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The
Red Fort (Lal
Qila), is a Mughal
palace built by the
emperor Shah Jahan
between 1638-1648.
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The
name is derived
from the red sandstone
used as the main building
material. The palace forms
the core of Shah Jahan's
new city of
Shahjahanabad.
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Red sandstone with
many birds, Mughal
Urban Pigeons actually,
fly around by the
thousands...
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A
man sleeps in
one corner. He was
not dressed too
poorly, except for
the lack of shoes.
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Closer
image of the
central entrance.
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The
Indian flag,
proudly opened above
the fort, is fully open in
the strong wind.
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The
wall is 1.5 miles (2.5
km) long, varies in height
from 60 ft (16m) on the
river side to 110 ft (33m)
towards the city. The plan
was generated using a
square grid of 82m.
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You
can see the detail
here on this tall
minaret; one of many
on the Red Fort of Delhi.
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Inside,
a Muslim prays.
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On
the south side of the
city, we have the
relatively new Baha'i
Temple. I have often
referred to it as a
giant orange peeler.
I have pictures of it
from my 1st trip
in 2000.
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There
are plenty of ways
to play the light off of
this huge, uniquely
shaped, temple.
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Before
entering the
temple, one must take
off his shoes, as Darren
demonstrates here.
He
wore boots with such
long laces on the day
we went in and out of
temple after temple, oops!
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One
of the skewers on
the side of the temple;
very cool place.
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Back
on the streets
of Delhi, this man
carefully moves a
thermonuclear detonation
device on his small
rickshaw.
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This
is a very cool
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