Sean's Blog: "Spiritual Communities"

Sunday, March 12, 2006

--- Photos from Fatehpur Sikri


Fatehpur Sikri is a well preserved but long deserted political hub… Emperor Akbar moved his rule out of Agra for a few years and set up camp in Fatehpur Sikri until he was chased out, probably for religious reasons (though some site lack of water)— Emperor Akbar was famously tolerant of Hinduism and other faiths, holding meetings with religious scholars from all faiths. Eventually, he ventured away from the Islamic religion of the Moghuls and created his own religion, something not well received by locals at Fatehpur Sikri. Here are some photos from the main complex there—the first one is from the mosque.
A woman looking through the beautiful lattice work of the tomb, (framed by the latticework I took the photo through!) each pane is carved from a single stone.
The main room of the mosque.
Boys playing at the pool in front of Akbar’s tomb.
Men talking inside the tomb. (And more stone lattice work!)

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