Rumi Darwaza in Lucknow.
The #RumiDarwaza in #Lucknow, #UttarPradesh, India, is an imposing gateway which was built under the patronage of Nawab Asaf-Ud-Daula in 1784. It is an example of Awadhi architecture. The Rumi Darwaza, which stands sixty feet tall, was modeled (1784) after the Sublime Porte (Bab-iHรผmayun) in Istanbul.
The #RumiDarwaza in #Lucknow, #UttarPradesh, India, is an imposing gateway which was built under the patronage of Nawab Asaf-Ud-Daula in 1784. It is an example of Awadhi architecture. The Rumi Darwaza, which stands sixty feet tall, was modeled (1784) after the Sublime Porte (Bab-iHรผmayun) in Istanbul.
BHU Vishwanath Temple ๐
This Vishwanath temple is located with in the Benares Hindu University campus in Varanasi. The temple is modern and has been built without any constraints in space. The result is that the temple grounds are spacious and the temple itself is quiet massive and roomy inside
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Location: #BHUVishwanathTemple
#Varanasi, #UttarPradesh
#VishwanathTemple
This Vishwanath temple is located with in the Benares Hindu University campus in Varanasi. The temple is modern and has been built without any constraints in space. The result is that the temple grounds are spacious and the temple itself is quiet massive and roomy inside
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Location: #BHUVishwanathTemple
#Varanasi, #UttarPradesh
#VishwanathTemple
#RamabharStupa, #Kushinagar, #UttarPradesh is a large stupa of brick and mounds, representing the exact place where #GautamBuddha attained Mahaparinirvana (Moksh/Salvation). Visit the place with great respect, pay homage to Buddha and meditate in a peaceful environment for a few minutes, to understand the teachings of "Enlightened" one. You may move in clockwise direction around this Stupa.
#MahaparinirvanaTemple in #Kushinagar, #UttarPradesh is home to the #LordBuddha statue. It is carved out of monolith red-sandstone of the 5th century A.D. Popular among the people all over the world, it is now accessible through Kushinagar International Airport.
The Taj Mahal is an ivory white marble mausoleum on the south bank of the #Yamuna river in the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan to house the tomb of his favourite wife Mumtaz Mahal.
1000 #elephants and 22000 workers were used in its construction which took over 20 years.
Location: #Agra #UttarPradesh
1000 #elephants and 22000 workers were used in its construction which took over 20 years.
Location: #Agra #UttarPradesh
Tomb of I'timฤd-ud-Daulah, #Agra, India! ๐ฎ๐ณ
Tomb of I'timฤd-ud-Daulah (I'timฤd-ud-Daulah Maqbara) is a Mughal #mausoleum in the city of Agra in the Indian state of #UttarPradesh. Often described as a "jewel box", sometimes called the "#BachchaTaj" or the "#BabyTaj", the #tomb of I'timฤd-ud-Daulah is often regarded as a draft of the Taj Mahal.
The tomb, built between 1622 and 1628, represents a transition between the first phase of monumental #Mughal #architecture โ primarily built from red sandstone with marble decorations, as in Humayun's Tomb in Delhi and Akbar's tomb in Sikandra โ to its second phase, based on white marble and pietra dura inlay, most elegantly realized in the Taj Mahal.
The mausoleum was commissioned by Nur Jahan, the wife of Jahangir, for her father Mirzฤ Ghiyฤs Beg, originally a Persian Amir in exile, who had been given the title of I'timฤd-ud-Daulah (pillar of the state). Mirzฤ Ghiyฤs Beg was also the grandfather of Mumtฤz Mahฤl (originallyโฆ
Tomb of I'timฤd-ud-Daulah (I'timฤd-ud-Daulah Maqbara) is a Mughal #mausoleum in the city of Agra in the Indian state of #UttarPradesh. Often described as a "jewel box", sometimes called the "#BachchaTaj" or the "#BabyTaj", the #tomb of I'timฤd-ud-Daulah is often regarded as a draft of the Taj Mahal.
The tomb, built between 1622 and 1628, represents a transition between the first phase of monumental #Mughal #architecture โ primarily built from red sandstone with marble decorations, as in Humayun's Tomb in Delhi and Akbar's tomb in Sikandra โ to its second phase, based on white marble and pietra dura inlay, most elegantly realized in the Taj Mahal.
The mausoleum was commissioned by Nur Jahan, the wife of Jahangir, for her father Mirzฤ Ghiyฤs Beg, originally a Persian Amir in exile, who had been given the title of I'timฤd-ud-Daulah (pillar of the state). Mirzฤ Ghiyฤs Beg was also the grandfather of Mumtฤz Mahฤl (originallyโฆ