{"id":34739,"date":"2023-03-27T14:27:54","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T01:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveltriangle.com\/blog\/?p=34739"},"modified":"2021-12-10T18:49:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T13:19:55","slug":"yuvrajs-instagram-on-delhi-monuments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveltriangle.com\/blog\/yuvrajs-instagram-on-delhi-monuments\/","title":{"rendered":"He Placed Old Photos Of Delhi Monuments Over How They Look Today &amp; The Internet Went Crazy!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You must have visited the famous monuments and <a class=\"intext-link\" href=\"https:\/\/traveltriangle.com\/blog\/tourist-places-in-delhi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tourist places of Delhi<\/a> at least once (if you haven\u2019t, it\u2019s high time you do!) and wondered what they looked like in the bygone era. <strong>Yuvraj Khanna<\/strong>, an avid photographer from Delhi, went a step further to find that out!<!--more--> Four months back, this 24-year old decided to go ahead with his unique, yet creative idea\u00a0and started hunting for old photographs of popular Delhi monuments on the internet.<\/p>\n<p><em>What he did with those is making the youth go gaga over his Instagram profile today!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scroll down to see these timeless wonders through his eyes&#8230;or rather, lens!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>1. Qutub Minar: Nothing More Than Shrubs<\/h2>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34741\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.traveltriangle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/india-gate-then-n-now.jpg\" alt=\"What Qutub Minar looked back then vs what it looks now\" width=\"700\" height=\"866\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"imagesource-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BKNCVT5hbuX\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Image Source<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>2. Qutub Minar: The Unchanged Iron Pillar<\/h2>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34742\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.traveltriangle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/iron-pillar-vs-old.jpg\" alt=\"What Qutub Minar's iron pillar looked back then vs what it looks now\" width=\"700\" height=\"598\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"imagesource-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BJzljgZhLOc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Image Source<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>3. Rashtrapati Bhavan: Back In Time To Delhi\u2019s\u00a0Roads<\/h2>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34743\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.traveltriangle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/rashtrapati-bhavan-road-vs-old.jpg\" alt=\"What roads near Rashtrapati Bhavan looked back then vs what it looks now\" width=\"700\" height=\"465\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"imagesource-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BJ-G7ixBlDD\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Image Source<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>4. Delhi&#8217;s Roads: Cleaner Than Ever<\/h2>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34744\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.traveltriangle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/rashtrapati-bhavan-vs-old.jpg\" alt=\"What Rashtrapati Bhavan looked back then vs what it looks now\" width=\"700\" height=\"465\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"imagesource-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BJNZVC7B6fm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Image Source<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>5. St. James Church: Peaceful And Pretty Now!<\/h2>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34745\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.traveltriangle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/St.-James-Church-vs-old.jpg\" alt=\"What St James Church looked back then vs what it looks now\" width=\"700\" height=\"465\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"imagesource-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BJc6APkBHz0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Image Source<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Must Read:<\/strong> <a class=\"mustread-link\" href=\"https:\/\/traveltriangle.com\/blog\/nina-traveling-the-world-for-5-years-without-going-broke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">She\u2019s Been Traveling The World For 5 Years Without Going Broke<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>6. India Gate: Then Vs Now<\/h2>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34746\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.traveltriangle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/india-gate-under-construction.jpg\" alt=\"India Gate today vs that under construction back then\" width=\"700\" height=\"645\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"imagesource-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BJAsWJ_hO4K\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Image Source<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>7. Amar Jawan Jyoti: India Gate Back In Time<\/h2>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34747\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.traveltriangle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/india-gate-amar-jawan-jyoti-vs-old.jpg\" alt=\"India Gate today vs India Gate without Amar Jawan Jyoti back then\" width=\"700\" height=\"664\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"imagesource-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BJK1fqPhNC_\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Image Source<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>8. Connaught Place: Autos Now But Tanks Back In 1947<\/h2>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34749\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.traveltriangle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/connaught-place-tank-then-auto-now.jpg\" alt=\"autos on Connaught Place vs tanks there in 1947\" width=\"700\" height=\"465\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"imagesource-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BJHngLWBe8k\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Image Source<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>9. PVR Plaza: In The 1950s<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34750\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.traveltriangle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/pvr-plaza-then-n-now.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of PVR Plaza then and now\" width=\"700\" height=\"465\" \/><\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"imagesource-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BJrvDdZhBUY\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Image Source<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>10. Humayun\u2019s Tomb: Farming Lands Back Then<\/h2>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34751\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.traveltriangle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/humayuns-tomb-then-and-now.jpg\" alt=\"Humayun's Tomb in the bygone era vs what it looks like today\" width=\"700\" height=\"463\" \/><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"imagesource-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BJIR0iyh18F\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Image Source<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSince culture and history is so deeply ingrained in Delhi, travelling through time in this city is a feeling made real whether it\u2019s through a street name that has an old lore attached to it or through physical manifestations of the city\u2019s architecture that we all love so much,\u201d<\/em> is what an excited Yuvraj told Buzzfeed earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Interesting, isn\u2019t it? Now why don\u2019t you share this with your friends and let them too take a virtual tour to the past through this budding photographer\u2019s excellent photowork. And if you\u2019d like to suggest to him more monuments he could cover, feel free to pop them in the comments below!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Further Read:<\/strong> <a class=\"mustread-link\" href=\"https:\/\/traveltriangle.com\/blog\/old-photos-of-indian-landmarks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Now Vs Then: Can You Guess What India Looked Like In The Black &amp; White Era?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This story was originally posted on <a class=\"external-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/soniathomas\/this-instagram-series-juxtaposes-old-photos-of-delhis-monume?utm_term=.doZVQ9boN#.av5ovyYqd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Buzzfeed<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You must have visited the famous monuments and tourist places of Delhi at least once (if you haven\u2019t, it\u2019s high time you do!) and wondered what they looked like in the bygone era. 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