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Praveen Reddy's avatar

Great article Ila.

Lot of insights about different aspects of Uzbekistan. Great stuff.

Praveen Mama.

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Ila Reddy's avatar

Thank you

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Rohan Banerjee's avatar

The wooden columns of the Bolo Hauz Mosque reminded me of the columns in Srinagar's Jama Masjid.

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Ila Reddy's avatar

Oh yeah? I haven’t been to Srinagar but I can imagine similarities. Some mausoleums in Bukhara and Samarkand also had stunning wooden pillars and roof-work!

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Rohan Banerjee's avatar

I can imagine. The mosaics are gorgeous!

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uday's avatar

Lit of similarity with parts of Kashmir. Strong culture and traditions. Next visit hopefully

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Paramjeet Singh's avatar

Nice reading. As usual. No doubt Bukhara was the most beautiful amongst the four visited. The city was mix of walled and modern urban settlement. When you stay outside the wall city and access these beautiful older structure through crossing the well maintained manicured gardens and a disciplined traffic on roads, you could imagine transforming yourself back to the hundreds of year of earlier civilizations - physically and mentally. I could even feel change in my walk and facial expressions.

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Ayush's avatar

Bolo Hauz mosque is really something and omg look at those sunset hues! Bukhara is making me ache for it through your pictures and words

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Ila Reddy's avatar

It is indeed so beautiful! I hope you make it to Uzbekistan soon, you will love it and all these places are so stunning, the photos hardly do justice :)

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