Category: Explorations
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Siddhachal Jain Temple Caves – Monoliths and Carvings at Gwalior
On the way up to the Gwalior fort the road climbs through a wooded gorge called the Urwahi valley. Facing it, and carved into the soaring sandstone cliff, are the imposing ‘Jain‘ monoliths that depict the Teerthankars. The Sanskrit/Hindi word “Teerth” means a destination situated at the bank of a river and “Teerthankar” would mean…
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Happy Holi :)
Happy Holi ..Eid-e-Gulabi Mubaarak friends 🙂 Here’s how some of us celebrated a little in advance.. in nature’s lap 😀 Blessings for all!!
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Sufi Rang – Kaafi : the joyous Spring and a musical voyage across Delhi
Sufi Rang – Kaafi : the joyous season of Basant Bahaar – Spring and a musical journey across the land of Sufis – Delhi! 🙂 This melody is woven around the raag Kaafi which is associated with the spring season in India. Often, several Indian traditional tunes associated to the festival of Holi and Basant are woven around this melodic…
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Rajon ki Baoli : Mehrauli Archaeological Park – Part 7
Rajon ki Baoli – A massive step-well from the Lodhi era, this structure within the Mehrauli Archaeological Park acted as a source of water and also a place for public gatherings and socializing back then! As we climbed up we also saw the deep well connected to this Baoli and also a medieval era Mosque…
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Quli Khan’s Tomb (Metcalfe’s Dilkush) : Mehrauli Archaeological Park – Part 6
In this episode we explore Quli Khan’s tomb located at the core of Metcalfe’s Dilkush! As we climb atop the tomb we also get to see glimpses of Azim Khan’s tomb, Ahimsa Sthal, jamali Kamali mosque, Adham Khan’s tomb and the Qutub complex. Happy Exploring 🙂
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The Khidki Jam :)
We were exploring the ruins of the Khirki Mosque when someone just came up with this idea of some candid crooning…and here’s what followed 🙂
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Metcalfe’s Bridge and Boathouse (Dilkusha) – Mehrauli Archaeological Park (Episode 5)
In this episode we go further inside the Mehrauli Archaeological Park exploring Dilkusha – Metcalfe’s pleasure-palace of sorts! We visit the place where, as a pat of re-landscaping the place, Metcalfe got a water stream redirected and also built a bridge and a boat house right next to a Mughal tomb!
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Metcalfe’s Folly and Dilkush – Mehrauli Archaeological Park (Episode 4)
In this new episode of our Heritage Walk series to the Mehrauli Archaeological Park (New Delhi, India) we take you back to the 19th Century India. Standing beneath this very British looking Folly, today known as Metcalfe’s Folly (near the Jamali-Kamali mosque), we discuss about the times of the helpless Mughal court of Bahadur Shah Zafar…
Jashn Hai Zindagi 