So I would like to conclude saying a few words about our work on the blog, and what we gained from doing that.
Anyway, this was a good experience!
हमारे साथ भारत घुमने चलिए !!
Let's have fun now!!!!!! It's time for SHOPPING, guys!!!!! :-D
We reached the Janpath Market situated opposite the Connaught Place. It's one place in Delhi when you can find a lot of foreign shoppers (maybe more than indian ones).
We wanted to buy some souvenirs for our family. It was very interesting to look at all the amazing stuff we could get there: Decorative items, jewellery, Indian artifacts and carpets , ethnic dresses!!! Hummmmmm.......!!!!! I bought silver jewellery especially bangles, leather footwears, one blue and yellow sari (an indian traditional dress) and of course some Bollywood DVD's!!!!!. Caroline rather bought decorative things such as genie's lamp, Rajasthan color paintings and a beautiful wooden carving jewel box for her Mum!!! She's so sweet!!!!!
One interesting thing about it: In this market (just like lots of markets in India), the "law' is to bargain as much as you can!!!!There's no limit!! That was very funny!! We used many tricks!!! Caroline is gifted for bargaining!!! Thanks to her bright and beautiful smile, we managed to get good things at very low prices!!!! :-)
One little advice if you want to bargain: Don't feel shy and never give up!!! ;-)
These women sell many beautiful clothes in the Janpath Market! We got very fashion dresses there at very good prices!! Anyway as you know, the more you buy the more you can bring the price down!!
But we decided to describe the Lotus temple in details because we found it very original and unique.
Let's see now the most significant model of Mughal architecture in India :
The Humayun's Tomb ( humayun का मकबरा Humayun ka maqbara)
This impressive monument is situated in the South East of the capital , at Nizamuddin East area। The mausoleum of the second Mughal Emperor Humayun was built by his wife Haji Begum near the year 1562। Since 1993, it has been registered on the World Heritage Site's list by UNESCO।
As you can notice, it's a big complex in which featured a remarkable square garden inside. The garden is divided into small squares by pathways ( चाहर बाघ Chahar Bagh " four gardens"), typical of a Mughal garden.
Here we have a mughal-style basin situated in the garden of the Humayun's tomb.
This impressive mausoleum stands up in the center of the entire complex. If you want to see the the emperor's cenotaph, you'll have to enter in the central octogonal chamber It is kept there with arched lobbies on the sides which contain perforated screens It's very beautiful when the sunrays go through the screen and get into the room. We found it simply magical !!!!
des rangila
This is an extract from the movie Fanaa, in which a young woman introduces the area where she is from, Panjâb (Amritsar is one of the main city of the state of Panjâb)
She describes it as "Des Rangila" (देस रन्गिला ) which means "the colourful country"