Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]George, Philippe A.,Nick,Philippe O.,Henning and Ric, Thanks for looking, and for your kind comments. George, as others have also pointed out, this is the colour of the place, I dont know why, but the rich red sandstone always looks like this here. Philippe, this is the place with the empty reservoirs. The reason why we came here is that my wife and I suddenly realised that our sons, both in their mid 20s, have seen most of the world, but not the Taj Mahal. So we made a quick trip of Delhi/Agra to remedy the situation. Cheers Jayanand On 3/24/07, Ric Carter <ricc@mindspring.com> wrote: > > Beautiful shots of beautiful location. > > Ric > > On Mar 23, 2007, at 11:13 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > > > In continuation of my Tal Mahal trip, I also visited Fatehpur Sikri > > which > > is close to Agra. This city was built as the imperial capital in > > the late > > 16th century by the greatest of the Mughal emperors, Akbar, in > > honour of a > > saint, Salim Chisti, who had predicted the birth of a son. > > Unfortunately, it > > was abandoned after ten years or so because of a lack of water. It > > is also > > a UNESCO World Heritage Centre: > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand_001/fatehpur/ > > > > Comments, criticism and advice welcome. > > > > Incidentally, Shah Jahan, who built the Taj Mahal, was Akbar's > > grandson, so > > Fatehpur Sikri predates the Taj Mahal by 65-70 years. > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >