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Tag Archives: Mughal

in Agra, India: Akbar's Tomb and kts intricate sculptured decoration

Design Patterns in Mughal India

December 15, 2022by Albatz Travel Adventures 7 Comments

The Mughal Empire in India was formed by invaders from Persia who brought with them their Muslim religion, as well as its strictures placed on images, in that they were […]

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India, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge
The geometric patterns of Fatehpur Sikri and the BabyTaj collaged in the photo app Photoshop Express

Geometric Patterns on Agra’s Mughal Architecture

March 5, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

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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Architecture, Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, India
Richly painted ceiling on a wall at Akbar's Mausoleum in Agra, India

Inside Akbar’s Mughal Mausoleum in Agra, India

March 2, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 8 Comments

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 […]

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Architecture, India, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge
Baby Taj, a Mughal structure built completely from marble

Itimad-ud-Daulah (Baby Taj) in Agra, India

March 1, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 6 Comments

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 […]

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Architecture, India
arches at Agra Fort

The World Heritage Fort in Agra, India

February 8, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

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 […]

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Taj Majal Silhouette

Sunrise at the Taj Mahal in India

January 26, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 6 Comments

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 […]

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India
Sikhs visiting the Taj Mahal

A Masterpiece of Mughal Architecture, the Taj Mahal

July 26, 2013by Albatz Travel Adventures 19 Comments

The trouble with photographing architectural masterpieces is that they’ve already been photographed about a billion times before. The Taj Mahal is no exception, a mausoleum of white marble built by […]

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