Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Such incredible magnificence!!! Thanks for sharing. Given the current political environment in India, is Aga Khan?s financing of such projects controversial? Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 10 Aug 2019, at 12:32, 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