Matia Mahal
Matia Mahal is the name that is popularly used to describe the area exactly opposite Gate Number 1 of the iconic Jama Masjid. This area is also known as…
Haveli Bakhtawar Khan
As one walks from Jama Masjid’s Gate Number 1 towards Matia Mahal, one is led towards the Chitli Qabar market, which is famous for restaurants serving traditional cuisine. This…
Giani Di Hatti
Giani Gurcharan Singh of Layalpur (now in Pakistan) migrated to India in 1951, four years after Partition, and settled with his family in Old Delhi. With him, he brought…
Rediscovering Saleemgarh Fort
Marking the beginning of a series of events that The e-Heritage Project had planned for heritage enthusiasts this year, the first heritage walk in the Walled City of Delhi — in…
A storytelling session with RV Smith
The e-Heritage Project organised a storytelling session with author and columnist RV Smith on September 19, 2015.
Ronald Vivian Smith is a renowned columnist for The Statesman and The Hindu with…
Chitli Qabar
At a trisection in Old Delhi where one lane leads to the Turkman Gate and another to the Bulbuli Kahan Bazaar, there is a third lane popularly known as…
Fatehpuri Market
The Fatehpuri Market is located adjacent to the Fatehpuri Masjid that was built on the orders of Fatehpuri Begum, one of the wives of Mughal emperor Shah Jehan, sometime…
Kinari Bazaar
The Kinari Bazaar of Old Delhi is today a Hindu-dominated locality with a row of shops, mostly selling puja samagri (prayer items) such as diyas (earthen lamps), thaal (plates…
