Those petals on the top of the main dome are an inverted lotus flower, representing Hinduism. The crescent moon at the top is for Islam.
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Friday, February 24, 2017
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- O'er the ramparts we watched
- Interior details
- Agra Fort
- House arrest
- Welcome to the working week
- Indian morning
- Sunday bird blogging
- Saturday reflections
- The mosque
- Me in Agra
- Don't blame this one on me
- The Taj up close
- I know you already know what it looks like...
- Great Gate detail
- The Great Gate
- Booties
- With regard to the previous post
- The Taj Mahal
- The Road To Agra
- Streets of Jaipur
- Faces of India
- Speaking of not so great pictures...
- Sunday bird blogging
- Chand Baori carvings and reliefs
- More of the architecture close up
- The good seats
- The steps
- Stepwells
- Saturday reflections
- Kesar Kyari Bagh
- More monkeys
- More fun than a balcony of monkeys
- Practical decoration
- Decoration
- Speaking of squinches
- Ganesh Gate
- Amber Fort
- Jantar Mantar in black and white
- The curve of time
- Among the sundials
- Jantar Mantar
- More Nadivalaya yantra
- Astronomy Tuesday
- Above the gates
- The Peacock Gate
- The Rose Gate and the Lotus Gate
- Courtyard of the Beloved
- City Palace
- Random things I saw in Jaipur
- Hawa Mahal
- The Pink City
- Sunday bird blogging
- These are the mosques I really loved
- One more note about size
- Showing the proper respect
- Where did I put my shoes?
- Visiting the mosque
- No more chandeliers
- But then there's this
- And then you go inside
- Some exteriors
- Courtyard
- The Grand Mosque
- Saturday reflections
- Random things I saw in Abu Dhabi
- Scenes from the mall
- Brave
- Random things from the desert barbecue
- I do love camels
- More views
- For of all sad words of tongue or pen
- Sunday bird blogging
- Au revoir
- Last day
- Clocks
- Musée d'Orsay
- Saturday reflections
- Paris
- In transit
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