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More women and children will have an affordable, safe and secure place to go, as 150 homes are either opening or starting construction in four different locations throughout the province.
M526 (Left to right.) Josh Duhamel and Mimi Kirkland star in Relativity Media's "Safe Haven." © 2012 Safe Haven Productions. All Rights Reserved.
Qutub Minar, at 74 meters, is the tallest brick minaret in the world, and the second tallest minar in India after Fateh Burj at Mohali. Qutub Minar, along with the ancient and medieval monuments surrounding it, form the Qutb Complex, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The tower is located in the Mehrauli area of Delhi, India. Made of red sandstone and marble, Qutub Minar is a 73 meter tall tapering tower with a diameter measuring 14.32 meters at the base and 2.75 meters at the peak. Inside the tower, a circular staircase with 379 steps leads to the top. Qutub Minar station is the closest station on the Delhi Metro.
In 1200 CE, Qutub-ud-Din Aibak, the founder of the Delhi Sultanate started construction of the Qutub Minar. In 1220, Aibak's successor and son-in-law Iltutmish added three storeys to the tower. In 1369, lightning struck the top storey, destroying it completely and Firoz Shah Tughlaq carried out restoration work replacing the damaged storey with two new storeys, made of red sandstone and white marble.
Qutub Minar is surrounded by several historically significant monuments, which are historically connected with the tower and are part of the Qutb Complex. These include the Iron Pillar of Delhi, Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque, Alai Darwaza, the Tomb of Iltutmish, Alai Minar, Ala-ud-din's Madrasa and Tomb, and the Tomb of Imam Zamin. Other minor monuments include Major Smith's Cupola and Sanderson's Sundial.
HISTORY
The construction of Qutub Minar was commissioned by Qutub-ud-Din Aibak, the founder of the Delhi Sultanate in 1199 AD. The minar was built on the ruins of the Lal Kot, the Red Citadel in the city of Dhillika. Aibak's successor Iltutmish added three more storeys to complete the tower.
It has not been established with certainty whether Qutub Minar has been named after Qutbu l-Din Aibak, the emperor who commissioned its construction or Qutbuddin Bakhtiar kaki, the famous Sufi saint.
The culture of tower architecture was established in India before the arrival of the Turks. However, there is no evidence on record to confirm that the Qutb Minar was inspired or influenced by earlier Rajput towers. Numerous inscriptions in Parso-Arabic and Nagari characters in different sections of the Qutb Minar reveal the history of its construction. According to the inscriptions on its surface it was repaired by Firoz Shah Tughlaq (1351–89) and Sikandar Lodi (1489–1517).
The Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque, located to the north of Qutb Minar, was built by Qutbu l-Din Aibak in 1192. It is one of the earliest surviving mosque in the Indian subcontinent. Later, an arched screen was erected and the mosque was enlarged by Iltutmish (1210–35) and Ala-ud-din Khilji.
The topmost storey was damaged by lightning in 1368 A.D. and was rebuilt by Firoz Shah Tughlaq. Firoz Shah Tughlaq built two floors one of which can be distinguished easily as it was built of white marble. In 1505, an earthquake damaged Qutb Minar and the damage was repaired by Sikandar Lodi. On 1 August 1803, a major earthquake again caused serious damage to Qutb Minar. Major Robert Smith of the British Indian Army renovated the tower in 1828 and installed a cupola to the top of Qutb Minar. The cupola was later taken down under instructions from Lord Hardinge, then Governor General of India and was installed to the east of Qutb Minar, where it rests now.
ARCHITECTURE
The Minar is made of red sandstone covered with intricate carvings and verses from the Qur'an. The Minar comprises several superposed flanged and cylindrical shafts, separated be balconies carried on Muqarnas corbels. The first three storeys are made of red sandstone; the fourth and fifth storeys are of marble and sandstone. At the foot of the tower is the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque. The minar tilts just over 60 cm from the vertical, which is considered to be within safe limits, although experts have stated that monitoring is needed in case rainwater seepage further weakens the foundation.
The nearby 7 meters high Iron Pillar from Gupta empire is a metallurgical curiosity. The pillar standing in the Qutb complex has Brahmic inscriptions on it and predates the Islamic minar.
ACCIDENT
Before 1974, the general public was allowed access to the top of the minar accessed through a narrow staircase. On 4 December 1981, 45 people were killed in the stampede that followed an electricity failure that plunged the tower's staircase into darkness. Most of the victims were children because, at the time school children were allowed free access to historical monuments on Fridays. Subsequently, public access to the inside of the tower has been banned.
IN POPULARE CULTURE
Bollywood actor and director Dev Anand wanted to shoot the song Dil Ka Bhanwar Kare Pukar from his movie Tere Ghar Ke Samne inside the minar. However, the cameras in that era were too big to fit inside the tower's narrow passage, and the song was shot inside a replica of the tower instead. The site served as the pitstop of the second leg of the second season of The Amazing Race Australia, the Australian version of the Emmy-winning series The Amazing Race. This is the first Indian monument to have an E-ticket facility.
A picture of the minaret is featured on the Travel Cards issued by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. A recently launched start-up in collaboration with Archaeological survey of India has made a 360 degree walkthrough of Qutub minar available.
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M520 Julianne Hough and Josh Duhamel star in Relativity Media's "Safe Haven." © 2012 Safe Haven Productions. All Rights Reserved.
Photo Credit: James Bridges
Martika Phoenix and Dewitt Hudson learn about sexual health at the Safer Sex Games, sponsored by Adagio Health, in the Food Court on February 9.
well i can safely say that these were one of, if not the hardest set of pipes i've done. this shows the passengers side pipes tuned length.
This photo was taken for the 85mm Street Photography Contest "Headline". The contest rule required that the photo be taken in Dec, 2011 in black and white and a square format. This is my first photography challenge and it taught me to appreciate black and white and the square format.
This safe is great for small businesses. There is an internal locking drawer, an open slide out drawer, a small shelf, a letter size hanging file folder and a key storage area. There are multiple versions of this safe, this is the better one with a 2-hour fire rating (vs 1 hour standard) and is certified to protect digital media during a fire (ie: important company file backups! video tapes, cd-roms, dvds, etc...)
For more information go here:
Sentry Safe For Sale Langley, BC, Canada
First place to visit was the power plant.
Progress on the ''Chernobyl New Safe Confinement'' is coming along. If they can keep up the pace, the second section is will be ready soon.
24 May 2009 - the former so-called 'safe zone' where the sri lanka army and airforce killed over 20,000 Tamil civilians and injured over 50,000 - GENOCIDE
M472 (Left to Right.) Novelist/producer, Nicholas Sparks with stars Julianne Hough and Josh Duhamel on the set of Relativity Media's "Safe Haven." © 2012 Safe Haven Productions. All Rights Reserved. Photo Credit: James Bridges
I guess when walking a gold trail you must find the jackpot, even if by Photoshop :-) This old safe from the company office is real but I borrowed a well known Australian hero and a bit of gold off the spot market.
Hope you have a good Sunday. It is bright and sunny here but not exactly warm.
Processed from RAW to reclaim the sky with recovery and fill to see inside the safe. Then Topaz a bit heavy handed and had to blur the sky for noise reduction. Ned Kelly can be found further back on my stream but the gold is just a Fractalius of my imagination.
Mirinda, Skittles, and I wish everyone going to BCNY safe travels and hope you have lots of fun!!! Looking forward to seeing photos and the live stream!
When I set out for a desert adventure with my little brother, I left Avi at home in Grenada...
When we arrived back to the midwest we found Avi patiently awaiting our safe return in Minnesota.
Duluth, MN USA
(July 28, 2012)
Safed is an old and quaint town in the northern part of Israel not too far west of the Golan Heights. We were there in the middle afternoon when school was letting out. Before touring the shopping district we visited a Druze part of town where we were introduced to the religion by a Druze woman who opened her home to us and then served lunch of typical Israeli dishes.
This series of mosaics is a set composed of photos I recently took on an eleven day trip (my first) to Israel. They're not meant to be a scholarly testament to my travels but simply a documentation of my trip and a reminder of what I saw and felt. Mosaics are one of my favorite presentations for telling a story or presenting a theme. Click on each to get a large view of the individual photos, each is usually 1024 pixels wide.