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The India Gate is a war memorial located near the Rajpath (officially called Kartavya path) on the eastern edge of the "ceremonial axis" of New Delhi. It stands as a memorial to 74,187 soldiers of the Indian Army who died between 1914 and 1921 in the First World War, in France, Flanders, Mesopotamia, Persia, East Africa, Gallipoli and elsewhere in the Near and the Far East, and the Third Anglo-Afghan War. 13,300 servicemen's names, including some soldiers and officers from the United Kingdom, are inscribed on the gate. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the gate evokes the architectural style of the ancient Roman triumphal arches such as the Arch of Constantine in Rome, and later memorial arches; it is often compared to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, and the Gateway of India in Mumbai.
Following the Bangladesh Liberation war in 1972, a structure consisting of a black marble plinth with a reversed rifle, capped by a war helmet and bounded by four eternal flames, was built beneath the archway. This structure, called Amar Jawan Jyoti (Flame of the Immortal Soldier), has since 1971 served as India's tomb of the unknown soldier. India Gate is counted amongst the largest war memorials in India and every Republic Day, the Prime Minister visits the Gate to pay their tributes to the Amar Jawan Jyoti, following which the Republic Day parade starts. India Gate is often a location for civil society protests, and is popular with tourists.
The India Gate was part of the work of the Imperial War Graves Commission, which came into existence in December 1917 under the British rule for building war graves and memorials to soldiers who were killed in the First World War. The foundation stone of the Gate, then called the All India War Memorial, was laid on 10 February 1921, at 16:30 hrs, by the visiting Duke of Connaught in a ceremony attended by officers and men of the Imperial Indian Army, Imperial Service Troops, the Commander-in-Chief, and Lord Chelmsford, the Viceroy. On the occasion, the Viceroy is reported to have said, "The stirring tales of individual heroism, will live forever in the annals of this country", and that the memorial which was a tribute to the memory of heroes, "known and unknown", would inspire future generations to endure hardships with similar fortitude and "no less valor". The Duke also read out a message from the King, which said, "On this spot, in the central vista of the Capital of India, there will stand a Memorial Archway, designed to keep", in the thoughts of future generations, "the glorious sacrifice of the officers and men of the Indian Army who fought and fell". During the ceremony, the Deccan Horse, 3rd Sappers and Miners, 6th Jat Light Infantry, 34th Sikh Pioneers, 39th Garhwal Rifles, 59th Scinde Rifles (Frontier Force), 117th Mahrattas, and 5th Gurkha Rifles. The land was owned by contractor Sir Sobha Singh who helped construct large tracts of New Delhi and was the primary contractor.
Ten years after the foundation stone's laying on 12 February 1931, the memorial was inaugurated by Lord Irwin, who, on the occasion, said "those who after us shall look upon this monument may learn in pondering its purpose something of that sacrifice and service which the names upon its walls record." In the decade between the laying of foundation stone of the memorial and its inauguration, the rail-line was shifted to run along the Yamuna River, and the New Delhi Railway Station was opened in 1926.
The Gate, which is illuminated every evening from 19:00 hrs to 21:30 hrs, today serves as one of Delhi's most important tourist attractions. Cars used to travel through the gate until it was closed to traffic.[citation needed] The Republic Day Parade starts from Rashtrapati Bhavan and passes around the India Gate.[citation needed] India gate is often a location for civil society protests, including demonstrations in response to the 2011 anti-corruption movement.
In 2017, the India Gate was twinned with the Arch of Remembrance in Leicester, England, another Lutyens war memorial, following a very similar design but on a smaller scale. In a ceremony, India's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom laid a wreath at the arch in Leicester and the British High Commissioner to India laid one at the India Gate.
E’ pur nostro il disfarsi delle sere.
E per noi è la stria che dal mare
sale al parco e ferisce gli aloè.
Puoi condurmi per mano, se tu fingi
di crederti con me, se ho la follia
di seguirti lontano e ciò che stringi,
ciò che dici, m’appare in tuo potere.
Fosse tua vita quella che mi tiene
sulle soglie - e potrei prestarti un volto,
vaneggiarti figura. Ma non è,
non è così. Il polipo che insinua
tentacoli d’inchiostro tra gli scogli
può servirsi di te. Tu gli appartieni
e non lo sai. Sei lui, ti credi te.
Eugenio Montale
ed una piccola serenata triste. a voce sbilenca, come il disfarsi delle sere.
Hey FLUIDVILLE 💦 I got some hawt for you! Presenting the Indi Collection, coming with a safety pinned skin tight slique mini dress open and sexy, paired with a knife garter in case you have to cut a b*tch which also includes a blood option on the Garter Hud. You know they love to hate on bad b*tches. gotta keep my dolls prepared! Coming to cakeday tomorrow. 3/13. Save the date!!
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Well, it's snowing again. 3 inches down and a few more to follow by morning. Ohio in the winter... never know what will happen.
Indi-ana decides to brave the cold and pose for a few photos. Here's my little snow bunny.
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Un caro saluto a tutti coloro che mi hanno lasciato una traccia del loro passaggio, nei commenti alla foto precedente.
Fa tanto piacere vedere che non si viene dimenticati :)
Il tentativo di essere più presente naufraga purtroppo in un mare di impegni che invece di diminuire, aumentano. :(
Ma, come vedete, ritorno...
Ritorno sempre :)
Le Taj Mahal (en hindi : ताज महल, en ourdou et persan : تاجمحل), qui signifie « Palais de la Couronne », est situé à Âgrâ, au bord de la rivière Yamunâ dans l'État de l'Uttar Pradesh en Inde. C'est un mausolée de marbre blanc construit par l'empereur moghol Shâh Jahân en mémoire de son épouse Arjumand Bânu Begam, aussi connue sous le nom de Mumtaz Mahal, qui signifie en persan « la lumière du palais ». Elle meurt le 17 juin 1631 en donnant naissance à leur quatorzième enfant alors qu'elle allait à la campagne. Elle trouve une première sépulture sur place dans le jardin Zainabad à Burhampur. Suite à sa mort survenue le 31 janvier 1666, son époux fut inhumé auprès d'elle.
La construction commence en 1631. Cependant, il demeure une incertitude sur la date exacte de la fin des travaux. Le chroniqueur officiel de Shâh Jahân, Abdul Hamid Lahori indique que le Taj Mahal est achevé fin 1643 ou début 1644. Mais à l'entrée principale une inscription indique que la construction s'est achevée en 1648. L'État de l'Uttar Pradesh, qui a célébré officiellement le 350e anniversaire de l'édifice en 2004, affirme quant à lui que les travaux se sont achevés en 1654. Parmi les 20 000 personnes qui ont travaillé sur le chantier, on trouve des maîtres artisans venant d'Europe et d'Asie centrale. L'architecte principal fut Usad Ahmad de Lahore. Le 7 juillet 2007, le célèbre monument a été désigné comme l'une des sept nouvelles merveilles du monde.
Le Taj Mahal est construit en utilisant des matériaux provenant de diverses régions de l'Inde et du reste de l'Asie. Plus de 1 000 éléphants sont employés pour transporter les matériaux de construction durant l'édification. Le marbre blanc est extrait du Rajasthan, le jaspe vient du Panjâb, la turquoise et la malachite du Tibet, le lapis-lazuli du Sri Lanka, le corail de la mer Rouge, la cornaline de Perse et du Yémen, l'onyx du Deccan et de Perse, les grenats du Gange et du Boundelkhand, l'agate du Yémen et de Jaisalmer, le cristal de roche de l'Himalaya. En tout, 28 types de pierres fines ou ornementales polychromes ont été utilisés pour composer les motifs de marqueterie incrustés dans le marbre blanc.
Le dôme central du tombeau est entouré par quatre minarets identiques, qui s'inclinent vers l'extérieur de telle sorte qu'en cas de tremblement de terre, ils s'écroulent dans la direction opposée au tombeau. À la gauche du monument se trouve une mosquée, faite de grès rouge, qui a été construite afin de sanctifier l'endroit et fournir un lieu de culte aux pèlerins. Du côté droit, se trouve une réplique symétrique exacte de la mosquée, connue sous le nom de jawab (« réponse »), destinée à maintenir la symétrie architecturale mais qui n'est pas employée comme mosquée car elle n'est pas orientée vers La Mecque. Enfin, à l'avant du monument se trouvait le charbâgh (« quatre jardins ») traditionnel persan planté d'arbres, et où poussaient des fleurs en abondance. Le vice-roi britannique Lord Curzon a remplacé ce jardin par des pelouses typiquement britanniques.
Joyau le plus parfait de l'art musulman en Inde (et construit en grande partie par le savoir-faire de la main d'œuvre hindoue, qui donna à l'architecture islamique son « identité » indienne, – par le soin des décors, la finesse du travail de la pierre, etc.), il est l'un des chefs-d'œuvre universellement admirés du patrimoine de l'humanité.
Le complexe du Taj Mahal est inscrit au patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO depuis 1983.
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The restored 'India of Inchinnan' art deco building. The 'rear' of the building has had a sympathetic modern extension added which has now become the main entrance.
India cricket captain for the forthcoming Test series Anil Kumble (L) talks with teammate Mahendra Singh Dhoni during a training session at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground in New Delhi 20 November 2007. India and Pakistan are schedule to play a three-Test match series, with the first match to be played in Delhi from 22 to 26 November. Anil Kumble returns to his happy hunting ground in the opening Test against Pakistan, hoping to begin his new innings as India captain on a winning note. AFP PHOTO/ Prakash Singh (Photo credit should read PRAKASH SINGH/AFP/Getty Images)