Wonders of India - Red Fort, Delhi

Red Fort - Delhi

                      Red Fort, Delhi was laid on the banks of the Yamuna River in the 17th century. The Red Fort also known as Lal Qil'ah or Lal Qila was the made by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. This is known as the shajha’s new capital, Shahjahanabad, the seventh Muslim city in the Delhi. The Great emperor of Mughal Shajahan had built it with the desire of spreading the Mughal power of success between 1638 and 1648. This is not right to say Monument for it, it is more like a small city of mughals. The fort is contentment example of one’s brilliant minds imagination.

                         The fort has two main entrances – one is a Delhi Gate and another is a Lahore Gate. The entrance of Delhi Gate leads to Delhi's most famous and crowded place, Chandni Chowk. The shajha had created this small city when he moved his capital from Agra to Delhi. The Red Fort gets its name from the hefty wall of huge red sandstone that tells us its four sides. The red fort stands at the eastern edge of Shahjahanabad.

                       The fort lies along the Yamuna River, which fed the fosse that surround most of the wall. The design and esthetics of the Red Fort represent the elevation of Mughal imaginativeness, originality and zeal of power which prevailed during kingdomship of Shah Jahan. Inside the fort there are many small museums which include artifacts related to the independence as well the Mughal period. The Red Fort was originally known as "Qila-i-Mubarak" which means “the blessed fort”, because it was the residence of the royal family. The Fort has the Diwan-i-Am or the Hall for Public Audiences, where the Emperor would sit to hear the complaints and problem of the common people. There is another place as Diwan-i-Khas which is the hall of Private Audiences, where the Emperor held private meetings. The Rang Mahal or the 'Palace of Colours' was the house of the Emperor's wives and mistresses and holds a spectacular Lotus shaped fountain, made out of a single piece of marble. The palace was embellish with excellent paintings, gold bordered projections, variegation of mirrors and the ceiling was made with gold and silver which reflected in a central pool and gives an elegant look.

                         It took almost took nine years to build this indomitable bastion and it got accomplished on 16th April 1648. It is said that it got an expenditure of about one crore rupees, an enormous sum in those days, its construction. Half of this total squander was spent to build only the exotic palaces within the fort. In short if we describe the Red Fort then it is an perfect paradigm of intelligence of our kings and the Indian rich heritage.

Wonders of India - Jaisalmer Fort, Rajasthan

The Jaisalmer Fort, Rajasthan

                        Jaisalmer Fort one of the well known place to experience the aesthetic ancient India. An name with which it is also known is "The Golden Fort". It was build by a rajput raja Rawal jaisal in Jaisalmer city of slightly Rajasthan in 1156 AD. Jaisalmer Fort one of the largest of desert forts of the world and stands proudly like a king in the great Thar Desert, on Trikuta Hill from centuries with same pride. It’s Gargantuan yellow sandstone walls looks like an amber lion color during the day time, eye catching gold colour at the time of sun sets and ads on to the beauty.

                      The architecture of the fort was planned ingenious so as to protect it from every kind of trouble. The walls of the fort contains 3 layers in it i.e the outer layer wall, middle layer wall and the inner most layer. The outer layer is constructed with solid stone blocks and it reinforces the loose rubble of The Golden Fort. The middle wall snakes around the fort. From the inner most wall, the Rajput used to hurl boiling oil and water, and round blocks of rock as missiles on the enemies when they able to cross the second wall so as to safeguard every one.

                        

                     Though India is full of historical monuments and you can find its evidence all over the India but this 800 years old Fort will not let your eye move from it. Golden fort is the second oldest in Rajasthan and is famous for its own glorious heritage. Walking through the narrow lanes is an experience worth wallowing. The fort has four huge entrances, Ganesh Pol, Suraj Pol, Bhoot Pol and Hawa Pol, to enter into havelis. It has decorations on walls and ceilings and carvings on outdoors and interiors inspired from 12th to 15th century. This gorgeous fort gives a feel like someone had take it out straight from the fairy tales and put it into the golden sand of Rajasthan. The screen windows, delicate pavilions and beautiful balconies of the mansions are worth your visit to jaisalmer fort. This is an superb examples of great ancient architecture of India.

Wonders of India - Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh

The Wonder of India - Khajuraho - Madhya Pradesh

                          One of the most popular destinations among who want to experience the rich cultural heritage of India, Khajuraho has the largest group of medieval Hindu and Jain temples, famous for their erotic sculpture. Khajuraho is a village situated in Madhya Pradesh, near Chhatarpur. Khajuraho, was known with the name of "Kharjuravahaka", which was derived from the Sanskrit word kharjur meaning date palm.

                      This beautiful temple is made up of sandstone, the actual hard stones were not used in its designing. The sandstones are held with the help mortise and tenon method with gravitational force. This form of construction should be done in a very precise manner so as to make it more stable. The megaliths stone which is weigh about 20 tons were use to build the pillar and architraves of the temple. This temple attracts the viewer with its unique state of architecture and the work done on its walls, pillars and roof. The construction of these Temples is made up in north Indian 'nagara' style. Thousand years old, these temples crosses over two centuries, in terms of architecture and sculpture.

                  Khajuraho is filled with of passion, eroticism, dance and music and other finesses of creative arts depicted in its sculpture and images of the temples. Khajuraho temples attribute to the unique glory and special character. A thousand years ago, 85 temples which were splendorous in its looks and are splendidly carved, under the generous and artistic Rajput kings of Central India, had came up at one place, near the Khajuraho village.

                       The 9th to 12th century temples of Khajuraho are the evidences of the architectural brilliance during the times of Chandela dynasty. These temples represent religiosity, patronage, artistic genius and aesthetic sensibility all at once. Khajuraho temples are much different from any other temple city of India. It is not about religious conviction, worshipping and divinity. The temples of Khajuraho are instead famous for the eroticism etched on its walls in the form of sculptures. Khajuraho group of temples situated in the Centre of India is one of the most famous manifestations of Indian architecture. Over 20 of the original 85 temples had witness thousand of years despite being lost into obscurity they are still holding their identity from centuries.