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New-Delhi (Inde) - Arrivé à New-Delhi depuis quelques heures, je suis descendu à mon hôtel habituel dans le quartier de Paharganj, non loin de « New-Delhi Railway station ».
Il n’est pas tard et je suis vite dans la rue pour retrouver l’ambiance de ce quartier. C’est mon camp de base. J’y suis un peu chez moi. Pourtant, ce jour là il fait terriblement chaud. On frise les 45°. L’air est tellement chaud qu’il brûle les poumons. Je ne suis pas un adepte de la climatisation, préférant un bon vieux ventilateur, mais n’ayant pas eu le temps de m’acclimater, l'air conditionné est la seule option pour ne pas faire un malaise. Je me dirige vers un restaurant où j’ai mes habitudes. C’est en me précipitant vers ce havre de fraîcheur que je prends cette photo au hasard, sans vraiment viser. J’ai appuyé un peu automatiquement sur le déclencheur car en raison de l’enfer qui grille mes poumons, je n’ai pas trop l’esprit à la photo. J’ai soif.
Les chauffeurs des rickshaws et de taxis ont l’ordre de ne pas circuler pendant plusieurs heures afin de faire tomber le niveau de pollution. Delhi est devenue la capitale la plus polluée du monde.
Heatwave
New Delhi (India) - Having arrived in New Delhi a few hours ago, I stayed at my usual hotel in the Paharganj district, not far from the New Delhi Railway station.
It's not late and I quickly hit the street to find the atmosphere of this neighborhood. It’s my base camp and I feel at home there. However, that day it was terribly hot: it was approaching 45°. The air is so hot that it burns your lungs. I'm not a fan of air conditioning, preferring a good old fan, but I didn't have time to acclimatize. In this blazing heat, air conditioning is the only solution to avoid feeling unwell. I head to a restaurant where I have my habits. It was while rushing towards this haven of freshness that I took this photo at random, without aiming. I pressed the shutter button a little automatically because due to the hell that is frying my lungs, I don't really have the mind to take the photo. I am thirsty.
Rickshaw and taxi drivers are ordered not to drive for several hours in order to reduce pollution levels. Delhi has become the most polluted capital in the world.
Lodi Gardens is a city park situated in New Delhi. Spread over 90 acres (360,000 m2), it contains Muhammad Shah's tomb, the tomb of Sikandar Lodi, the Shisha Gumbad and the Bara Gumbad. These monuments date from the late Delhi Sultanate, during the Sayyid dynasty (r. 1414–1451) and Lodi dynasty (r. 1451–1526). At this time, the Delhi Sultanate's territory included parts of present-day North India and the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
As there is little architecture dating to the Sayyid and the Lodi periods still standing, Lodi Gardens is an important archaeological site, and is protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). The gardens are situated between Khan Market and Safdarjung's Tomb on Lodi Road and are a popular spot for morning walks for Delhiites.
Shish Gumbad, also spelt Shisha Gumbad, is a tomb from the Lodi dynasty and is thought to have possibly been constructed between 1489 and 1517 CE; the historian Simon Digby has argued on the basis of an inscription in the adjoining mosque that it was completed in 1494 CE. The Shish Gumbad (glass dome) houses graves, whose occupants are not unequivocally identifiable. Historians have suggested, the structure might have been dedicated either to an unknown family, which was part of the Lodi family and of Sikandar Lodi's court, or to Bahlul Lodi (died 12 July 1489) himself, who was chief of the Afghan Lodi tribe, founder and Sultan of the Lodi dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.
Shish Gumbad is situated in the Lodi Gardens in Delhi and the area where the tomb is situated was formally called village Khairpur.
The exact date of construction of Shish Gumbad is not known. There are four monuments (tombs) in the Lodi Gardens including the Shish Gumbad. The oldest of the four tombs is the tomb of Muhammad Shah (who belonged to the Sayyid dynasty). Shah's tomb was constructed in 1444 CE by Ala-ud-din Alam Shah. During the rule of Sikander Lodi, the Bara Gumbad and adjacent mosque were constructed. Sikander Lodi's tomb was built by Ibrahim Lodi in 1517. The Shish Gumbad is said to have been constructed between 1489-1517 CE by Ibrahim Lodi.
Among historians there is no agreement on who the occupants of the graves inside the structure are. The Shish Gumbad might have been dedicated either to an unknown family, which was part of the Lodi family and of Sikandar Lodi's court, or to Bahlul Lodi (died 12 July 1489) himself, who was chief of the Afghan Lodi tribe, and founder and Sultan of the Lodi dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.
Initially, all the monuments were built independently and were not in one confine. In early 20th century, a park was developed which was inaugurated by Lady Willingdon on 9 Apr 1936 bringing the four monuments in one confine.
Qutb Minar is a 73-metre (239.5 feet) tall tapering tower of five storeys. Its design is thought to have been based on the Minaret of Jam, in western Afghanistan.
normalement, les passagères s'assoient en amazone. Il y a même un repose-pied prévu à cet effet sur la moto.
Lodi Garden
New Delhi
BKC_0452a
Date Shot: 06-12-2012
Nikon D800
Nikon 75-150mm 3.5 AI-s Series E
Aperture Priority
Charbagh or Chahar Bagh (Persian: چهارباغ, chahār bāgh, "Four Bāghs") is a Persian-style garden layout. The quadrilateral garden is divided by walkways or flowing water into four smaller parts.[1] In Persian, "Chār" means 'four' and "bāgh" means 'garden'.
One of the hallmarks of Persian gardens is the four-part garden laid out with axial paths that intersect at the garden's centre. This highly structured geometrical scheme, called the chahar bagh, became a powerful metaphor for the organization and domestication of the landscape, itself a symbol of political territory.