We went out and met our friend Emily at Jama Masjid, one of the largest mosques in Asia. It was built in 1656 so is quite old. It's mostly an open square with a large square pond in the middle, there are gates on the north, east and south sides, on the west side is the main building structure. It is a basic building made of red sandstone with the decorative parts and domes made of white marble. There are also 2 spires, one each side of the main building. One is open to paying tourists so we went up, the view was quite good but foggy and polluted so we couldn't see far.
The mosque is in old Delhi and we had a wander around afterward. It is a very interesting area, it seems like every single inch of every street and lane and passage between buildings is used for commerce. There must be tens of thousands of vendors selling all sorts of things. The streets seemed to run in themes like books, hardware, saris, car parts and jewelry. We had a fantastic day and finished with a meal of butter chicken and tandor cooked mughal mutton with tandori roti bread.
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