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CAPTURING DELHI IN PIXEL - JAMA MASJID  Following the death of his wife, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan decided to shift his capital from Agra to Delhi and founded the walled city of Shahajahanabad. It remained the capital of the Mughals succeeding him and evolved to what we now know as Old Delhi. The Jama Masjid was commissioned to be the central mosque of the new city. Built by more than 5000 artisans under the supervision of Wazir Saadullah Khan, the mosque designed by architect Ustad Khalil, took 6 years to be completed. The mosque was inaugurated by Sayed Abdul Ghafoor Shah BukhariI, a mullah from Bukhara (now Uzbekistan), on 23 July 1656, on the invitation from Shah Jahan, whom he bequeathed the title Shahi Imam and appointed to the high office of Imamat-e-Uzma. The cost to build the mosque came to a whopping 1 million rupees at the time.The mosque houses several relics of Islamic religious significance like an age old transcript of the Quran printed on deer skin, the footma...

Capturing Delhi in Pixel India Gate Delhi Memorial, originally called All-India War Memorial, monumental sandstone arch in New Delhi, dedicated to the troops of British India who died in wars fought between 1914 and 1919. During nightfall , India gate is dramatically floodlit while the fountains nearby make a lovely display with coloured lights. India gate stands at one end of Rajpath, and the area surrounding it is generally referred to as 'India Gate'. The best time of the year to visit India Gate is in winters. We see the names of the late soldiers who fought in the war sculpted on the walls of the towering arch.  Under the arch of India Gate, The eternal flames of 'Amar Jawan Jyoti' burns bright under the arch to remind the nation of soldiers who laid down their lives. Designed by Edwin Lutyen in a manner that the top of the arch and floor of the Rashtrapati Bhavan lie on the same elevation, it is truly a part of Lutyen's magnificent...