Humayun's Tomb, Delhi, India (2013 and 2005)
"Humayun's tomb is the tomb of the Mughal Emperor Humayun in Delhi. It was commissioned by Humayun's first wife Bega Begum in 1569-70, and designed by Mirak Mirza Ghiyas, a Persian architect. The first garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent, it is located close to Purana Qila (Old Fort), that Humayun founded in 1533. It was also the first structure to use red sandstone at such a scale. The tomb was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993, and since then has undergone extensive restoration work. Besides the main tomb enclosure of Humayun, several smaller monuments dot the pathway leading up to it, including one that even pre-dates the main tomb itself, by twenty years; it is the tomb complex of Isa Khan Niyazi, an Afghan noble in Sher Shah Suri's court of the Suri dynasty, who fought against the Mughals, constructed in 1547 CE." (Source: Wikipedia)
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The pictures above were taken in 2013 (Oct-Dec), the ones below in 2005. |
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