Athpula bridge
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The bridge is located in the beautiful Lodi Garden,known earlier as Lady Wllingdon Park. It was built over a tributary of the river Yamuna. The tributary has long since dried up and the bridge now spans an ornamental lake. The word Athpula refers to the 8 pillars of the bridge. Around 1790 the British artist,William Daniell,made an engraving of a man,seated on an elephant,crossing the bridge.
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Ravi Batra
I am a self-taught amateur artist and live with my wife Anita,in New Delhi,India.I spent 35 busy years in the oil industry and in 1996,at the age of 63, took up watercolour painting. I was greatly encouraged when,"The Artist",in its May 2002 issue,featured a painting of mine in its column "How I…
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