the east by the British), south of the Red Fort. Continue reading
I wanted to revisit a few areas in Old Delhi to take more photos and/or explore more. Continue reading
The Chitli Qabar Bazaar area lies to the south-east of Jami Masjid and west of Daryaganj. Continue reading
Churiwalan Gali starts unassumingly from Chawri Bazaar Road and heads south to a junction of roads including Matia Mahal road and Chitli Qabar Bazaar road. Continue reading
Over the years I have explored the more northerly latitudes of Old Delhi a few times, but not so the southerly areas (other than the Jami Masjid area and the kababi-ilaqa of Matia Mahal). Continue reading
Desi Deco examples from the Sita Ram Bazaar and Churiwalan areas of Old Delhi!
This post covers another portion of the area of Old Delhi just south of Chandni Chowk road, enclosed by Chandni Chowk road to the north, Dariba Kalan lane to the east, Chawri Bazaar to the south and Nai Sarak to the west, and contains some really interesting neighborhoods. Continue reading
This post covers a portion of the area of Old Delhi just south of Chandni Chowk road, enclosed by Chandni Chowk and Katra Bariyan roads to the north, Nai Sadak to the east, Chawri Bazaar road to the south and Lal Kuan road to the west, with Ballimaran lane running through it. Continue reading
Lal Kuan road is a busy commercial street that connects the equally busy Khari Baoli road and Hauz Qazi Chowk. Continue reading
I got a chance to visit Ambedkar University Delhi’s campus at Kashmiri Gate (a campus that it shares with a couple of other universities), and explored the purported library of Dara Shikoh, which was turned into the British Residency (offices?) in the first half of the 19th c, and which is now used as ASI offices. Continue reading
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