Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Jayanand This is a nice series again - I'm not so sure about the magenta cast noted by George; from what I remember (and from my slides) the stone has this specific quality and colour. Fatepuhr Sikri is a strange place - you'd almost meet ghosts in there, those of the human pawns used for playing live chess for example, or lords in that so peculiar hall with the throne right in the middle on its high pillars. You're lucky to have been there. I understand you're following the same route as I did way back in a previous life ;-) . Been to Amber too? Keep on showing us your beautiful country. And thanks for the nice memories you're reviving in me through these nice photographs. Yours Phil...x 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 >