Category: History
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Gwalior and Morena ‘Heritage’ trip montage :)
Visited the heart of India, Madhya Pradesh, recently! Went to several amazing places in Gwalior and Morena and this 2 minute montage shows glimpses of the same…a kind of trailer to the Heritage video-travelogue series that we’ll be releasing in coming months 🙂 Cheers!
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Tomb of Muhammad Ghaus and Tansen’s Memorial @ Gwalior, India
Recently visited this sandstone mausoleum of a sufi saint Shaikh Muhammad Ghaus designed on early Mughal architecture. A pleasant revealation that happened during our visit was that right next to this tomb lies the memorial dedicated to Miyaan Tansen – one of the most prominent Hindustani Classical musicians and a God figure for several musicians from…
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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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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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Sufi Rang – COMING SOON :)
The tunes and fragrances of the season of Spring and a Sufi voyage across Dilli – COMING SOON 🙂
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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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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!
Jashn Hai Zindagi 