#wallmosque #qanatkimasjid #Jorbagh #Delhi #mosques #qibla #mihrab – 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 Fri, 26 Jun 2020 06:40:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://ranasafvi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image-7-75x75.jpg #wallmosque #qanatkimasjid #Jorbagh #Delhi #mosques #qibla #mihrab – Rana Safvi https://ranasafvi.com 32 32 179612229 Qanaat ki Masjid, Jorbagh, New Delhi https://ranasafvi.com/qanaat-ki-masjid-jorbagh-new-delhi/ https://ranasafvi.com/qanaat-ki-masjid-jorbagh-new-delhi/#respond Wed, 24 Jun 2020 10:04:00 +0000 https://ranasafvi.com/?p=36325 Qanaat ki Masjid (wall Mosque with just a wall with a mihrab to denote qibla and a platform to pray on for private use).

The word qanat means awning.

Qanat ki masjid

later Mughal period. Around the same time or later ~ after the Jorbagh #karbala was built

Jorbagh #wallmosque #mihrab #qibla #masjid

]]> https://ranasafvi.com/qanaat-ki-masjid-jorbagh-new-delhi/feed/ 0 36325 Chatri of Maharaja Gangadhar Rao Newalkar in Jhansi https://ranasafvi.com/chatri-of-maharaja-gangadhar-rao-newalkar-in-jhansi/ Thu, 10 Jan 2019 06:54:56 +0000 https://ranasafvi.com/chatri-of-maharaja-gangadhar-rao-newalkar-in-jhansi/ Maharaja Gangadhar Rao was the ruler of Jhansi. His wife Laxmibai built this chatri after his death in 1853

]]> 11885 Painting of Rani Laxmibai https://ranasafvi.com/painting-of-rani-laxmibai/ Wed, 05 Dec 2018 02:23:08 +0000 http://ranasafvi.com/painting-of-rani-laxmibai/ ‪On June 17, 1858, during the fighting a #Kotah-ki-Serai, five miles south east of #Gwalior, Rani #Laxmibai dressed in male attire, was shot at and fell from her horse.‬

‪This is a late 19th century #Bundela painting in Jhansi #museum‬

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