More Delhi

I spoke too soon! Breakfast disagreed with Fran, she headed right back to bed, and Bob set out to explore.



First stop was Humayun's Tomb, which later provided the basic design idea for the Taj Mahal in Agra. Large grounds and gardens, separate tombs for his barber and astrologer (seriously), and the tomb is still largely intact today. Renovation work including extensive stonework is underway. I saw female stone masons! Another first.

Today is the first day of Diwali, and flowers are a common gift. I walked through one of Delhi's large flower markets, and watched entire families preparing marigolds and dozens of other flowers to be taken home and given as gifts.



Afterward we walked through the Qutub Minar, a 234-foot high minaret constructed as part of a large Moslem mosque when the country was invaded about 400 years ago.

Lunch was at the Lodi Gardens. In the afternoon I visited the Sikh temple during afternoon prayers, and to view the kitchens where volunteers cook for, and feed any persons who show up, at any time, on any day. Sikhs believe in one God instead of many (Hinduism), but today these groups seem to coexist more easily than others.