Showing posts with label Agrasen ki baoli. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Agrasen ki baoli. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Agrasen ki baoli

Sometimes the best stuff is what you find under the surface.

Over in the heart of Delhi's business district is the Agrasen ki baoli--a step well.


It was built about 700 years ago, and no longer houses any water, but the structure is still intact.

What I find kind of fascinating is that while all the architecture around it, goes upward into the sky, the baoli is "inside out", going down into the ground instead.

It has a little bit of end-of-the-monsoon extra greenness just now. But it goes well with the overall look.

The baoli is also a favorite hangout of pigeons--many pigeons. Taking pictures is kind of like a pigeon photo shoot.
As much as I despise them, they did give me a few good poses.
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Click the above image for a slideshow.