I spent some time exploring and sketching
the old quarter of Bhopal located near one of the two lakes the city is built
around. Bhopal became infamous from the disastrous Union Carbide chemical
leakage in the 1980's that killed many people. The factory sits as a relic on
the outskirts of town. The old quarter has a fine mosque called the Jama Masijd
that is the biggest in India exceeding with its massive courtyard even the
Delhi Jama Masjid. I spent some time drawing the mosque with its washing pool
and one large mango tree. I also drew a very nice smaller mosque called the
Jama Moti and a fine Hindu Shiva temple 18 kilometres outside Bhopal with a 2.4
metre high stone carved lingam as its centrepiece.
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