Tag: archaeology

• Bhateshwar Temple Complex + Shani Mandir

  Bhateshwar: Truly Mystical! This is an archaeological site comprising about 200+ ancient shrines in Morena district, Madhya Pradesh. The shrines in Bateshwar complex are dedicated mostly to Shiva and a few to Vishnu. The temples are made of sandstone and were built around 300 years before Khajuraho temples were built! Our video-blog about this trip can…

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  March 20, 2015

  Articles/Write-ups, Artwork, Explorations, Heritage, History

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• Temple and Fortress at Garhi Padhavali – Madhya Pradesh, India

  This temple is believed to be a 10th Century Shiva temple owing to the grand statues of Nandi at the entrance. The interiors comprise of beautifully carved sculptures depicting stories from the Puranas and several other mythological epics. Later in the 19th century the temple was fortified by the Jat Ranas rulers thereby giving it…

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  March 15, 2015

  Artwork, Blog, Explorations, Heritage, History, Photographs, Stories

  archaeology, epic, fortress, Garhi Padhavali, Gwalior, India, Madhya Pradesh, Morena, Padaavali, Padhaavali, Pauranic, Puraanas, temple

• Jamali Kamali Mosque and Tomb – Mehrauli Archaeological Park (Episode 3)

  

  In this episode we visit the Mosque and Tomb of JAMALI-KAMALI. Shaikh Fazlullah (pen name – Jamali) was a Sufi mystic, a poet and a traveller from the early 16th century. One of his known works include a book, a kind of biography of various Sufi saints of Medieval India. Jamali was also the court poet and…

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  December 26, 2014

  Artwork, Delhi, Explorations, Films, Heritage, History, Mehrauli, Sufi, Videos, Vlog

  aditya pathak, aditya pathak creations, archaeology, arunima, arunima pathak, ASI, biography, book, delhi, Delhi Haunt, Delhi Heritage Vlogs, ghost, graveyard, haunt, haunted, heritage, history, India, indo-islamic, indo-islamic architecture, Jamali, Jamali Kamali, Kamali, kanika singh, medieval india, Mehrauli Archaeological Park, mughal, Mughals, royal burial, ruins, Shaikh Fazlullah, Sikander Lodhi, sufi, Sufi Saint, SUFI saints, Tourism, tourist, Travel, traveller

• New video blog :) Delhi Heritage Vlogs!

  Hi friends! Excited to share with you that we are gradually putting together a new vlog (video blog) on wordpress. We’ll be posting videos about various places of interest in Delhi, India like Heritage sites, Protected monuments, Historical sites, Archaeological sites, Architecture, etc. and even interesting foody places sometimes 🙂 Here’s the link to this…

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  November 9, 2014

  Artwork, Blog, Delhi, Explorations, Films, Food, Heritage, History, Photographs, Stories, Videos, Vlog

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• Books from Archaeological Survey of India + Sanskrit Books

  If you love any/all of these .. SANSKRIT – HERITAGE – BOOKS – ARCHAEOLOGY ..here’s an interesting site for you – DOWNLOADABLE “Scanned Books from Archaeological Survey of India asi.nic.in collection Digitized at Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA)” : ASI books: http://sanskritdocuments.org/scannedbooks/asiallpdfs.html Sanskrit books: http://sanskritdocuments.org/scannedbooks/asisanskritpdfs.html

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  July 5, 2014

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• Zafar Mahal

  

  A ruined summer PALACE, a fading SULTANATE, the IRONY of the famous POET emperor and a VACANT GRAVE.. all this and much more of what is known as ZAFAR MAHAL in this quick video. Happy Exploring!

  adityapathak

  August 3, 2013

  Blog, Explorations, Videos

  aditya pathak, archaeology, arunima, Bahadur Shah Zafar, delhi, delhi history, Hathi Darwaza, heritage, history, India, Junglee Mahal, last mughals, mehrauli, mughal, Sultanate, Summer Palace, Urdu Poetry, Zafar Mahal

• Gandhak ki Baoli and Banda Bahadur’s Shaheedi Sthan

  

  In this video-tour we visit the following two places in the Mehrauli village: 1) Gandhak ki Baoli : a hundreds of years old step-well whose water smells of sulphur 2) Banda Bahadur’s Shaheedi Sthan: the martyrdom site of Banda Bahadur

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  August 3, 2013

  Blog, Explorations, Videos

  aditya pathak, archaeology, arunima, Banda Bahadur, delhi, Gandhak ki Baoli, heritage, history, India, Lachhman Das, Lachhman Dev, Madho Das, mehrauli, shaheedi sthan, shahidi sthan, Sikh, step well, Tourism, Tourist Spot

• The Heritage of Mehrauli – Part 1

  In this quick film we get introduced to some historical aspects of this unique place in Delhi (India) called MEHRAULI … a visit to a supposedly 5000 yrs old temple ..and some stories from the Delhi Sultanate and the British Raj. Here’s a quick intro video that sets the tone for the subsequent series of…

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  June 20, 2013

  Blog, Films

  Adam Khan, aditya pathak, ancient, archaeology, arunima, awadhesh tripathi, british raj, delhi heritage walks, delhi sultanate, heritage, history, India, kanika singh, mehrauli, niti deoloiya, pandavas, phool walon ki saer, sufi, Tourism, tourist, Travel, yog maya mandir, yog maya temple

• Exploring the Tughluqabad Fort

  Here’s our latest Heritage Walk film 🙂 It’s the mammoth TUGHLUQABAD FORT this time that we visited in Dec 2012. The film showcases in detail most of structures, ruins, etc that lie behind the gigantic walls of this fort and also the walk-leader discusses, in detail, the stories and history associated with the same. Tughluqabad is a…

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  April 28, 2013

  Articles/Write-ups, Explorations, Stories, Videos

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• MEHRAULI VILLAGE – Photographs

  Sharing a few snaps that we captured during a Heritage-Walk to Mehrauli Village, Delhi, India. There are several interesting places to explore out there and each one has unique stories associated. Some of the places we visited are – Adam Khan’s tomb, Shahidi sthan (Banda Bahadur), Qutub Sahab/Hazrat Bakhtiyar Kaki Dargah, Gandhak ki Baoli, Yogmaya Mandir,…

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  April 28, 2013

  Articles/Write-ups, Explorations, Photographs

  Adam Khan, archaeology, Banda Bahadur, Baoli, dargah, delhi, Gandhak ki Baoli, Hauz-e-Shamsi, Hauz-i-Shamsi, Hazrat Bakhtiyar Kaki, heritage, Hijron ki khankah, history, India, Jahaaj Mahal, Jahaaz Mahal, Jharna, mehrauli, Qutub Sahab, shahidi sthan, sufi, Tourism, Travel, Village, Yogmaya Mandir, Zafar Mahal