first burial – 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, 02 Apr 2017 18:40:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://ranasafvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image-7-75x75.jpg first burial – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com 32 32 179612229 In neglected Burhanpur, where Mumtaz Mahal once rested  https://ranasafvi.com/in-neglected-burhanpur-where-mumtaz-mahal-once-rested-httpwww-thehindu-comopinioncolumnsin-neglected-burhanpur-where-mumtaz-mahal-once-restedarticle17759131-ece/ https://ranasafvi.com/in-neglected-burhanpur-where-mumtaz-mahal-once-rested-httpwww-thehindu-comopinioncolumnsin-neglected-burhanpur-where-mumtaz-mahal-once-restedarticle17759131-ece/#comments Sun, 02 Apr 2017 04:23:27 +0000 http://ranasafvi.com/in-neglected-burhanpur-where-mumtaz-mahal-once-rested-httpwww-thehindu-comopinioncolumnsin-neglected-burhanpur-where-mumtaz-mahal-once-restedarticle17759131-ece/ In neglected Burhanpur, where Mumtaz Mahal once rested : http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/in-neglected-burhanpur-where-mumtaz-mahal-once-rested/article17759131.ece 

The enclosing walls
Inside the Aahukhana building
The sun set here long ago
I’m apalled and disturbed
The middle of nowhere ( now)
The Baghicha where Mumtaz Mahal was given her funeral
The mosque in the Baghicha
The Baghicha complex with mosque and Hauz for ghusl
The Baghicha building where her its is held
Apparently some repairs are to be done
The Tapti river from the Baghicha
This is supposed to be the Hauz where ghusl was given
Baghicha
Shiv temples on the Tapti river as seen from the Baghicha
State of disrepair
Did Shah Jahan need support when he came here to bid his empress goodbye!
Mosque in Baghicha
The only surviving Darwaza of the Aahukhana
Says Mumtaz Mahal Begum ki qabr
A baradari that is in danger of falling down. Once resting place of Mumtaz Mahal
A romantic attempt by me. The reality is much worse
Baradari in aahukhana where Mumtaz was initially buried
Can you imagine how many tears Shah Jahan would have wept here!
Baradari
The pillars can fall down any time – baradari
This is the baradari where Mumtaz Mahal was buried for 6 months

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