Sometimes I love the way the D40 produces very retro looking, analog-type pictures.

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The Bada Imambada is, in fact, a great hall built at the end of a spectacular courtyard approached through two magnificent triple-arched gateways. This columnless hall has been an architectural marvel since 1784, with the interior length of 49.4 m and width of 16.2 m. The ceiling is more than 15 m high. The hall is Asia's largest without any external support of wood, iron, or stone beams. What leaves the visitor astonished is the construction of the roof. It is said to be 16 feet thick and weighs nearly 20,000 tons. One would fail to find out how this amazing work was accomplished without any recourse to known technology: there are no steel girders or beams to uphold the mammoth ceiling.

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Another slightly more common viewpoint taken in the photographic studies of the Bada Imam Bada mosque in Lucknow.

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At the gate of the Chotta Imambada, Muntadhir al-Zaidi is displayed in the exalted company of Ayatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini.

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At the Bada Imam Bara, Lucknow.

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