delhi, chandni chowk

This Sikh martyr shrine caught my attention for the way it co-opted Chandni Chowk's portico system to extend religious space into the secular realm. I have colored the shrine's portico--as well as its extension into the street--with red. I made the mistake of trying to walk along the colonnade as if it was public space and was rewarded with a firm reprimand. The basin at far left between the portico pillars is for ritual washing and the platform is where one has to take off one's shoes before entering the complex. To pass by the shrine, one has to walk in the street, as the fellow is doing in the photograph.