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Tag Archives: mosque

Gingee Fort: Outer Fort

Posted on December 11, 2019 by varunshiv

Monuments located in the outer fort of Gingee. Continue reading →

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A Connaught Place Mosque is No More

Posted on March 30, 2018 by varunshiv

I’m quite heartbroken that the mosque located at B Block in Connaught Place has been demolished. I had written a post about it a few years ago. This uniquely situated mosque was close to the inner circle of CP, and I used to peep into it whenever I was walking along that part of the inner circle colonnade. This time when I peeped in, there was nothing there. Continue reading →

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Daryaganj I: Along Netaji Subhash Marg

Posted on December 14, 2015 by varunshiv

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 →

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Shahjahanabad XI: Chitli Qabar Bazaar Area

Posted on December 12, 2015 by varunshiv

The Chitli Qabar Bazaar area lies to the south-east of Jami Masjid and west of Daryaganj. Continue reading →

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Shahjahanabad X: Churiwalan Gali Area

Posted on December 12, 2015 by varunshiv

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 →

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Shahjahanabad IX: Sitaram Bazaar Road Area

Posted on December 11, 2015 by varunshiv

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 →

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Seven Delhi Mosques Built by Khan Jahan Junan Shah

Posted on December 4, 2015 by varunshiv

Firoz Shah Tughlaq was well known as a prolific patron of architectural projects, but it seems like his wazir (prime minister) Khan Jahan Junan Shah was the same, credited with commissioning seven major mosques in various parts of Delhi in the second half of the 14th c. Continue reading →

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