Geometric Patterns on Agra’s Mughal Architecture
The primary restriction on Islamic architecture in this part of India is that there be no images of people or animals. That leaves floral motifs, Arabic script and geometric patterns. […]
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Inside Akbar’s Mughal Mausoleum in Agra, India
In India of the late 1500s, Akbar the Great* commissioned three magnificent examples of Indo-Islamic architecture: the walled city of Fatehpur Sikri near Agra, his father Humayun’s tomb in Delhi and finally […]
Itimad-ud-Daulah (Baby Taj) in Agra, India
This is the paradox of India, buildings so beautiful, and shit everywhere.” I am quoting a conversation I had with a woman who came into the washroom of the Baby […]
Chini Tomb in Agra, India
After an early morning at the Taj Mahal we negotiated for a tuk-tuk (as we called the three-wheeled vehicles) to take us around to a few other sites in Agra. […]
The World Heritage Fort in Agra, India
In the morning we went off to the Agra Fort with Abbib, a auto-rickshaw driver we had met the day before. The Agra Fort, a 16th-century Mughal fortress, is another UNESCO […]
Fatehpur Sikri, a Fort & Palace just Outside of Agra, India
This picture was shot during our bus ride to Fatehpur Sikri, a walled city in India. I couldn’t see much because the driver was blocking my view but, “you really don’t […]
Sunrise at the Taj Mahal in India
We were woken up at 5:30 by the muezzin calling the faithful to prayer. Dashing out with only a single coffee inside me we managed to arrive at West Gate […]
