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Anup Talao
The Anup Talao is a pavilion completed in 1576. It is set in the centre of a pool in the courtyard of the Fatehpur Sikri Fort in Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh, India. The pavilion is also known as "Char-Chamad", referring to the four bridges. Located north of the imperial apartments in the Mahal-i Khass courtyard (Khwabgah) and Northeast of Hujra-i-Anup Tala-u a pavilion that housed Akbar’s guests. History and structure Created in the Mughal period, under the orders of Emperor Akbar, the "peerless pool" was created to help cool the local courtyard and provide an entertainment venue for the emperor. The red sandstone masonry tank is symmetrically separated in a square bilateral plan. Featuring a center platform between four stone bridges, the platform once housed a chair covered by a pavilion. This platform was also used as a stage for performers. The stone bridges are supported by columns with beautiful relief carvings at the top exposed to the surface of the water. In 1578 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anup Talao At Sikri (29889368615)
Anup ( ') is an Indian masculine given name. The Sanskrit word ' has the following meanings: 'watery', 'situated near the water', 'bank of a river', 'pond', 'lagoon'. The meaning of the name “Anup” is: "Incomparable, unequalled; unique; pond. Notable people Anup *Anup Baral (born 1968), actor, writer, director of Nepal *Anup Bhandari, writer, director, music director, lyricist and actor who works primarily in Kannada cinema *Anup Chetia (real name Golap Baruah), General Secretary of the banned United Liberation Front of Assam in Assam *Anup Singh Choudry (born 1949), Sikh writer formerly based in the United Kingdom who was also a justice of the High Court of Uganda *Anup Das (born 1964), Indian former cricketer *Anup Dave (born 1981), Indian first-class cricketer who represented Rajasthan *Anup D'Costa (born 1993), Indian volleyball player *Anup Ghatak (1941–2013), Indian cricketer *Anup Ghoshal (1945–2023), singer in Hindi films and other vernacular Indian films *Anup Jalo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatehpur Sikri
Fatehpur Sikri () is a town in the Agra District of Uttar Pradesh, India. Situated from the district headquarters of Agra, Fatehpur Sikri itself was founded as the capital of the Mughal Empire in 1571 by Mughal emperors, Emperor Akbar, serving this role from 1571 to 1585, when Akbar abandoned it due to a campaign in Punjab and was later completely abandoned in 1610. The name of the city is derived from the village called ''Sikri'' which previously occupied the location. An Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) excavation from 1999 to 2000 indicated that there was housing, temples and commercial centres here before Akbar built his capital. The region was settled by Shunga Empire, Sungas following their expansion. It was controlled by Kanyakubja Brahmins of Sankrit Gotra. They controlled it from the 7th to 16th century CE until the Battle of Khanwa (1527). The ''khanqah'' of Sheikh (Sufism), Sheikh Salim Chishti existed earlier at this place. Akbar's son, Jahangir, was born in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh ( ; UP) is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. With over 241 million inhabitants, it is the List of states and union territories of India by population, most populated state in India as well as the List of first-level administrative divisions by population, most populous country subdivision in the world – more populous than List of countries and dependencies by population, all but four other countries outside of India (China, United States, Indonesia, and Pakistan) – and accounting for 16.5 percent of the population of India or around 3 percent of the total world population. The state is bordered by Rajasthan to the west, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi to the northwest, Uttarakhand and Nepal to the north, Bihar to the east, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand to the south. It is the List of states of India by area, fourth-largest Indian state by area covering , accounting for 7.3 percent of the total ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wikipedia Student Program
Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia that is written and maintained by a community of volunteers, known as Wikipedians, through open collaboration and the wiki software MediaWiki. Founded by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger in 2001, Wikipedia has been hosted since 2003 by the Wikimedia Foundation, an American nonprofit organization funded mainly by donations from readers. Wikipedia is the largest and most-read reference work in history. Initially available only in English, Wikipedia exists in over 340 languages. The English Wikipedia, with over million articles, remains the largest of the editions, which together comprise more than articles and attract more than 1.5 billion unique device visits and 13 million edits per month (about 5edits per second on average) . , over 25% of Wikipedia's traffic comes from the United States, while Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany and Russia each account for around 5%. Wikipedia has been praised for enabling the democra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
