{"id":1251,"date":"2012-12-27T17:16:30","date_gmt":"2012-12-27T17:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/?page_id=1251"},"modified":"2012-12-27T18:48:30","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T18:48:30","slug":"khirki","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/?page_id=1251","title":{"rendered":"Khirki Village"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>KHIRKI VILLAGE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>A monumental mess<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Once a gem in the Tughlaq city of Jahanpanah (14<sup>th<\/sup> century), today Khirki Village is a mammoth mess, a conglomeration of dense buildings. Starting at Saket, just across from some of India\u2019s biggest malls (read eyesores) the labyrinthine alleys go all the way upto Malviya Nagar, and Khirki is also flanked on all sides by other equally interesting urban villages like Hauz Rani and Chirag Dilli.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While Hauz Khas and Shahpur Jat and even Lado Sarai have a strong artistic \/ design bend, Khirki has acquired the reputation of hosting more experimental art practice, spear led by Khoj. It now has a rich tradition of community art festivals and projects and frequent interactions between the local community and the arts community.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Places visited:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Khirki Mosque (late 14th century)<\/li>\n<li>Satpula, a waterwork \/ dam (14th c.)<\/li>\n<li>Art on site, art installations in the village, and graffiti created as part of the Extension Khirkee festival<\/li>\n<li>A walk through the maze to emerge at the other end, Malviya Nagar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Duration: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 4 hours<\/p>\n<p>Mode of Commuting: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Walk<\/p>\n<p>Meeting Point: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Customized<\/p>\n<p>Timings: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Customized<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Images (click to enlarge)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/khirki\/khv1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/khirki\/khv1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a>Khirki Mosque \/ Photo: Varun Shiv Kapur<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/khirki\/khv2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/khirki\/khv2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a>Khirki Mosque \/ Photo: Varun Shiv Kapur<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/khirki\/khv3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/khirki\/khv3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a>Satpula \/ Photo: Varun Shiv Kapur<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/khirki\/khv4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/khirki\/khv4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Photo: Malini Kochupillai<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/khirki\/khv5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/khirki\/khv5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Photo: Malini Kochupillai<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/khirki\/khv6.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/khirki\/khv6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"301\" \/><\/a>Photo: Malini Kochupillai<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/khirki\/khv7.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/1100walks.com\/images\/walks\/khirki\/khv7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a>Street art festival in Khirki \/ Photo: Malini Kochupillai<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KHIRKI VILLAGE: A monumental mess &nbsp; Once a gem in the Tughlaq city of Jahanpanah (14th century), today Khirki Village is a mammoth mess, a conglomeration of dense buildings. Starting at Saket, just across from some of India\u2019s biggest malls (read eyesores) the labyrinthine alleys go all the way upto Malviya Nagar, and Khirki is also flanked on all sides by other equally interesting urban villages like Hauz Rani and Chirag Dilli. &nbsp; While Hauz Khas and Shahpur Jat and even Lado Sarai have a strong artistic \/ design bend, Khirki has acquired the reputation of hosting more experimental art practice, spear led by Khoj. It now has a rich tradition of community art festivals and projects and frequent interactions between the local community and the arts community. &nbsp; Places visited: Khirki Mosque (late 14th century) Satpula, a waterwork \/ dam (14th c.) Art on site, art installations in the village, and graffiti created as part of the Extension Khirkee festival A walk through the maze to emerge at the other end, Malviya Nagar &nbsp; Duration: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 4 hours Mode of Commuting: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Walk [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1238,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1251","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1251"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1256,"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1251\/revisions\/1256"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1100walks.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}