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The 2nd Ashokan Pillar brought to Delhi by Ferozshah Kotla is fixed here in the Northern Ridge near the Delhi University is seen here in background

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12/7/20 AC(After Covid) #Sunday #Stories Post #loc

12/7/20 AC(After Covid)
#Sunday #Stories
Post #lockdown as religious places opened up, so did the increase in footfalls as people turned to faith & prayers to tide over the difficult times in #covid19 Era.
Yet when our team member visited the 17th century CE Jumma Masjid for evening prayers ystrdy before #lockdown curfew hours come into force in that area, he was aghast at being so empty. We shared a post here of how the empty mosque was on Eid...but despite physical distancing steps taken by the mosque authorities, it seems ppl are really being careful & not even coming for prayers.
SWIPE LEFT/RIGHT FOR PICS: First time the Hauz (Wazu Water reservoir) inside is minus the water; near empty courtyard which buzzed with children's voices all through the day; marble prayer slabs marked in Red & Green signs to highlight distancing guidelines; people leaving right after their prayers without chit-chatting among themselves! Physical & Social distancing...scary & momentous!
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8/7/20 AC(After Covid) #Wednesday #Wanderings #Sw

8/7/20 AC(After Covid)
#Wednesday #Wanderings #Swipe Right/Left
Post #lockdown as ASI opened the doors of #heritagesites across India on Monday, our 2nd dash today morning to another Unesco World Heritage monuments of Dilli, the 13th century CE Victory Minaret, Qutub Minar! Like Humayuns Tomb ystrdy, this was as empty, yours truly being the 2nd visitor... Even during rains in the past, I haven't seen Qutub complex so empty...
As one of our DBFwallas family commented, this experience is "hauntingly beautiful"...
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#ASI monuments are open #Dilliwallas so go Dilli go and enjoy them in their 'Isolation Glory'!!!
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7/7/20 AC(After Covid) Today I felt what maybe Emp

7/7/20 AC(After Covid)
Today I felt what maybe Emperor Akbar used to feel back in the 1580s!! Read on to know why...
Post #lockdown as ASI opened the doors of #heritagesites across India ystrdy, our first dash today morning to one of our fav monuments, the 17th century CE Humayuns Tomb was perfect Tuesday Ka Tehalna!!
It was a strange feeling indeed, going to a monument we used to frequent so many times every month with our school groups & tourist clients as part of our #Mughal Early History experience module...and to see it so so empty till 1030-11am!!!
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I sauntered around aimlessly...immersed in my thoughts of how the world has been turned upside down, enjoying the feeling to be able to stop anytime, sit on the grass, smell the heavy bunches of 'Champa', under perfect blue skies & with a fast breeze emphasising the silence caressing me (rudely broken by announcements from the nearby Nizamuddin Rly Stn)...picking up a few 'Jamuns' lying bruised as they fell, washing & eating them & stopping to capture a few pics; clicking pics from every corner of the 'Charbagh' (gardens), and nobody popping into the frame to disturb the shot...nor anybody waiting for me to get out of their frames...not another soul around...I being the 3rd person to go inside & saw only 5 more people in the duration from 7am till 11am that I wandered there...
Maybe this is how Akbar felt when he used to visit his father's mausoleum. A royal left to amble around at his pleasure, contemplating his life, bliss of solitude & wonder at his endeavour to build this massive, magnificent marvel in stone that marked his family's presence on #Delhi 's firmament...
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#ASI monuments are open #Dilliwallas so go Dilli go and enjoy them in their 'Isolation Glory'!!!
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It's been a difficult few months for millions arou

It's been a difficult few months for millions around the world, and another festival passes by us, desolate, bereft of the usual fun & happiness, affecting us all, in some or the other way;
As lakhs of people struggle just for mere existence, we hope and pray that this pall of gloom lifts soon; that the miracles the world has heard of for millennia are revealed upon us now....
And love and peace are victorious over the stupidity, narrow-mindedness and hate that has felled many a civilisation....Amen...
. *Team DelhiByFoot* wishes you hope, love, peace & happiness this *Eid-ul-Fitr…. God Bless Us All...Eid Mubarak* *Stay alert, stay safe, stay positive...* .
Sharing pics by @kuldeeprohilla an intrepid photographer who has gone out in the last 5-6 weeks, capturing our beloved Dilli as this megapolis has tried to come to terms with the dark & harsh realities of #Covid19 #Lockdown….
Check out his #CovidLockdown photo series & show him some love on his Insta!

सब को माह-ए-रमज़ान की

सब को माह-ए-रमज़ान की तह-ए-दिल से बधाई....
This year I will miss my jaunts to #shahjahanabad or Old Delhi as we all know it...
The relaxed walking around the almost empty #JamaMasjid as the Rozadaars (fasting devotees) wouldn't venture out much...gupshups with random strangers who would offer you their Iftaar meals as they saw you walk alone with a camera; the yummy Iftaari dishes curated carefully for our DBFwallas who would join our team inside the courtyard of the Jama Masjid for our Iftaar Culture & Food Walks; the evening Taraweeh prayers as the 17th century mosque would be lit up...
Sab iss baar yaad ayega...
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Stay safe all rozadaars, stay inside, do your prayers at home, enjoy your month long celebration with family and I fervently pray that may our country be peaceful and peace reigns as the country deals with this pandemic.
#ramzan #ramzaan2020 #ramzaanmubarak #covid19 #staysafestayhome #festivals #incredibleindia #delhitales #delhigram #DelhiByFoot

History Re/De-constructed... What we at #DelhiByFo

History Re/De-constructed...
What we at #DelhiByFoot strive to do with our heritage walks.
So for #WorldHeritageDay here is a pic of a restored Mughal-era water-garden monument in Mehrauli; after all it's summers, so what nicer way than to talk about the "Jharna" (waterfall gardens) complex, built during 1700CE by Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung, a noble & battle-hardy commander, highest in the pecking order in the court of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb's court.
Built upon by the last two Mughals, Akbar Shah II and Bahadur Shah Zafar, the lit-up pavillion in the image was ordered by Zafar as an aesthetic addition to the main Jharna (water fall section) of this water-garden-pavilions complex!

#throwback from pre-lockdown days.

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History Re/De-constructed... What we at #DelhiByFo

History Re/De-constructed...
What we at #DelhiByFoot strive to do with our heritage walks.
Starting the day with the oldest medieval era grand monument of #delhi. #QutubMinar glows beautifully and has the glow of an airplane right at that moment over the top of the 13th century minaret!
Throwback from pre-lockdown days.
#DelhiByNight
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Of Skies, Sunrises & Sunsets. The skies over the c

Of Skies, Sunrises & Sunsets.
The skies over the country have been superlative since the country ground to a halt last Sunday. Pollution is down, smoke spewing vehicles & factories are down nearly 90%, a great time for mother nature to recover.
We hope you all are also keeping safe at home & taking care of your and your family's health as well as mental well being.... Don't you love the spring colours of Delhi, do share your pics of classic Delhi skies & tag us, we will feature the most kickass ones here!
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Keep safe all ye Delhiwallas...
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Tale of many pillars!!! 'Friday Ka Funda' : Where

Tale of many pillars!!!
'Friday Ka Funda' : Where would I be in #delhi if I am taking this photo!
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Amidst #covid19 scare we hope all ye Delhiwallas & our IG-CommunityWallas that you stay safe, prudently isolating yourself if need be and not losing your head as many seem to be around us in panic buying.
So find the answer, read up about this place and keep yourself busy for some time!!
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