
Krishna Janmashtami cultural dance at Yogmaya Temple, Mehrauli, in Delhi
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A traditional dance performance takes place during the Sreekrishna Janmashtami celebrations at Yogmaya Temple.
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Not that the Archaeological Survey of India hasn’t taken good care of it. It periodically receives fresh coats of paint, but it is probably the lack of attention from history enthusiasts that makes it dull. The Khairul Manzil Masjid was built in 1561 by Maham Anga, the famous and powerful wet nurse of Emperor Akbar. Anga was the foster mother of Akbar and briefly ruled the Mughal empire when Akbar was a young boy. A central arch of the prayer chamber contains the inscription that proclaims that the mosque was built by Maham Anga, but little is known of how the mosque was utilised if Maham Anga visited it for prayers or preferred the palace mosque instead. Literally meaning ‘the most auspicious of houses’, this mosque is made of rubble covered with plaster and has five high arched opening
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