I frequently change the header picture of this diary based on my interest or mood. If you are curious about the picture, a short description & the credit source can be found here:
April 28, 2007: The Shalimar Gadrens, Srinagar, India. Built by Mughal emperor Jahangir who had taken several trips to the beautiful Kashmir with his wife, Noor Jehan. http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.tcl?site_id=8861
May 7, 2007: The Chauburji, Lahore, Pakistan, remnants of the gardens commissioned by princess Zeb un Nissa, daughter of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir, in 1646. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauburji
May 11, 2007: The Baltit Fort, Hunza, Pakistan. This fort with impressive woodwork is hundreds of years old and was used for residence by the Mirs (rulers) of the Hunza valley until it was abandoned in 1945. http://www.luxtreks.com/AN-ADVENTURE-IN-PAKISTAN.htm
May 28, 2007: The never-completed 17th century Lalbagh Fort, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Its construction began in 1678 under orders of the Mughal prince Muhammad Azam. After he was recalled by his father, emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir, his successor Nawab Shaista Khan supervised the construction. Upon the death of his daughter, Bibi Pari, who was bethroed to the prince and whose tomb is in the foreground of the picture, the project was abandoned. http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.tcl?site_id=5441
June 12, 2007: Neelum Valley, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. http://flickr.com/photos/35663537@N00/116275654/
June 29, 2007: Turnpike, Florida.
July 8, 2007: The Taj Mahal. http://flickr.com/photos/osebo/448590764/
July 19, 2007: Sultan Ahmet Mosque (also known as the Blue Mosque), Istanbul, Turkey. http://flickr.com/photos/dmeurer/243626872/
August 3, 2007: Daytona Beach, Florida
August 26, 2007: Meher. Was trying to do something artistic when wordpress gave up on me. So you & I are both stuck with these humongous eyes (I can’t view the final picture, it may have one or both eyes) staring in our face.
August 26, 2007: Taj Mahal, Agra. http://flickr.com/photos/lgale/1245866918/
August 31, 2007: Meher
October 3, 2007: Charminar, Hyderabad, India. http://www.theodora.com/wfb/photos/india/india_photos_9.html
October 7, 2007: Sikkim, India. http://flickr.com/photos/mishox/645143456/
January 8, 2007: Meher
January 14, 2007: Shalamar Gardens, Lahore, Pakistan, built by Mughal emperor Shah Jehan in the 1600s. http://flickr.com/photos/70511280@N00/187139043/
January 15, 2008: Tomb of Mughal empress Noor Jehan. http://flickr.com/photos/ataab/90613402/
January 31, 2008: Indian miniature painting. http://flickr.com/photos/celeste33/264729425/
February 5, 2008: Daytona Beach, Florida. Photographed in December 2006. May be read left to right or right to left.
February 9, 2008: The Harem at the Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, Turkey. Added to the palace in the 1500s, it has over 300 rooms. http://flickr.com/photos/purplecloud/484010965/
March 3, 2008: Ice on the foothills of the Himalayas draining into Lake Saif ul Malook in the Kaghan Valley, Pakistan. http://flickr.com/photos/aliiftikhar/137219115/sizes/o/
May 2, 2008: Meher, photographed on her 26th
May 9, 2008: Shahi Masjid, Chiniot, Pakistan, built in the 16th century. Chiniot is a city on the bank of River Chenab. http://archnet.org/library/images/thumbnails.jsp?location_id=1799
June 24, 2008: View from the Baltit Fort in the foothills of the Himalayas, Pakistan. http://flickr.com/photos/toufeeque/329007841/sizes/o/
July 8, 2008: Golestan Palace in Tehran, Iran. First built by Shah Tahmasp in 1500s, renovations & additions by different rulers. View of the gardens from Khalvat e Karimkhani. http://www.flickr.com/photos/friend_faraway/486880561/sizes/l/
August 8, 2008: The Alhambra, palace and fortress complex of the Muslim Moorish rulers of Spain in Grenada, Spain, completed in the 1300s. http://flickr.com/photos/8354235@N05/1173683542/sizes/o/
August 23, 2008: The Shalamar Gardens, Lahore, Pakistan, completed in 1642 by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jehan, originally located on the bank of River Ravi. http://flickr.com/photos/70511280@N00/187139043/sizes/o/
wut abt the header displaying OUR SHOES/LEGS? :P
Info is provided only for post-April 28th, 2007, headers [:)]
Meher: thanks for visiting my blog and leaving the translated verse by our dear Princess.
The picture you have posted used to be a lovely monument with gardens. And this is what the inscription says at the top:
This garden, in the pattern of Paradise,
has been founded
The garden has been bestowed on Mian
Bai
By the beauty of Zebinda Begam, the lady
of the age
Perhaps you may have read more details in my article here -
http://razarumi.wordpress.com/about/mughal-princess-zebunnissa/
not updated….!!!
yanee ke no post, but change of pic :D
i repeat: yanee ke no post, but change of pic :D
turnpike or I-75?
Baji, the picture was taken on Turnpike.
this section needs sum updating!!!
Done! Thank you for the reminder.
watan-e-azeez pakistan ko na bhoolo ;)
i like you eye!!! MA
i luvs the new header!