I recently created a timeline for Delhi and it’s various “cities”, to help me place historical figures and events and buildings in time and place (by “place” here I mean which city in the sequence of cities that make up Delhi). Hopefully it’ll be easy enough to decipher, and at least some people should find it useful, so I thought I’d put it out in public. Continue reading
On one of my recent visits to Hauz Khas village I had been reminded of just how close the new construction is to the 14th century madrassa there, so I thought I’d put up some earlier photos I had taken of that proximity conundrum. This situation is repeated so often in Delhi and everywhere else in India. Just too close for comfort. Continue reading
A few early morning photos of Humayun’s Tomb and it’s gardens. Continue reading
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! Continue reading
Just some photos from recent trips to Old Delhi, taken in Dec ’11 and Jan ’12.
You see some crazy things while walking around Delhi!
Just a few photos from around Delhi.
The four mosques discussed in this post are among the earliest royally-sanctioned mosques in north India, dating from the last decade of the 12th c and first decade of the 13th c (1190-1210 AD). All four were built in the wake of the conquest of north India by the armies of Mohammad Ghouri, and are said to be built at the sites of remains of earlier Hindu temples. Continue reading
Street sign near Defence Colony market. Thanks for letting us know!! :)
Driving around Delhi and spotted this billboard at a petrol pump (on Mathura Road, in Nizamuddin). The image looked really familiar and then I realized that it was a picture I had clicked at Dilli Haat’s Nature Bazaar a couple of Novembers back! Continue reading
Sarson ke Khet 