Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/08/10

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Subject: [Leica] Qutb Shai Tombs, Hyderabad
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 08:04:41 -0500
References: <CAH1UNJ2UDwvUbY4DT8kOpywLG-WxrwMyYCSRs36-sSAwm00b2A@mail.gmail.com>

Very impressive!

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 8/10/2019 5:32 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
>   I had been to the former princely state of Hyderabad, India a few weeks 
> ago.
> The Qutb Shahi tombs were in total disrepair, and crumbling into oblivion,
> when I used to stay in Hyderabad in the 1970s and 1980s. The Aga Khan
> Foundation has taken up an ambitious programme of restoring these
> magnificent set of tombs, belonging to the rulers of this area in the 16th
> and 17th centuries. Work is still going on, but the results are already
> unambiguously visible!
>
> Arches:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/hyderabad/Hyderabad-20190706-132.jpg.html
>
> Lady:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/hyderabad/Hyderabad-20190706-140.jpg.html
>
> Photo:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/hyderabad/Hyderabad-20190706-142.jpg.html
>
> Love in the Ruins:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/hyderabad/Hyderabad-20190706-116.jpg.html
>
> Mausoleum of Mohammed Quli Qutb Shah:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/hyderabad/Hyderabad-20190706-144.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/hyderabad/Hyderabad-20190706-150.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/India/hyderabad/Hyderabad-20190706-150BW.jpg.html
>
> Please see LARGE
>
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
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