Ornate Door
India Day 2 - Delhi
Cycling to Naughara, although showing the wear and tear of time, each doorway is ornately carved and painted.
Naughara (literally nine houses) is a small gali (alley) off Kinari Bazar. There used to be many of these tiny gated streets in Old Delhi in the days of Shah Jahan, but sadly few remain.
The nine houses, which are still residential homes, feature carved stone facades with latticed balconies and scalloped archways, typical of Mughal architecture, framed with carved flowers and vines. The havelis have beautifully carved wooden archways around brightly coloured doorways. Most of the facades are now painted in a rainbow of colours, but the base is the same sandstone seen on havelis throughout the old city. Outside each door is a ‘potted garden’ of greenery.
Info. courtesy of www.flickr.com/photos/fabindia/
Ornate Door
India Day 2 - Delhi
Cycling to Naughara, although showing the wear and tear of time, each doorway is ornately carved and painted.
Naughara (literally nine houses) is a small gali (alley) off Kinari Bazar. There used to be many of these tiny gated streets in Old Delhi in the days of Shah Jahan, but sadly few remain.
The nine houses, which are still residential homes, feature carved stone facades with latticed balconies and scalloped archways, typical of Mughal architecture, framed with carved flowers and vines. The havelis have beautifully carved wooden archways around brightly coloured doorways. Most of the facades are now painted in a rainbow of colours, but the base is the same sandstone seen on havelis throughout the old city. Outside each door is a ‘potted garden’ of greenery.
Info. courtesy of www.flickr.com/photos/fabindia/