A set of medieval tombs called Dadi-Poti Gumbads with unknown inhabitants gently brighten up this south Delhi neighbourhood. I must say, am very happy with how Delhi's monuments have been lit up for the night.
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Dilli duur ast...the Nizamuddin Baoli, New Delhi.
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Subj Burj, New Delhi
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Resting place for the dead and reflective space for the living. A Mughal era graveyard on a raised platform in the Sunder Nursery Complex, New Delhi.
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Bagh e Sukoon, a Mughal Garden Pavilion in the Sunder Nursery Complex, New Delhi.
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Kerala: Spicing the world for two millennia and more.
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Heard about this ritual for the first time. If you want to build a house, you pray for it like this. Stack up stones/bricks in the temple complex and return to thank the gods once the wish has been fulfilled.
This pic is from the Vakra Kali Amman Kovil in Villupuram, Tamilnadu
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The Airavatesvara temple in Dasasuram.1166 AD. Stunning as it is, one needs to imagine how it would have been with the gopuram and entrance gate, now in ruins, intact.
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The Senate Hall of the Madras Presidency, now part of the Madras University Campus. The 'permanent exhibition' proudly displayed at the entrance turned out rather temporary.
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