barapullah – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com A blog exploring India's Ganga Jamuni Tehzeeb or its rich multi plural multi cultural heritage via its adab, tehzeeb & tareekh Sun, 08 Jul 2018 06:03:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://ranasafvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image-7-75x75.jpg barapullah – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com 32 32 179612229 The Mughal Barapapullah Bridge https://ranasafvi.com/the-mughal-barapapullah-bridge/ Sat, 07 Jul 2018 15:20:37 +0000 http://ranasafvi.com/?p=7271 This bridge was built by Khwajasara Meherbaan Agha over a stream of the Yamuna in 1602.It was used by the Mughals who came from Agra to cross Yamuna and reach Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah and Humayun’s Tomb.Today another bridge of the same name has been built and this is used as a vegetable market. It’s dirty and neglected.It has12 piers and 11 arches. But today the piers are hidden under rubbish and have to be searched for.

I couldn’t find the twelfth pillar, which I finally traced in someone’s house

more details in my bookThe Forgotten Cities of Delhi https://amzn.to/2uczskp

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