The Aga Khan Trust has started restoration work on parts of the mid-14th c tomb of Khan Jahan Tilangani, located in Nizamuddin basti. Tilangani was prime minister during the rule of Firoz Shah Tughlaq. Continue reading
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Seven Delhi Mosques Built by Khan Jahan Junan Shah
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
Restoration Work at Isa Khan’s Tomb
Isa Khan’s tomb had been closed and off limits for many months (maybe a couple of years) due to restoration work, and was thrown back open just a little while ago, but they still seem to be continuing with restoration work, Continue reading
Another Thursday at Nizamuddin’s Dargah
I live very close to Nizamuddin’s dargah and get to visit off and on (especially when friends and family come visiting Delhi), and I usually cannot help posting a few photos from these visits! Continue reading
Barapullah Nala in Spate
I went down to the Barapullah Nala (drain) to photograph the progress of the elevated road, and found the nala in spate because of today’s heavy rains. Here are a few photos. Continue reading
Barapullah Elevated Road and Khan Khana’s Tomb
A short note to follow up on my post about construction work for the elevated road around the Barapullah bridge, in which my concluding remarks were that the separate governmental authorities need to really work together cohesively in Delhi to accommodate both conservation and development, and use Delhi’s historic architecture as a unique facet of the city. Unfortunately, it looks like another section of the elevated road construction may indicate that examples of such collaboration are pretty hard to come by. Continue reading
Nila Gumbad in the News (too)
Since I wrote about Nila Gumbad and the dispute between the Railways and ASI in my previous blog post, I thought I’d go visit Nila Gumbad once again to see just what the situation was there, how close the railways line was to the monument etc. I’ve visited Nila Gumbad a few times before, but had always just seen it from the west – from the side of Humayun’s Tomb. Continue reading
Barapullah In The News
An image of Barapullah I took sometime in 2009, showing its basic design and construction (and the ganda nala – dirty drain – flowing under it)
Barapullah is an early 17th century bridge close to Humayun’s Tomb and Khan Khana’s Tomb in the Nizamuddin area. The monument has been in the news recently as part of the ongoing tussle between the ASI (Archaeological Survey of India) in Delhi on one side, and various other governmental bodies (such as the railways, Delhi metro, MCD, Commonwealth Games people etc) on the other, playing out an intra-government-department preservation-versus-development urban slug-fest. Continue reading
Dilli Darshan: Nizamuddin and Humayun’s Tomb
This is basically Dilli Darshaning around my own neighborhood, so I was really excited to explore this area. I live about a kilometer away from the two sites that this post is centered around: Humayun’s Tomb and the Dargah of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, but there were a lot of places around these that I hadn’t been to before! Continue reading
Sarson ke Khet 