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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Spring for Washington DC

Spring is the best time to visit Washington DC. The cherry blossom gives the city allure. People from all over the world travel here to see them. Here are some photos taken at the peak of the cherry blossom flowering. Enjoy!

Thursday, March 24, 2016

New Delhi- Humayun's Tomb

Humayun's tomb is the tomb of the Mughal Emperor Humayun in Delhi, India. The tomb was commissioned by Humayun's son Akbar in 1569-70, and designed by Mirak Mirza Ghiyas, a Persian architect. It was the first garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent. It was also the first structure to use red sandstone at such a scale. The tomb was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993 

Monday, March 21, 2016

New Delhi_ ISA KHAN's Garden Tomb

Pre-dates Humayun's Tomb by two decades and is the culmination of an architectural style used for royal tombs in Delhi during the Sayyid and Lodi dynasties from the early 15th to the early 16th centuries.