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Sudha Cars Museum in Hyderabad, India has wacky cars on display. Here's a sample:...
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I sometimes fall in love with buildings and its usually love at first sight. One of the buildings I fell so in love with was an elegant stone building. It was big. It was beautiful and it was once the Viceregal Lodge, Shimla. That was way back when India...
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Qutub Minar (on the right) among the ruins. In and around the famous Qutub Minar are some ruins, tombs and an unfinished minar, all of which deserve to be seen. Called the Qutub Complex, this area is considered a World Heritage Site and has many stories to tell: of...
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This tall red structure of Indo-Islamic architecture is a major landmark of the country. Inscribed on it are some verses from the Quran. All of 72.5 metres in height, the Qutub Minar is believed to be the tallest brick minaret in the world....
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Rajghat marks the place where Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi or Mahatma Gandhi was cremated. On the black structure which serves as the memorial are the words `Hey Ram,’ supposedly the words that Bapu last uttered. Since Gandhi is considered the Father of the Nation, the Rajghat is usually a stop...
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A courtyard of the Agra Fort on a mist morning in January of 2003 A picture from our non-digital days. 🙂 More about this Fort, which is also a UNESCO Heritage Site here...
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India Gate India Gate up close India Gate in the is a war memorial erected in the national capital, Delhi. Previously known as the All India War Memorial, this monument commemorates around 80,000 soldiers Indian and British who died in various wars during the British Raj. (I’m sorry I...
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Taj Mahal blanketed in mist It is a mausoleum, it is all in marble and it is magnificent. I was fortunate to see the marvelous Taj Mahal a few years ago but unfortunately the day I was there, the mist was also present. So this is the only (full) picture I...