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Latest Blog Posts for My Heritage Walks
- Dargah Hazrat Nizamuddinon Feb 16, 2015 in Heritage Huntings‘The fire of your separation has burnt our hearts; The Storm of desire to meet you has ravaged our lives’ (‘Ae Aatish e furaqaat dil ha kabab kardah; Selaab a ishtiqat khanaha kharab karda’) Thus greeted Baba Farid at his Ajodhan khankah in m...
- The Chandni Chowk No One RemembersThe Past is another country. Warmed by the kindly sunshine, we explored Chandni Chowk of Old Delhi.. the city of the majestic Qila Mubarak, the Jama Masjid, the moon-lit avenue that Shah Jahan and Jahanara built like titans but finished like jewelers...
- Unraveling the Invisible Jewels in the neighborhood of Old Forton Feb 2, 2015 in Heritage Huntings Bagh-e-Bedil Bedil Bhairon temple Khair ul Manazil Lal Darwaza Malik Yaar Paran Matka PirWe walked along a small patch of the ‘Sadak-e-Azam’ or ‘UttaraPatha’ road from Mauryan times, rebuilt by Sher Shah Suri, and considerably upgraded by the British.. and explored few interesting sites that once dotted the river banks of Yamuna...
- Tughluqabad: The Sultan of Soul vs The Savior of Islamon Jan 18, 2015 in Heritage Huntings“One who serves becomes the master” – Nizamuddin Auliya In the center of sprawling south Delhi, lies the massive Tughluqabad fort in six square kilometers of desolation, its major part still un-encroached by flames of the expanding megapolis wh...
- Phoolwalon Ki Sairon Jan 14, 2015 in Heritage HuntingsCoinciding with the 202nd edition of the historic Phoolwalon ki sair, the walk started at Yogmaya temple and ending at Jharna in the Mehrauli village –somewhat in the reverse direction to the actual procession path. The procession of the pankhas, k...
- A walk in the Mehrauli Ruinson Jan 13, 2015 in Heritage HuntingsMehrauli archaeological park is littered with monuments from almost all phases of Delhi’s history, and it represents 1000 years of continuous occupation starting from Lal Kot built by Tomar Rajputs in 1060 AD, upto British Raj. Balban’s Tomb: B...
- Hauz Khas – The 14th century ‘Knowledge City’on Jan 12, 2015 in Heritage HuntingsAs one explores the Hauz Khas ruins, the first one is the Poti ( Grand Daughter’s) and Dadi ( Grand mother’s) tomb -Royal tombs for sure – the bigger one built in Lodi period & the smaller one in Tughlaq period. One more tomb, a...
- In Search of Muhammad-bin-Tughluqon Jan 12, 2015 in Heritage HuntingsMuhammed-bin-Tughlaq, often dismissed as a mad genius, was undoubtedly the most learned emperor of the Sultanate era, having mastery over Persian, Arabic, Turkish & Sanskrit & had a knack for original ideas far ahead of his times. His decisio...
- 1857 Uprising: Northern Ridgeon Jan 11, 2015 in Heritage HuntingsThe wintery morning walk at the Ridge, where the 1857 rebellion was played out in a do-or-die battle deciding the fate of India..was as if re-reading the “The Last Mughal” by the ultimate authority on 1857 -William Dalrymple Zafar’s Vat...
- Purana Qilaon Jan 11, 2015 in Heritage HuntingsAs Lutyen designed the Viceroy house/’Rashtrapati Bhavan’ on the Raisina Hills, he integrated it with old architectural highlights of the so-called-necropolis in perfect alignment. As the Viceroy would look around from the hill-top mansion, the V...
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