Friday the 13th

Many Indians are superstitious but it didn’t stop them from being out on the streets. The crowds were heaving just the same. Amongst the many we decided to seek out some of those Historical sites that we had not previously had time to visit.

Our first stop was Humayan’s Tomb

 This tomb was built in the mid 16^th century by Haji Begum. This is what the  history books suggest at least. As Haji was the senior wife of the Mughal emperor Humayun I am guessing she probably didn’t get her hands dirty and in fact it would have been built by many hundreds of artisans once she suggested it was a good idea?

It is beautifully proportioned and quite spectacular and apparently created a style that then influenced the design of the mighty Taj Mahal,

You could spend hours here although we didn’t, too many things to do!

We headed off and made our way to Raj Ghat.

 
Raj Ghat is where Gandhi was cremated after he was assassinated back in 1948. His memorial is a large black marble platform set in a big beautiful park. Many people appear to be quite moved by the experience of visiting this important place. A continual procession of people made us stop and think of what Gandi means to India.

The day was getting on so we made our way home to prepare for our journey to Agra tomorrow, the home to the incredible Taj Mahal.