Begum & her Hookah (A heritage walk in Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi)
Schedule
Sun Dec 14 2025 at 10:00 am to 12:30 pm
UTC+05:30Location
Sri Digambar Jain Lal Mandir | New Delhi, DL
Join us as we excavate the little known stories of the women who through the changing and often challenging times have continued to enrich the city’s historical and cultural landscape. We will meander through streets around the Chandni Chowk area, sharing stories of Begums, shadows Empresses, Nautch girls, Milk mothers, Havelis and Harems. As we walk the by-lanes of Shahjahanabad looking for stories of the bygone era, making the women who shaped the city and its history our focus, we will also make you relish some delicious snack as a part of this Purani Dilli heritage experience. Milestones of our journey will be: 1. Digambar Jain Temple (Lal Mandir), Sunehri Masjid, Gauri Shankar temple, Sis Ganj Gurudwara
2. Begum Samru Ki haveli
3. Dariba Kalan (Silver Street): The Street of the Incomparable Pearl
4. Kinari Bazaar(Wedding street)
5. Naughara (Nine Jain houses)
6. Paranthe wali Gali
7. Townhall building
8. Lala Chunnamal ki Haveli
9. Fatehpuri Masjid : (Built in 1650s by emperor Shahjahan’s wife Fatehpuri Begum)
10. Khari Baoli (the biggest spice market in Asia)
Experience curated by Darwesh Heritage Walks
Where is it happening?
Sri Digambar Jain Lal Mandir, Public Restroom, Swami Vivekanand Marg, Old Delhi, Chandni Chowk, Delhi 110006, India, New Delhi
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