Showing posts with label Historical Photo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Historical Photo. Show all posts
Friday, January 29, 2016
Monday, September 1, 2014
Har Ki Pauri (from Opposite Bank of the Ganges, 1866)
Haridwar, situated in the foothills of the Himalayas is the first major town on the River Ganges at the point where the river flows onto the plains. Blessed by the trinity of Lord Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma, Haridwar has always been a major pilgrimage site for Hindus. The Ganges here is quite calm and clear and the many bathing ghats are always full of people performing their ablutions. The main bathing ghat at Haridwar is "Har Ki Pari" which reputedly contains a footprint of Lord Vishnu embedded in a stone.
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Friday, May 11, 2012
Monday, April 9, 2012
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
How Taj Mahal was protected from Bomber Jets in 1942 during World War II
This was how the Taj Mahal was protected from bomber jets in 1942 during world war.
It was covered with huge scaffold, to make it look like a stockpile of bamboo and misguide bombers.
This covering is still incomplete in this photo. It seems the whole of Taj Mahal was covered but this picture shows only the main dome covered. Maybe the government did not allow any photographers later to shoot the final scaffold cover.
During the India-Pakistan war in 1971, it was protected by covering it with a green cloth and making it almost invisible i.e camouflaged within the greenery around it.
Even in 2001, after the Sep 11 attack, Archaeological Survey of India took up the precautionary measure to cover it with cloth and it took them more than 20 days to do that!!
Is not it strange? You work hard and develop a beautiful asset. You get praises from everyone around the world. Later you work hard to safeguard this asset from getting destroyed by the same people who praised it.
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