Old Delhi,
India (2013
& 2016)
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Red Fort, Old Delhi (2013):
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Gurudwara Sis Ganj
Sahib, Chandni Chowk,
Old Delhi (2016):
This gurudwara (place of worship for Sikhs) was established
in 1783 to commemorate the martyrdom the ninth Sikh Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur. It is situated at the site where Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded on the orders of the Mughal
emperor in 1675 for refusing to convert to Islam. The present structure
was built in 1930.
Left: Darbar Sahib (prayer hall). Right: Palki
(canopy) housing the Guru Granth Sahib (Holy
Scripture of Sikhism, regarded by Sikhs as the final, sovereign
and eternal living Guru).
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Musicians and
singers, near the Palki.
In the
community kitchen of the gurudwara, volunteers help prepare
free meals for thousands of people needing them. Left: large cauldron filled
with lentil soup on powerful burners. Center left: preparing chapati dough. Center right and right: cooking chapatis.
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Chaumukha Mandir
(Hindu temple), Chawri Bazar, Old Delhi (2016):
Three of the
deity statues inside the temple, from left to right: Shiva, Ganesh, and
pantheon of deities.
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Other views of deity statues in the
temple.
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In the street
outside the temple. Left: deity representation (?) using flowers. Right: green
peppers, lemons and flowers mounted on short threads, supposed to keep away the
evil eye and jealousy. Most merchants of Chawri Bazar
buy one such thread after their morning prayers in a temple and attach it to
the front doors of their shops.
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Spice bazaar, Old Delhi (2016):
Street in the
bazaar (left) and bags of yellow turmeric (right).
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Views from a
rooftop: delicacies drying on another roof (left) and Jama
Masjid seen at a distance (right).
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Street scenes, Old Delhi (2013 &
2016):
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Cluster of buildings around a
courtyard, Old Delhi (2016):
