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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Aayatein



These are verses, called Aayatein, from Quran engraved on the Qutub Minar. Such inscriptions are a common factor across the Mughal monuments. What these writings, in Arabic, mean, I have no idea but as an aesthetic attribute to the Mughal buildings they add a lot of beauty.

5 comments:

अविनाश said...

nice click

amatamari© said...

wonderful!!!!!!

magiceye said...

that is interesting. was not aware of this.

Kris McCracken said...

It is very beautiful.

Rohit Kshirsagar said...

So what does the word aayatein mean?

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