Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nice job. I found Fatehpur Sikri very hard to photograph -- especially at the end of a long day that included the Taj Mahal and the Red Fort. That's what one gets on a tour of a huge and complex and varied country that lasts only three weeks. This was one of the few of my pics that made the cut: http://clive.smugmug.com/gallery/2482711/2/130255403/Large Clive http://www.clive.moss.net/blog/ on 3/23/2007 10:13 AM Jayanand Govindaraj said the following: > 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/