Qutub’s towering past and my Dilli pigeons
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Kabutar!
The blog has been on a month-long hiatus, the result of my end-of-semester workload and then a rapid departure from D.C. We’re back in action, though probably less frequently, as I’m on the move for the summer, working and researching overseas.
The above picture dates to my trip to India in December-January. My favorite Delhi flocks over my favorite Delhi landmark.
Tags: delhi, history, india, kabutar, monument, photography, qutub minar
Rising above modernity
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Old
You have to look pretty high in Delhi to find a view that showcases India’s illustrious past while also obscuring her modern rise.
But Qutub Minar is tall enough. When jumbo jets aren’t cruising in and out of the nearby international airport.
Not that I’m a primitivist or a return-to-times-gone-by wallah, but it certainly is pleasant to see visions of history: an ancient tower and a blue summer sky.
Tags: architecture, blue sky, delhi, history, india, photography, qutub minar
A spire of history
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History
It is truly wonderful to be able to visit a World Heritage Site for just 10 rupees. I don’t visit often enough.
Tags: architecture, delhi, history, india, photography, qutub minar, tourism
Puja day in Tughlaq ruins
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Hurry up, mom
The last time I visited Tughlaqabad Fort, a small shrine was drawing a crowd for puja. Despite multiple trips to the fort, which is my absolute favorite hideaway in Delhi, I have yet to discern just who this shrine celebrates.
A small stream of worshippers continued even in the afternoon heat, as they carried food and items for puja. Festive times for a fort that is usually home to herdsmen and a handful of tourists who escape the beaten path. Continue reading this entry » » »
Tags: delhi, fort, hinduism, history, india, photography, puja, religion, shrine, tughlaq, tughlaqabad fort, worship
She really does steal the show
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Even from a few kilometers away, the Taj Mahal is distracting
Agra Fort seems less interesting when there’s the world’s most beautiful building off in the background.
Tags: agra, agra fort, architecture, art, history, india, photography, taj mahal, tourism, uttar pradesh
Abandoned to the herdsmen
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The 14th-century fort, Tughlaqabad, is a tourist haven that tourists seem to have forgotten. So today, it’s more likely the home of a few people grazing their goats, donkeys and cattle. See below. Continue reading this entry » » »
Tags: cattle, delhi, donkey, fort, history, india, photography, tughlaq, tughlaqabad
Visions of the 14th century
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Bovine wanderer
Welcome to Tughlaqabad, a fort built in the 1320s and shortly abandoned. Today, it sits on the southern edge of Delhi and remains a largely ignored tourist attraction home to random herders and a handful of Hindu devotees who visit an open air shrine.
The circumference of the fort is measured in kilometers. Adjacent to the site are a beautiful tomb and a smaller fort.
It’s a spectacular place to spend an afternoon and one of Delhi’s fantastic if often overlooked historical sites. See below Continue reading this entry » » »
Tags: architecture, cattle, delhi, fort, history, india, photography, tourism, tughlaq, tughlaqabad
Sunset on the Tughlaq empire
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Profile for the ages
In what is now Begumpur in South Delhi, trash covers the ruins of Jahanpanah — which literally means refuge of the world — and obscures the 14th century monuments there-in. The city was the fourth iteration of Delhi and built under Muhammad bin Tughlaq in 1326-27.
There’s really not much to look at — degraded structures sit next to an open dumping ground, gaggles of men gather to drink or play cricket and children huddle and watch. Any bit of history about the place is not listed on placards on site. Wikipedia provides basics and a more studied look can be found in William Dalrymple’s City of Djinns.
But it still makes a good silhouette at sundown.
Tags: architecture, begumpur, delhi, history, jahanpanah, photography, tughlaq
Trying that shot again
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Familiar perspective
A repeat of a photo I took roughly a year ago. Admittedly I like the original, but this one surely shows different details.
Tags: architecture, delhi, history, humayun, humayun's tomb, india, monument, photography, tourism
A tomb fit for dogs
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Cute puppy
A street dog relaxes on the grounds of Isa Khan Niyazi’s tomb, a side attraction of the Humayun’s Tomb complex, but grand and beautiful in it’s own way. This is one of my favorite Delhi monuments, not the least because it’s quieter than the harried Mughal spectacle honoring Humayun nearby.
Tags: architecture, delhi, dog, history, humayun, humayun's tomb, india, monument, photography, tourism
