03-16-2005, 09:56 PM
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If it's a karabrastan, why are people having namaz there? <!--emo&:o--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Emblems of power were an everyday Mughal obsession. What could not be stated openly, was left to the metaphor of stone as a constant reminer. Theambiguity between Divine throne and royal throne (an unbridled vanity) transformed tombs
and monuments into symbols of glory during imperialism and called for the laying out of gardens, replicas of the Qurâanic paradise. Hence it is a "religious" (imperial for some others) symbol.
If it's a karabrastan, why are people having namaz there? <!--emo&:o--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Emblems of power were an everyday Mughal obsession. What could not be stated openly, was left to the metaphor of stone as a constant reminer. Theambiguity between Divine throne and royal throne (an unbridled vanity) transformed tombs
and monuments into symbols of glory during imperialism and called for the laying out of gardens, replicas of the Qurâanic paradise. Hence it is a "religious" (imperial for some others) symbol.
