[Leica] Fatehpur Sikri

[ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)]

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
>
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