A popular summer retreat, Mussourie is perched above the Doon valley at a height of 1920m.
Unfortunately, I didn’t get too many photos since the visibility was very bad.
Everest House was about 7 km. from our hotel. It was the home of Sir George Everest, the Surveyor-General who mapped Mount Everest, and one [...]
18Jun07
Mussourie
18Jun07
Fatehpur Sikri
Fatehpur Sikri or ‘City of Victory’ is situated 35 km. from Agra. Sikri, a small village, was known in the times of Akbar because of a Sufi saint, Sheikh Salim Chishti, who lived there. Akbar, without heirs at that stage, decided to consult him. He predicted the birth of three sons, and [...]
18Jun07
Agra
Situated on the banks of the Yamuna, Agra Fort was built by Emperor Akbar between 1565 and 1573. A deep moat, once filled with the water of the Yamuna, surrounds the fort.
Musamman Burj (in the fort)- This double storeyed octagonal tower has an unobstructed view of the Taj Mahal (on a clear day!). Unfortunately, [...]
18Jun07
Bikaner
Junagarh is protected by a 986-m long sandstone wall with 37 bastions, a moat, and most effectively of all, the forbidding expanse of the Thar Desert.
Bikaner’s Junagarh is perhaps the best preserved and most ornately decorated of all the forts of Rajasthan. The fort has never been conquered, hence its excellent state of preservation.
Below, the [...]
18Jun07
Udaipur
Photo below is ‘Tripolia Gate’, entrance to the Udaipur City Palace Museum. (‘Tripolia’ meaning three arches.)
The next photo was taken just beyond Tripolia Gate, on the way to the entrance to the City Palace Museum.
This is the Durbar hall of the Fateh Prakash palace, part of the City Palace complex. It is now a [...]
18Jun07
Mount Abu
Mount Abu is Rajasthan’s only hill station and is set atop the highest peak of the Aravalli range. The focal point of Mount Abu town is Nakki Lake, ringed by colonial mansions dating back to the 19th century, and the summer palaces of the Rajput rulers. It is said that the lake was dug out [...]
