February 14, 2010
Havelis
I’m writing this entry while sitting in our room in a ‘haveli’, a traditional heritage house of the kind found in the Indian states of Rajasthan and Gujarat that have been turned into guesthouses in modern times.
This haveli where we are staying was once the home of one family, we have been told. Our spacious [...]
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February 14, 2010
Agra is, of course, world-famous for that most admired of buildings, the Taj Mahal – the mausoleum built by the fifth Moghul Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz.
Agra ought also to be equally famous for what is locally called the Baby Taj, or to give it its proper name, the [...]
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