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Life After Death...
Posted by Pavan Kaul (Mumbai, India) on 1 July 2012 in Architecture and Portfolio.
“We're all made of stories. When they finally put us underground, the stories are what will go on. Not forever, perhaps, but for a time. It's a kind of immortality, I suppose, bounded by limits, it's true, but then so's everything.”
― Charles de Lint
Safdarjung's Tomb is a garden tomb with a marble mausoleum in New Delhi, India. It was built in 1754 in the late Mughal Empire style, and was described as "the last flicker in the lamp of Mughal architecture". The top of the edifice houses the Archaeological Survey of India. The garden, in the style evolved by the Mughal Empire that is now known as the Mughal gardens style influenced by Persian gardens style, is entered through an ornate gate. Its facade is decorated with elaborate plaster carvings.
The tomb was built for Safdarjung, the powerful prime minister of Muhammad Shah who was the weak Mughal emperor from 1719 to 1748.
A film maker from India who has recently rediscovered his passion for photography.
@Annierita & Annisabelle: You bet A! I was in Delhi for a couple of weeks on assignment but unfortunately there wasn't much time to catch up with anybody:)
@Christine Walsh: Hey there Christine. I'll certainly check it out:)
@Punit: Thank you Punit. I down size images that I post here as I want you to be able to view the composition without having to scroll up & down.
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