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Out and About in Delhi

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 Out and About in Delhi Click on any photo to see them all in larger format. One Wonders.... ...what one might be eating in Delhi. Tourism while Shopping On our way to do the grocery shopping at INA Market, we detoured a few minutes to see some Mughal tombs, interesting for their location in a populous neighborhood, where apartments buildings now surround them.  It's wonderful to see that such structures are valued; indeed, they might have been torn down for their valuable building materials.  What purpose they serve the people of these neighborhoods, we did not ask.  Next time. The Chote Khan tombs are largely unrestored.  The grave markers are heavily weathered from more than 500???? years of time.  Some areas of the outer wall seem minimally restored, but the interior walls and ceilings have lost most of their plaster and paint. Red sandstone carving withstands weathering comparatively well.  Unrestored