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A glimpse of Mehrauli Village

August 26, 2014 in Delhi Heritage Walks,DHW,Heritage Walks,Mehrauli Village,Mehrauli Village Heritage Walks,Walking Tour | Comments (0)

These photographs were taken at the Mehrauli Village heritage walk, 3Aug14, by Tejinder Singh


Stories of Delhi, through a heritage walk in Mehrauli Village, 3Aug14

August 23, 2014 in Delhi Heritage Walks,DHW,Heritage sites in Delhi,Heritage Walks,Mehrauli Village,Monuments of Delhi | Comments (0)

For good or bad, Qutb Minar has over shadowed the rest of Mehrauli. I can give you names of several monuments which are completely neglected and in the danger of completely disappearing under modern city; it is high time for us to give due to these forgotten monuments. Mehrauli village is a unique place with ancient buildings, medieval tombs, mosques, sufi shrines, palaces and havelis, sarais, reservoirs, step wells and tanks, you name it and it has it all. Our heritage walk this Sunday, covered a little bit of this vast area. We started our trail with Yogmaya temple. (more…)