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One-time fortress capital of the Malwa sultans,and later pleasure retreat of the Moghuls,Mandu abounds in substantial part-ruined buildings. The 15th-century Jami Masjid is the finest remaining construction.
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One-time fortress capital of the Malwa sultans,and later pleasure retreat of the Moghuls,Mandu abounds in substantial part-ruined buildings. The 15th-century Jami Masjid is the finest remaining construction.
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Children play beneath the arches of the 14th-century Jami Masjid,or main mosque,in this one-time capital of the Deccan's Bahmani kingdom.
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Jami Masjid,one time fortress capital of the Malwa sultans,and later pleasure retreat of the Mughals,Mandu's 15th-century Jami Masjid is its finest remaining building. Numerous arches and pillars support its domed prayer hall. The central niche,shown here beside a raised pulpit,is ornamented with a scroll of Koranic quotations.
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India,Rajasthan,Jaisalmer,Bada Bagh (literally Big Garden). Built by a descendant of Jaisal and maharaja of Jaisalamer,Jai Singh II,commissioned a dam to create a water tank during his reign in the 18th C. After his death,his son Lunkaran,built a beautiful garden next to the lake and a chhatri (Hindi for cenotaph) for his father on a hill next to the lake.
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View across Paradise Gardens towards Mausoleum of Taj Mahal,Agra. India
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View across Paradise Gardens towards Mausoleum of Taj Mahal,Agra. India
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View through main arched doorway looking towards Taj Mahal,Agra,India
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Woman Carrying Baby near Entrance of Mosque in Enclosure Complex of Taj Mahal, India
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View of Taj Mahal Mausoleum from across the Chameli Farsh (Terrace),Agra. India
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Looking towards Taj Mahal across the Al-Kawthar,the Celestial Pool of Ambundance,
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Looking towards Taj Mahal across the Al-Kawthar,the Celestial Pool of Ambundance,
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Glancing light reveals ancient decorative skills at a small Hindu temple in the grounds of Kumbhalgarh Fort,one of the highest in Rajasthan.
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Singapore, Singapore, Little India. Islamic architecture of the Abdul Gaffoor Mosque.
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The Taj Mahal from across the Yamuna River, Agra.The Taj Mahal was built by a Muslim, Emperor Shah Jahan in the memory of his dear wife and queen Mumtaz Mahal.It is an elegy in marble or some say an expression of a dream.
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Elaborately carved wooden columns in the main hall of the Jame (Friday) mosque which dates between the 10th to 18th Century
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India,Rajasthan,Jaisalmer. Jaisalmer Fort - the ramparts and towers of the main 'living' fort built in 1156 by the Bhati Rajput ruler Jaisal,are situated on Trikuta Hill and has been the site of many battles but now forms the background to a sacred cow walking down the main street.
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A Silk pilgrim pauses before his faith's holiest shrine,the 16th Century Golden Temple.
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At the Shri Meenakshi-Sundareshwarar temple,decorative ceilings and carved pillars enliven an enormous complex of shrines,bathing tanks and colonnaded courtyards
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The Taj Mahal from across the Yamuna River, Agra.The Taj Mahal was built by a Muslim, Emperor Shah Jahan in the memory of his dear wife and queen Mumtaz Mahal.It is an elegy in marble or some say an expression of a dream.
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Cloister columns of the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque at the Qutab Complex next to the Qutab Minar in Delhi, India
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Low angle view of a mosque, Jami Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Courtyard of a mosque, Jami Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Courtyard of a mosque, Jami Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Courtyard of a mosque, Jami Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh, India
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United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi. Arabic women walking inside Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque at sunset
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United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi. Arabic woman walking inside Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
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Northern Palace of the Haramsala, Birbal's House for the harem at Fatehpur Sikri historic city of the Mughals, at Agra, Northern India
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Northern Palace of the Haramsala, Birbal's House for the harem at Fatehpur Sikri historic city of the Mughals, at Agra, Northern India
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India,Rajasthan,Jaisalmer,Bada Bagh (literally Big Garden). Built by a descendant of Jaisal and maharaja of Jaisalamer,Jai Singh II,commissioned a dam to create a water tank during his reign in the 18th C. After his death,his son Lunkaran,built a beautiful garden next to the lake and a chhatri (Hindi for cenotaph) for his father on a hill next to the lake.
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A view of the Darshani Deorh,the ornate gateway to the causeway leading to the Harmandir,the holiest place in the Sikh Golden Temple.
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A Sikh pilgrim pauses for reflection by Amrit Sarovar,the Pool of Immortality-Giving Nectar,and the Golden Temple.
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A wandering ascetic or sadhu,rests in the porch of a shrine on Hemakuta Hill
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Qutb Minar,Delhi,(it's in the southern fringes of New Delhi but not what most people would consider to be New Delhi). The 72.5m high,12th century Qutb Minar was build both as a victory tower (celebrating Muslim dominance of Delhi and eventually much of the subcontinent) and a minaret.
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The Registan Square, built in 15th to 17th century.The oldest of the three structures is the Ulugh Beg Madrassah, built around 1420. The massive front portal is flanked by a pair of minarets and is decorated with marble panels around the base and mosaic of coloured tiles above.
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The Shah I Zandah Necropolis, built on the southern slopes of Afrasaib Hill over a period of 900 years from 11th to 19th centuries. It developed around the tomb of Kusam ibn Abbas, a cousin and companion of the Prophet who was with the first Arab armies in Transoxiana and died at Samarkand in 677.
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Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, Kara Balta.A Local Mosque.Originally, Bishkek was called Pishpek.In 1926, Pishpek became the capital of the Kirghiz Autonomous Republic.In 1936, as the capital of the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic, Pishpek was renamed Frunze in honor of a major political organizer of the Civil War era.
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Jagmandir Palace on Lake Pichola in the centre of Udaipur.Jagmandir was constructed by Maharana Karan Singhji in 1622 AD and was intended to be a pleasure palace for imperial parties and functions.
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An old Egyptian man walks through the Al Azhar mosque in Cairo.
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Pillars in a corridor across the courtyard of a mosque, Jama Masjid, New Delhi, India
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United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi. Arabic woman walking inside Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
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Pigeons Perched on Roof of Hindu Burning Ghat, Somnath Temple, Triveni Mahasangam, Veraval, Gujarat, India
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Pigeons Perched on Roof of Hindu Burning Ghat, Somnath Temple, Triveni Mahasangam, Veraval, Gujarat, India
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Pigeons Perched on Roof of Hindu Burning Ghat, Somnath Temple, Triveni Mahasangam, Veraval, Gujarat, India
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