Crazy Delhi Shenanigans

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You see some crazy things while walking around Delhi!

The incredible floating sink, Chandni Chowk (photo taken in 2009)
The incredible floating ladder, Hauz Qazi Chowk (hint: it’s a prop to advertise the aluminum store below)
Take that, NDMC demolition squad! In front of New Delhi Railway Station, Ajmeri Gate
Public utility, meet private property, Mehrauli

Dilli Darshan: Mehrauli

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Mehrauli is a large urban village that grew around the shrine of the 13th c. Sufi saint Bakhtiyar Kaki, much like Nizamuddin grew around the shrine of Nizamuddin Auliya (also 13th c. though a little later than Bakhtiyar Kaki). Kaki’s shrine was just outside the walls of Lal Kot, the fortified city within which the Qutb Minar is situated, and Mehrauli has grown right up to the edge of the now ruined fortifications. Continue reading →