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Jama Masjid in Delhi - c1860-80's
The Masjid-i Jahān-Numā , commonly known as the Jama Masjid of Delhi, is the principal mosque of Old Delhi in India. Commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan,built this mosque in the year 1650 AD and completed in the year 1656 AD, it is the largest and best-known mosque in India. It lies at the beginning of the Chawri Bazar Road, a very busy central street of Old Delhi.
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The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel - Bomaby (Mumbai) c1900
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The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel is a five-star hotel located in the Colaba region of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, next to the Gateway of India. Part of the Taj Hotels, Resorts and Palaces, this building is considered the flagship property of the group and contains 565 rooms. From a historical and architectural point of view, the two buildings that make up the hotel, The Taj Mahal Palace and the Tower are two distinct buildings, built at different times and in different architectural designs.
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Dec 19, 2012
Locals Resting in Madura Temple - Tamil Nadu c1940's
The great temple at Madura in South India dates back to the thirteenth century and is one of the finest edifices fo Dravidian architecture. The temple is nearly rectangular - 75 ft. by 840 ft. - and possesses four gopurams of the first class and six smaller ones, a very beautiful tank (Tank of Golden Lillies) surrounded by arcades and a hall of 1,000 columns whose sculptures are of surpassing beauty.
This pairlion illustrates the great amenities which the Madura temple offers to citizens, visitors and pilgrims. It is much in use for the midday siesta nd serves as a pleasant place for the wedding or other feast of the poorer citizens of Madura and the surrounding countryside. Till recently it was also used as a place to chain up any temple elephant suffering from a fit of ill temper. Now the temple elephants have fro the most part been sent into the country: in the event of a raid they would be oversized to make use of the shelters.
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Dec 18, 2012
Pandu-lena or Pandava’s Caves - Nasik, Maharashtra, 1880's
Popularly known as Pandu-lena or Pandava’s Caves, the group of 24 cave excavation is located (on the north face of a hill called Trirasmi in ancient times) 8 km southwest of Nasik town (ancient city of Nasika or Nasikya which figures in many of the donor inscriptions of west Indian caves). The caves are hewn at a height of nearly 60 – 70 m from the surrounding plains. The hill was known as Trirasmi, probably due to the location of three independent hill groups which marks the end of Trimbak-Anjaneri range of Sahyadris. Nasik also finds mention in ancient Indian literature of the pre-Christian era. Being located on the ancient rade route connecting the ports of western India and north and south Indian cities, Nasika was a major city during ancient period. The excavation carried out here shows continuous habitation from around 5th century B.C. The presence of Northern Black Polished Ware (NBPW-generally starts around 6th century B.C. and proliferates during Mauryan period) indicates its contacts with the north Indian cities.
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Dec 12, 2012
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The Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chishti in Fatehpur Sikri - c1880's
The Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chishti is famed as one of the finest examples of Mughal architecture in India, built during the years 1580 and 1581, along with the imperial complex at Situated near Zenana Rauza and facing south towards Buland Darwaza, within the quadrangle of the Jama Masjid which measures 350 ft. by 440 ft. It enshrines the burial place of the Sufi saint, Salim Chisti (1478 – 1572), a descendant of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti of Ajmer, and lived in a cavern on the ridge at Sikri. The mausoleum, constructed by Akbar as a mark of his respect for the Sufi saint, who foretold the birth of his son, who was named Prince Salim after him and later succeeded Akbar to the throne of the Mughal Empire, as Jahangir.
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Dec 8, 2012
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