We started the day exploring for books at Crosswords at Select City walk, Saket. The Shopping Mall is huge and not to my liking as it will be difficult to shop here. But would be a good place to hang out and have some good time. I think that's what most people in Malls go to do.
From the shopping Mall we went to Surajkund. This place is famous for the Crafts Fair that takes place every year from 1st to 15th Feb. Just 20 Kms from home, its so funny that we had never been here. Such a wonderful place to spend your holiday and we always had been to going to far off places or even worst - the Malls.
Contrary to the popular belief, it is not a lake but a man-made reservoir. The name in Hindi means 'Reservoir of the Sun'. The Rajput King Surajpal built it in the pre-Sultanate days. The tentative date of its construction is believed to be around 10th century. The Tomaras were the first people to revitalize Delhi. Surajkund is the place where the Tomar Rajput settled before building the Lal Kot, the second city of Delhi
Surajkund got its name after a famous sun temple, which is said to stand here once. But some historians also claim that it was named after the King himself. The tank is on a semi-circular pattern and has steps that lead to the water. It is not a 'dead' reservoir; the rains still keep it pretty full of water. But apart from the monsoons, the place remains dry. Feroze Shah Tughlaq repaired its embankments in the fourteenth century. It is said that he was a lunatic and once took the work of repairing all the existing monuments in the then Delhi.
This place has been declared a national heritage monument. Couple of weeks back there was a write up on newspaper that encouraged me to come here.By the way this place is now famous for the hit movie Rang de basanti's shooting here when Amirkhan as DJ meets his girlfriend Sue along with his gang of friends on the rockcuts. The kids did pose from various movies at this place from Dil chahta hai to Bachana Ai hasino to Titanic. Minoo and myself posed like Sanjeev Kumar and Wahida Rehman types. I will post the link to Picassa album in some time for you guys to check out the pics which will show how much fun we had.
The sunsetting on the hills is also quiet picturesque. This place is full of monkeys. They even posed for us and gave us some amazing shots. The only thing bad was the high humidity. I think I will again go to this place sometime in winter and capture some great shots. For those of you who live nearby and have never been there dont miss out, you will like it.
From the shopping Mall we went to Surajkund. This place is famous for the Crafts Fair that takes place every year from 1st to 15th Feb. Just 20 Kms from home, its so funny that we had never been here. Such a wonderful place to spend your holiday and we always had been to going to far off places or even worst - the Malls.
Contrary to the popular belief, it is not a lake but a man-made reservoir. The name in Hindi means 'Reservoir of the Sun'. The Rajput King Surajpal built it in the pre-Sultanate days. The tentative date of its construction is believed to be around 10th century. The Tomaras were the first people to revitalize Delhi. Surajkund is the place where the Tomar Rajput settled before building the Lal Kot, the second city of Delhi
Surajkund got its name after a famous sun temple, which is said to stand here once. But some historians also claim that it was named after the King himself. The tank is on a semi-circular pattern and has steps that lead to the water. It is not a 'dead' reservoir; the rains still keep it pretty full of water. But apart from the monsoons, the place remains dry. Feroze Shah Tughlaq repaired its embankments in the fourteenth century. It is said that he was a lunatic and once took the work of repairing all the existing monuments in the then Delhi.
This place has been declared a national heritage monument. Couple of weeks back there was a write up on newspaper that encouraged me to come here.By the way this place is now famous for the hit movie Rang de basanti's shooting here when Amirkhan as DJ meets his girlfriend Sue along with his gang of friends on the rockcuts. The kids did pose from various movies at this place from Dil chahta hai to Bachana Ai hasino to Titanic. Minoo and myself posed like Sanjeev Kumar and Wahida Rehman types. I will post the link to Picassa album in some time for you guys to check out the pics which will show how much fun we had.
The sunsetting on the hills is also quiet picturesque. This place is full of monkeys. They even posed for us and gave us some amazing shots. The only thing bad was the high humidity. I think I will again go to this place sometime in winter and capture some great shots. For those of you who live nearby and have never been there dont miss out, you will like it.
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