This is where I started my day, at the largest mosque in India, called Jama Masjid. It was started by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in 1644, and finished in 1658.
"What? Shah Jahan? But didn't he also build the Taj Mahal?"
Well, I'm glad you asked that question. Yes, he also built the Taj Mahal from 1631 to 1653. This was his final architectural extravagance, as he was placed under house arrest in Agra Fort by his son the same year, and died there seven years later.

Mmmm... Symmetrical...

From a different angle.

Muslims praying inside the mosque.

This well composed photo is taken form the base of the Southern minaret, which I was about to climb.

The following are pictures from the top of the minaret. This is the view towards New Delhi. I think the pollution shows up quite well.

This is the courtyard in front of Jama Masjid. It can hold 25,000 people on festival days.

This is the Red Fort (for those of you who are colour-blind), also built by Shah Jahan, where I went after this mosque.

A view of the Old Delhi burbs.

I took this picture from on top of the mosque, at the base of the minaret. It looks down Chandi Chow - the main bazaar through Old Delhi.

I had to take my shoes off before entering the mosque, where the stone was really hot and really hard. Then I climbed the minaret barefoot too, so these are my poor swollen feet.

After the mosque, I visited the other Shah Jahan monolith, the Red Fort. This is the hall where the Emperors used to sit, where the British first landed (the river used to run behind it), and from where King George pronounced New Delhi to be the new capital of India.

This is Lahore Gate, which points towards Lahore, now in Pakistan, and is the place where Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, proclaimed Independence, and where the current Prime Minister gives a speech every Independence Day (15th of August).

These are barracks built by the British. Not as pretty as the rest.

The mosque on the left of this picture has outer wall that look exactly square with the rest of the buildings, but the inner walls are slightly askew, so that it points in the direction of Mecca.

This once held the throne in the Public Hall. It has inlay work very similar to that of the Taj Mahal.

Pretty much everything in this place has five arches, signifying the five tenets of Islam, but there is also Hindu, Syrian, Turkish and Greek architecture incoporated into the buildings too, because Shah Jahan thought it better to accept these people rather than oppress them. His son thought the latter was the best idea, so the the strength of the Mughals ended with him.

I think I like the 'stuff seen through arches' thing a bit too much. But here's another one.