Obama visits Humayun's Tomb; floored past times India's history
New Delhi, November 7, PTI:
''Spectacular!'' This is how U.S. President Barack Obama described the Humayun Tomb equally he visited the 450-year-old Mughal monument, getting a glimpse of India's rich cultural together with historic civilisation.....
Obama, who kicked off his engagements inward Delhi amongst the catch to the 16th century marvel, went unopen to amongst his married adult woman Michelle intently getting the experience of the monument, which is said to hit got inspired the creation of Taj Mahal.....
49-year-old Obama together with Michelle (46) drove to the monument before long later their arrival from Bombay at the aerodrome here, where the US' kickoff brace was personally received past times Prime Minister Manmohan Singh together with his married adult woman Gursharan Kaur.
At the monument, the brace spent unopen to 45 minutes enquiring from Superintendent Archaelogist, Archaelogical Survey of Republic of Republic of India (ASI) K K Muhammad nearly the history of the architectural marvel located over a 32 patch plot inward due south Delhi's Nizamuddin.
"Wonderful. Let's accept a look," Obama said equally he entered the top dog building.
Muhammad informed to the First Couple nearly the history of the monument piece he took them unopen to the plush greenish gardens that surroundings a fundamental structure.Muhammad said Obama was curious to know nearly the fourth dimension taken to construct the monument. He was also told the construction was a confluence of iii architecural styles -- Persian, Central Asian together with Indian.
Michelle did non enquire many questions together with wanted to know the importance of lotus on a wall at the monument. She was told that it reflected the Indian influence on the builders of the monument.
Obama, dressed inward white shirt amongst a necktie together with dark trousers, together with Michelle met fourteen kids, children of workers at the monument, together with shook hands amongst them. The kids, aged betwixt 5 together with 13, were accompanied past times some workers at the monuments tended past times ASI.
The U.S. President was seen striking a chord amongst the kids equally he chatted amongst them together with posed for a grouping photograph.
He together with Michelle also distributed gifts -- a two-and-half-inch long argent bookmark amongst Presidential seal which also carried Obama signature -- to the children.
"It is spectacular. If our guys hit got to construct it inward vii years, it would endure pretty tough. Good contractor," a visibly impressed Obama said later visiting the monument.
About the national capital, he said "Delhi is such modern metropolis however rooted inward civilisational heritage."
"Through the ascension together with autumn of empires, Indian civilization has endured together with led the globe to novel heights of achievement. The globe owed a profound debt to Republic of Republic of India together with its people," Obama wrote inward the visitor's mass at the Humayun's Tomb. Michelle signed below his signature.
The grouping of fourteen children inward the historic menstruation grouping of 5-13 was euphoric nearly their brief interaction amongst the U.S. kickoff couple.
"Acche se padhna (study well)," Shivam, a kickoff measure pupil said when asked nearly Obama's suggest to him.
Each of the fourteen students carried slates amongst a uncomplicated 'Welcome H.E. Barack Obama together with Michelle Obama' written past times them inward long hand.
"I hit got written it inward English," was the coy respond of five-year-old Pooja equally she hugged her slate together with a gift box handed over past times Michelle.
"Hamko Obamaji bahut acche lage (We similar Obama real much)," said Sakshi, who studies inward the kickoff measure at the Nursery Junior School within the Red Fort.
The students were children of labourers who locomote at diverse sites tended to past times the ASI. Muhammad has been arranging for the schooling of the labourers' children, who otherwise would hang unopen to their parents whiling away their time.
The students were also happy at the gifts they received from Obama together with his wife.
"I volition cherish this gift forever," said Vishal, the boy of a rock cutter Ramdas who industrial plant at the Tughlaqabad fort on the outskirts of Delhi.
Obama was also bully to know nearly Dara Shikoh, the eldest boy of Emperor Shahjahan whom blood brother Auranagzeb defeated inward a bitterly fought battle for the throne.
Dara Shikoh, known for his intellectual pursuits together with equally an erudite champion of mystical religious speculation, is believed to hit got had an influence over American transcendentalists.
It was this connectedness that had Obama attracted towards Dara equally he was shown unopen to the Humayun's Tomb. Dara was murdered on Aurangzeb's orders together with his remains were buried inward an unmarked grave inward the Humayun's tomb premises.
Obama, when told that the monument was an inspiration to construct the Taj Mahal, asked when was the Taj built.
Muhammad told him that it was built seventy years later the Humayun's tomb.
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