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, I once saw a documentary about it, I think. Wasn't it the place with the empty but deep and beautiful water reservoirs, too? Beautiful light you captured there, BTW. Thanks for showing, Philppe Op 23-mrt-07, om 16:13 heeft Jayanand Govindaraj het volgende geschreven: > 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 >