https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/d86c4a8d-2977-44e5-ba87-fb7a37d5b3b3 The Temple of Love, the seventh film in the 1930s’ travel film series Traveltalks, produced by James A. Fitzpatrick, takes viewers on a tour of India and features visits to Delhi, Agra, and the Deserted City. The film begins on the road outside of the Deserted City, Fatehpur Sikri (00:56), showing the ancient abandoned city. The impressive city (01:50) features a beautiful courtyard in the Great Mosque, and a surprising community of orphaned children (02:30). The tour of India continues with a visit to the Tower of Victory (03:22) on route to Delhi, which commemorates the victory of Muhammad over the Hindus. At Delhi (03:44), the viewer is treated to scenes of bustling streets and the sacred cows (04:10) that wander the city as if it is theirs. Other sights include a funeral procession (05:07) and a visit to Cathedral Mosque (05:25; 05:42; 05:57), built by Shah Jahan in the mid-seventeenth century. On the road from Delhi to Agra, the travelers encounter a “Punch and Judy” troupe (06:19), before arriving at the fortified walls of Agra (06:50). Snake charmers (07:18) sit outside of the city’s gates, where they cheer on a fight between a cobra and a mongoose (07:44). Inside the city is the beautiful Pearl Mosque (08:28), which—according to tradition—used to house a great pearl suspended from the ceiling. The final stop is at Taj Mahal (09:05), the so-called “Temple of Love,” the mausoleum of Mumtaz Mahal, built by Shah Jahan as a memorial to his wife. Fatehpur Sikri is a town in the Agra District of Uttar Pradesh, India. The city was founded in the year 1569 by the Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great, and served as the capital of the Mughal Empire from 1571 to 1585, when it was abandoned. After his military victories over Chittor and Ranthambore, Akbar decided to shift his capital from Agra to a new location 23 miles (37 km) south-west, to honour the Sufi saint and Salim Chishti. Here, he commenced the construction of a planned walled city, which took the next fifteen years in planning and construction, with a series of royal palaces, harem, courts, a mosque, private quarters and other utility buildings. He named the city Fatehabad, with Fateh, a word of Arabic origin in Persian, meaning "victorious." It was later called Fatehpur Sikri. It is at Fatehpur Sikri that the legends of Akbar and his famed courtiers, the nine jewels or Navaratnas, were born. Fatehpur Sikri is one of the best preserved examples of Mughal architecture in India. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oslA-9Ts7w Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Thu, 11 Jun 2026 05:08:04 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/d86c4a8d-2977-44e5-ba87-fb7a37d5b3b3 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.