Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/08/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm glad to see the work being done to restore the history of the region. On Sat, Aug 10, 2019, 3:33 AM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < lug at leica-users.org> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >