Interesting facts and anecdotes combine with beautiful photographs and exclusive illustrations to bring alive the Jama Masjid. This book narrates the story of a grand edifice, its architectural details and its surroundings through the centuries. Turn some pages of "Jama Masjid-Call of the Soul" and you can visualise yourself going up a majestic flight of steps that leads to the great mosque. This splendid structure, a witness to changing times, stands on a rocky hill in the heart of Delhi. Here, the old and new come together to tell a tale of this doorway to paradise. Right from Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan's vision to the present day festivities during Eid, stories, myths, legends intertwine with facts and figures to present a tribute to the wonder that is the Jama Masjid.The Foreword is written by Professor Mushirul Hasan, Vice Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
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NL Batra has been closely associated with historical monuments in India for well over four decades. Retired as Superintending Engineer with the Archaeological Survey of India, NL Batra's deep and penetrative research has been of immense value in understanding the architecture and construction of heritage monuments, particularly those of the Mughal period. He has studied these jewels of Indian architecture from close quarters. Delhi's Jama Masjid has for long been his favourite. He finds it unique and the one that could easily be compared to the Taj Mahal in Agra for its sheer architectural marvel. However, what amazes him is that not many writers or critics have documented the mosque's magnificence and unique splendour. A prolific writer, who has regularly contributed to periodicals in India and abroad, NL Batra took up the challenge to highlight facts and attributes of the Jama Masjid, which had so far remained unknown. Jama Masjid: Call of the Soul is a realisation of his dream. His book Dillis Red Fort: by the Yamuna on heritage conservation, preservation and restoration of monuments received wide acclaim from scholars and historians. A civil engineer with an A.M.I.E. degree, NL Batra is a faculty member with a number of institutions connected with monuments, their conservation and preservation.
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