The Disappearing Havelis Of Old Delhi

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  • čas přidán 4. 05. 2018
  • How Havelis representing the heritage of old Delhi are disappearing because of neglect.
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Komentáře • 218

  • @maximhollandnederlandthene7640

    People did steal and sell all they could.
    Including doors, shutters and Windows.
    They are exported to the whole world.
    Same as in a lot of Asia.

    • @andril0019
      @andril0019 Před 3 lety +1

      Yes! The rulers of west have stolen as much as they could!

  • @sadenb
    @sadenb Před 3 lety +166

    These can be made into cafes . Funnily many houses in Varanasi have temples inside which are now coming out.

    • @nuclear9977
      @nuclear9977 Před 3 lety +12

      Maybe they were personal temples as every Hindu has a small mandir in their homes no matter the size of house .
      So maybe they were built separately by rich Hindus of the past.

    • @HimanshuSingh-rg9qw
      @HimanshuSingh-rg9qw Před 3 lety +5

      @@nuclear9977 but the size of temple uncovered are not small. They are typical big temples with shikhar, kalash and amalak. They predate the construction of house which encroached over it.

  • @vandita3695
    @vandita3695 Před 3 lety +23

    This is so different among Europeans. They have the same and live in the same antique houses and give it a modern touch to it and are thus able to display their culture. We should learn something from them

  • @dhwaniipandit2558
    @dhwaniipandit2558 Před 3 lety +92

    My nani's house is in Sitaram Bazar, its a haveli and it used to be the kitchen of pt nehru's sasural.

  • @irfankhan-hg1qb
    @irfankhan-hg1qb Před 3 lety +40

    samething is happening in Jaipur । all the havelis in Jaipur are turning into complexes and commercial buildings । even Jaipur is known for heritage now comes under Unesco । but still government is doing nothing to preserve Jaipur heritage । it's all in books । every property dealer keeps eyes on havelis । so that they can monetize turn them in complexes ।

  • @adityabadkur3724
    @adityabadkur3724 Před 3 lety +18

    Man I feel like heading to old delhi to experience the heritage before it's all gone 🥺

  • @MostPowerfulPMofIndia
    @MostPowerfulPMofIndia Před 3 lety +36

    Our beautiful national heritage I love museums and antique things. I wish India had great clean museums and live museum.

  • @kanizrehanachoudhury
    @kanizrehanachoudhury Před 3 lety +76

    I always love antic, love old things, it takes me back in those days I think, makes me think how was those days were... good to see you made this video

  • @ari91629
    @ari91629 Před 3 lety +35

    Most of these haveli’s are stuck in legal battles with partition cases on wherein brothers and sisters are fighting for their possession rights and when these partition cases finalises they are sold to builders.
    Court cases linger around for decades with rampant corruption in judiciary

  • @nikhilshokeen2813
    @nikhilshokeen2813 Před 3 lety +26

    There is one haveli in jyonti village of delhi as old as of Mughal period .
    Only remains are left. But good place to visit .

  • @MNIKHAn7
    @MNIKHAn7 Před 3 lety +17

    I always loved Heritage and culture of India which is vanishing in exponential rate

  • @abiramitra2924
    @abiramitra2924 Před 3 lety +1

    Beautiful..
    Please bring more of it from every nook and corner of India.

  • @bhaskarverma9390
    @bhaskarverma9390 Před 3 lety +12

    An advice 🙏 please preserve these havelis and make them heritage hotels u will recover its cost easily

  • @user-vu2su9xe5k
    @user-vu2su9xe5k Před 3 lety +6

    Amazing stuff guys. I can see how much this place it means to you. Good work

  • @salam36198
    @salam36198 Před 3 lety +6

    Its so good to see, people outside of delhi. Trying to preserve old delhi.

    • @aayushsingh9220
      @aayushsingh9220 Před 3 lety +1

      These people are probably from delhi. Outsiders aren't that interested in preserving other city's heritage.

  • @priyankak5912
    @priyankak5912 Před rokem +1

    You have done an amazing work ma'am. Keep it up. And thank you for making is realize that Delhi is so special

  • @sandeepmassey2420
    @sandeepmassey2420 Před 3 lety +10

    Ma'm have u ever tried to document kothi's of Civil Lines, specially Ludlow Castle,once home to Col Nicholson.who fought to stop first uprising in 1857.19,Raj Niwas Marg. The Nicholson cemetery still holds his name.

  • @vikasyadav-ho8yz
    @vikasyadav-ho8yz Před 3 lety +4

    Same for my nani’s place. They took it down rather than take the heritage tag. Just the door sold for quite a lot.

  • @arunkumar4594
    @arunkumar4594 Před 3 lety +4

    In fort kochi too such buildings are there. Now many got demolished. Kerala govt payed no attention to conserve heritage till date

  • @reemasharma992
    @reemasharma992 Před 3 lety

    Wow please keep creating more programs like these

  • @GG1783
    @GG1783 Před 3 lety

    Really nice video 😊 well researched

  • @ArchitRege
    @ArchitRege Před 3 lety +54

    4:10 , The Guy is making me feel , I'm on Drugs.

  • @gosavirealty
    @gosavirealty Před 3 lety +2

    I have seen magnificent dewadis of Hyderabad facing the similar fate. A request to delhite, please keep your heritage alive.

  • @soumnag7388
    @soumnag7388 Před 3 lety

    Gotta visit there soon

  • @ZainKhan-cy4sp
    @ZainKhan-cy4sp Před 5 měsíci

    Please save these beautiful old heritages of india 🙏

  • @magadh4762
    @magadh4762 Před 3 lety +3

    Where did those previous people of havelis go??

  • @AmitMishra-lx7er
    @AmitMishra-lx7er Před 4 lety +5

    renovation is must because it's only option left.

  • @Death__0
    @Death__0 Před 3 lety +4

    Save temples & other ancient monuments first which still holds the kind of knowledge we are oblivious about.
    Then we'll focus on these.Anyways preserving history is important, We spend millions in preserving Islamic & British monuments but not spend as much on saving our own Indian heritage.
    Anyways, it's we people who has to take stand now.

  • @michealcurrie8272
    @michealcurrie8272 Před 3 lety +1

    Do you have a web site to support. The great work

  • @purav3585
    @purav3585 Před rokem +1

    My home city in haryana also had very old havelis but most of them are all gone now and rest are going very fast

  • @nikitakhatri9394
    @nikitakhatri9394 Před 3 lety

    Its heartbreaking seeing our beautiful places of our delhi

  • @luckyranatheharyanvi8853
    @luckyranatheharyanvi8853 Před 3 lety +6

    3:30 bhai ko pta lgg gya hindi bolna hi sahi rahega 😁

  • @Aashu299
    @Aashu299 Před 3 lety +6

    It was called Indraprastha much before your Shahjahan was born.

    • @jayshreedas8002
      @jayshreedas8002 Před 3 lety

      Toh kya hi ho gaya bhai. Woh jo janta hai woh bola... Tujhe kuch aur pata hai tu bola

    • @Aashu299
      @Aashu299 Před 3 lety +3

      @@jayshreedas8002 History is based on facts. Ye public opinion nhi h k tu kuch boli, wo kuch bola. Inki aadat history ko twist kar k batane ki.

    • @jayshreedas8002
      @jayshreedas8002 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Aashu299 History toh yeh bol rahi hai ki Mahabharata k time Indraprastha boli jaati tha aur Shah Jahan k time Shahjanabad specially Old Delhi area ko.. Toh kaha galat hua bhai

    • @jayshreedas8002
      @jayshreedas8002 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Aashu299 History aapke control me thodi na hai... Kitne Raja log ek hi jagah me rule karke alag alag naam diye hai.. ab aap kya karoge usko leke.. Jo control me hai woh karna hai ..

    • @asmirann3636
      @asmirann3636 Před 3 lety +1

      @@jayshreedas8002 Bilkul sahi kaha Sreedevi aapne.

  • @Piyush-vz8kx
    @Piyush-vz8kx Před rokem +1

    Madhubala ❤️🌹

  • @MrDevilwing
    @MrDevilwing Před 3 lety +5

    4:08 am i hallucinating

  • @RamyaSanatani
    @RamyaSanatani Před 3 lety +9

    Ancient idols are smashed and historic temples are demolished on daily basis in South India...
    Those temples usually have most intricate designs and are architectural marvels... They r turning into ruins and attacked...
    I hope u make a documentary on them too before they all vanish
    They hold more archaeological importance than these havelis, coz most of them are older than these havelis

    • @ranjittyagi2846
      @ranjittyagi2846 Před 2 lety +1

      If u can't protect them, who can we both blame? U live right next to them Ramya!

    • @RamyaSanatani
      @RamyaSanatani Před 2 lety

      @@ranjittyagi2846 Done with stereotyping? well I don't live next to them... And how can we protect them? May be by choosing a politician who think like us rather than getting wooed away by freebies

    • @ranjittyagi2846
      @ranjittyagi2846 Před 2 lety

      @@RamyaSanatani stereotyping? I don't think that would be me. Yes, your statement about politicians is apt but how many listen to sane advice!

    • @ranjittyagi2846
      @ranjittyagi2846 Před 2 lety

      @@RamyaSanatani sorry if u felt hurt by anything I wrote, Ramya.

    • @prasanth2601
      @prasanth2601 Před rokem

      Exactly. These guys are big morons

  • @pushpitasamajdar6038
    @pushpitasamajdar6038 Před 3 lety

    Please do something to preserve these heritage. Thanks so much. I wish some people would do the same for Kolkata

  • @skyinfinite006
    @skyinfinite006 Před 3 lety +1

    Need to be care & preserve...

  • @chefo8389
    @chefo8389 Před 11 měsíci

    Luv these homes, luv seeing them in film.💋💋

  • @aakanshasharma2300
    @aakanshasharma2300 Před 3 lety +3

    They can renovate and make hotel rooms

  • @travaleshexploration507
    @travaleshexploration507 Před 4 lety +4

    I was looking for barsatis in Delhi

  • @ranjanaporwal2065
    @ranjanaporwal2065 Před 3 lety +4

    Even the baolis are waiting for a facelift ! May be they can still serve as rainwater harvesting tanks ! Or may be we are forever in wait for some foreigners coming and knocking our doors to remind and recognise our possession !

    • @petrakov6531
      @petrakov6531 Před 3 lety +2

      I am currently writing a dissertation on water management in Rajasthan and yes the baolis are so fascinating to people coming from outside India. It's sad to see some of them full of rubbish while they are essential for recharging groundwater and artistically so so beautiful. Pieces of art ! Indian people should realize the value of their cultural heritage.

    • @asmirann3636
      @asmirann3636 Před 3 lety

      @@petrakov6531 India has been plundered for last 1000 years. All the treasures are gone, what remains are mere delapitated structures.

    • @petrakov6531
      @petrakov6531 Před 3 lety +2

      @@asmirann3636Many places were plundered all over the world, material treasures gone, sold, stolen but the dilapidated structures still can be restored and serve to any other purpose. It is worth trying to preserve what is left. It is about a will to do it and educate people to measure the value of their cultural heritage. Just an example: google the picture of Warsaw's (Poland) historical centre after WW2, il was completely destroyed but restored to their original form. Or the very picturesque Old Town part of Prague. I remember in the 1980s those historical buildings were there but they were looking quite seedy, in a sadden state, no coloured facades.

  • @CAP753
    @CAP753 Před 3 lety +1

    The best way would be to convert them into homestays. Let tourists come, stay and have that old feel. No other way. Govt. Can't do anything.

  • @praffulwalia658
    @praffulwalia658 Před 3 lety

    Good one

  • @arjunporwalagra
    @arjunporwalagra Před 3 lety

    Its so lovley, sad part if we don't value our heritage.

    • @aayushsingh9220
      @aayushsingh9220 Před 3 lety +3

      It's expensive to maintain these havelis and when multiple siblings have ownership stake in it after inheriting it, Not every sibling could afford to pay their share to maintain it. It is the same story with most large inherited house now-a-days.

  • @user-hq8wm8giyujcg
    @user-hq8wm8giyujcg Před rokem +2

    unfortunately, lot of punjabi came from 47 changing the culture of delhi and lot of hindi region muslim went to pakistan

  • @adityakothiyal3
    @adityakothiyal3 Před 3 lety +1

    Architecture jbrdst lgta h mujhe

  • @exploringwonders3895
    @exploringwonders3895 Před 3 lety +1

    In lucknow we have such havelis. Nothing special about Delhi havelis

  • @debjyotibanerjee9846
    @debjyotibanerjee9846 Před 3 lety +1

    aao kabhi haveli mein...

  • @JollyRockers
    @JollyRockers Před rokem

    My fav

  • @shreelekhaattel5898
    @shreelekhaattel5898 Před 3 lety

    I really wish those havelis could be restored some how cause that's what Indian housing is and the architecture of India. I feel instead of living in apartment i would like to live in these vernacular buildings which provide more comfort.

  • @sajanrajput5310
    @sajanrajput5310 Před 3 lety +2

    Yeh Shahajanabad nahi ....INDRAPRASTH HAI.......

  • @mehnazrashid172
    @mehnazrashid172 Před 8 měsíci

    I'm from Pakistan & my grandfather migrated to Pakistan in 1947.
    They used to live near Chandni Chowk and their home was called Koocha Bund (blind alley). I longed to visit Delhi & meet the Delhi Wallas & to locate it.....

  • @shivanisharma-ro6kx
    @shivanisharma-ro6kx Před 3 lety +12

    Hey, i am unable to get you guys. I'm a textile student and wanna work on old Delhi haveli's but due to this pandemic I can't go there ..can you guys help me So that I can give beautiful turn to our Dharohar .

    • @AryanSingh-xi8de
      @AryanSingh-xi8de Před 3 lety

      There are many Beautiful Rajputana havelis in Rajashthan also...
      U can visit them.....
      Most Welcome🙏

  • @Serenity-jm2pv
    @Serenity-jm2pv Před 3 lety

    Very sad

  • @nandlabh6349
    @nandlabh6349 Před 3 lety +2

    The Gandhi family should have renovated the kamla nehru's haveli.

  • @rinku99243
    @rinku99243 Před 3 lety +1

    Very easy to talk but it requires money to upkeep.

  • @hemantsharma783
    @hemantsharma783 Před 3 lety +5

    Hindi Main bolti to zada Acha rehta kuch sochte haveli ke lie

  • @coolvaibhavrana
    @coolvaibhavrana Před 3 lety +6

    Delhi was also known as Indraprastha

  • @gagansingh8909
    @gagansingh8909 Před 3 lety +4

    after securing a good job, i will purchase this Haveli.

    • @aayushsingh9220
      @aayushsingh9220 Před 3 lety +8

      The problem with these havelis is that these are worth crores but doesn't offer any significant amenities to be used as a residential house while justifying their cost at the same time. Would you be willing to spend 10 crore to buy a 100 year old haveli located on a very overcrowded narrow street where you cannot take ur car, streets which are full of electrical wire mess of old Delhi.

    • @gagansingh8909
      @gagansingh8909 Před 3 lety +9

      @@aayushsingh9220 ok bro, phir chattarpur mein dekh lenge.

    • @sahilgangwar3687
      @sahilgangwar3687 Před 3 lety +1

      Job ke sath haveli purchase 😂😂 bhai...

    • @sudhanshuranjan3139
      @sudhanshuranjan3139 Před 3 lety +1

      @@sahilgangwar3687 Alag duniya me jee rha hai ye.

    • @sahilgangwar3687
      @sahilgangwar3687 Před 3 lety +1

      @@sudhanshuranjan3139 😂😂😂

  • @VinayKumar-sd9et
    @VinayKumar-sd9et Před rokem

    Nice

  • @manojporwal2444
    @manojporwal2444 Před 3 lety +1

    I love haritage place

  • @PurPlebOOt
    @PurPlebOOt Před 8 dny

    Make a law to preserve all हेरिटेज structure

  • @udennyn
    @udennyn Před 3 lety

    These Havelis are being replaced by 55m floors.

  • @TheRealitycheck.
    @TheRealitycheck. Před 3 lety +1

    wtf, that woman editor couldn't even spell 'GANDHI' . even an Englishman can spell it very well.

  • @Livingalonediaries23
    @Livingalonediaries23 Před 3 lety +1

    AAP has done a lot for old Delhi

  • @komalruhal
    @komalruhal Před 3 lety

    Govt or those person to which these haveli belongs can turn thm in restaurant nd hotels.. it will keep thm safe nd also benefits...

  • @sadenb
    @sadenb Před 3 lety

    Have to restore all architecture.

  • @sanjukhan8636
    @sanjukhan8636 Před 2 lety

    You didn't mention about the dharmpura haveli

  • @testingemail1471
    @testingemail1471 Před rokem

    Hey hey Can I get a full house tour of cheeku ki haveli plz plz plz?

  • @omarpasha8143
    @omarpasha8143 Před rokem

    Same is with lahore Old city

  • @TheNachosvastav
    @TheNachosvastav Před 3 lety

    The mindset remains the same . Foreigners come and stay not tourists but foreigners

  • @hardikgupta5730
    @hardikgupta5730 Před 10 měsíci

    Government should offer private hotel industrialists to come and give new birth to these historic places. Kejriwal should do this

  • @travaleshexploration507
    @travaleshexploration507 Před 4 lety +6

    They can learn from ‘Chettinad model’ to preserve these Havelis.

  • @raimanvendrakumar
    @raimanvendrakumar Před rokem

    Strange🤔..

  • @Hrshsngh_19
    @Hrshsngh_19 Před 3 lety

    The camera team for this video should be fired immediately.

  • @MayaCheng24
    @MayaCheng24 Před 3 lety

    This guy contradicts himself. sometime says the owner are outsider so they don't care about the heritage later says how can they care the haweli if they don't have to eat.

  • @umernazakat4084
    @umernazakat4084 Před 2 lety +1

    Old dehli and lahore is same

  • @keeplearning3000
    @keeplearning3000 Před 3 lety

    Hum apne hi harritage ko sambhal nahi sakte

  • @tapanjoshi8284
    @tapanjoshi8284 Před 3 lety

    Did you ever calculate the extravegance to maintain these havelis ? It's good to say To preserve heritage and all but what is the point at least people who have their shops there are living happily and their whole lively hood depends on it. Bogus Idea. We already have two monuments in the name of nehru and indira which is already an extravagance for last 70 years. We must force government to demolish such extravagance and turn them in a hospital which is really needed this time.

  • @TI-kt3wz
    @TI-kt3wz Před 3 lety +1

    I would like to invite you to show you my Haveli in Sonepat

  • @tanukabanerjee1731
    @tanukabanerjee1731 Před 3 lety +1

    These havelis were maintained by the mughals at expense of taxes extracted from hapless peasants. How can you maintain that splendour today? You want preservation of these structures again on our taxes. I feel they need to dismantle the dilapidated structures take away the carved artefacts like doors or pillars and display them in museum. The well maintained ones can get a heritage tags. Cant really afford all ruinous structures to be maintained on our taxes

  • @savitarani8872
    @savitarani8872 Před 3 lety

    Woww

  • @dannyk4731
    @dannyk4731 Před 3 lety

    Who is the owner of this house now

  • @rashmisy
    @rashmisy Před 3 lety

    Visit Havelis of Yadav people in Old Delhi.

  • @NeerajKumar-po6gh
    @NeerajKumar-po6gh Před rokem +1

    पुरानी दिल्ली की हवेलियों की बात हो रही है और वो भी अंग्रेजी में कोई जोड़ सा बनता नहीं दिखता,,,यह दिखाना आवश्यक नहीं कि आप लोगों को अंग्रेजी में बोलना आता है,,, यहां आवश्यक यह है कि क्या आपके विचार सब तक पहुंच रहे हैं

  • @nikhilprasad9521
    @nikhilprasad9521 Před 3 lety +1

    Agar mere paas paise hote to sab haveli mein purchase kar leta aur sabko hotel mein convert kar deta

    • @aayushsingh9220
      @aayushsingh9220 Před 3 lety +1

      Hotel chalne ki possibility achi hoti to current owner log khud hi kar lete.

  • @driftking476
    @driftking476 Před 3 lety +1

    What was the name before shahanjahanabad ?

  • @tanmayasharma3792
    @tanmayasharma3792 Před 3 lety

    "Distraught haveli" and "lend it out" 🙄

  • @SupercarRiderAA
    @SupercarRiderAA Před 3 lety

    U must be joking. Havelis are required for wat?? Don't we already have forts as heritage. Why to waste money on their reconstruction of rubbles.
    So many years passes, these havelis shud be removed n places shud be cleaned n made safe. Make more space fr business n shops.

  • @swaap3792
    @swaap3792 Před 3 lety

    Museum Fans drop a like! Museums over club any day💪

  • @msohailmemon5041
    @msohailmemon5041 Před 3 lety +1

    Same problem in Pakistan

    • @ranjittyagi2846
      @ranjittyagi2846 Před 2 lety

      India n Pakistan will be unrecognizable if we were to travel 100 years into the future.

  • @Ant4_7
    @Ant4_7 Před 3 lety +1

    Better called to be (rasina ) the soul of old delhi

  • @pradyumnyadastidar2452
    @pradyumnyadastidar2452 Před 3 lety +1

    BGM❣

  • @umarawat7637
    @umarawat7637 Před 3 lety

    1916 ? Is it true ?And Indira was born in 1917

  • @abuzarzaidi3695
    @abuzarzaidi3695 Před 2 lety

    Anyone here that tell. Me about gargawan the city near dehli my grandparents are from. That place plz!

    • @neel69
      @neel69 Před 2 lety +1

      You mean gurgaon , its now one of the most modern city in India. Google or CZcams it.

    • @abuzarzaidi3695
      @abuzarzaidi3695 Před 2 lety +1

      @@neel69 I ask this question because my grandfather is nawab of gorgaoun and after partition they left their all property their.

  • @Jags22079
    @Jags22079 Před 3 lety +3

    During all the video i hated these 2 cartoons reporters when they were talking

  • @Pvi422
    @Pvi422 Před 3 lety

    They rely for tourism means foreigner as if we can’t afford to rent it at all? It’s not Indians can’t afford it’s just their is not much promotion and education

  • @Imrankhan-su9sr
    @Imrankhan-su9sr Před 3 lety

    😢😢😢😢😢

  • @koustubhavachat
    @koustubhavachat Před 3 lety +1

    Flat culture is eating India's lavish life style