A stone mark in Jallianwala Bagh, the firing point

The stone mark in Jallianwala Bagh, marking the spot from where soldiers fired on protesters in 1919

The stone mark in Jallianwala Bagh, marking the spot from where soldiers fired on protesters in 1919. It was one of the most controversial incidents of the Indian struggle for Independence, where a demonstration by people (men and women alike) in a park were fired at by a British Indian army regiment, ordered by a British commander. This firing on unarmed protesters, without any warning, in a park where there were no outlets led to the death of hundreds, the firing only stopped when the armyment ran out of ammunition. #JallianwalaBagh #Dyer 

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A pink rose in a garden at the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar

A beautiful pink flower (the solitary open flower) amidst a large green bush at the Jallianwala Bagh garden complex in Amritsar. The whole background looked beautiful.

Buildings lining the boundaries of the Jallianwala Bagh memorial in Amritsar

The Jallianwala bagh memorial in the city of Amritsar is located in a fairly crowded area, right next to the Golden Temple. It is in the midst of buildings, which line the garden on all sides.

View of the sandstone memorial at the middle of the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar

The Jallianwala Bagh was the scene of a great massacre in the year 1919, when British troops under the command of their officer, General Dyer, fired on a mass of protesters, chanting for Indian independence. Hundreds of the unarmed protesters died, and more than a thousand were injured. The garden was built in honor of those who died.

The sunflower stands against the blue sky in the Jallianwala Bagh (garden) in Amritsar

A sunflower plant with its flowers against the background of the sky, with a blurred background of buildings as well as the background of the garden.

Photo - Sunlight coming in through the tree cover at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar

Sunlight coming in through the tree cover at the Jallianwala Bagh (Garden) at Amritsar. I really like such photos, where the sunlight makes it way through the leaves of a tree, and you get the rays of light being defined more clearly.

Detailed lookup of the aerial roots of a tree in the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar

Another photo of large aerial roots of a tree in the Jallianwala Bagh garden complex in the Punjabi city of Amritsar. This is a view of the large section of roots.

A sunflower against the blue sky, located in the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar

Such types of photos always impress me, where you can see a flower projected against a blue sky. I had to crouch down to get this photo, and doing such kinds of effort is something that I always remember, being essentially lazy.

The twinkle of sunlight coming in through the canopy of a tree in the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar

I always like photos such as this, where the twinkle of the sunlight comes in through the canopy of the tree. You can also see the aerial roots of the tree in this photo, located in the garden of the Jallianwala Bagh.

Sunlight coming in through the canopy of a tree in the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar

A view of the sunlight making its way through the thick canopy of a tree in the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar. Looks very beautiful, and with the tree being fairly thick, it seems that the tree can be a good shadow in the summer when the sun can be very hot.

Cross section of a stump of a tree in the Jallianwala Bagh memorial in Amritsar

The cross section of the cut section of a tree in the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, where you can see growth all around the cut section (part of the constant growth being undertaken by a tree).

People emerging from a stone corridor located pretty close to the entrance to the Jallianwala Bagh memorial in Amritsar

These are corridors on both sides of the Jallianwala Bagh memorial in Amritsar. Soon after you enter the memorial, there are two covered corridors on both the left and the right, and this is what can be seen in the photo.

Larger views of tree with large aerial roots inside the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar

The previous photo showed a portrait view of a tree with aerial roots. This photo shows in more detail, with a landscape view of a tree with large aerial roots.

Close up of a set of aerial roots of a large tree in the Jallianwala Bagh memorial in Amritsar

This photo is a close up of the aerial roots launched by a large tree in the Jallianwala Bagh memorial in Amritsar. These are roots that are launched from above ground, meant to provide stability to large trees, and in some cases, when the trees are old, these roots can be fairly large.

A tree with a number of hanging roots inside the Jallianwala Bagh memorial in Amritsar

A tree with a huge number of aerial roots inside the Jallianwala Bagh memorial in Amritsar. These are roots that are used by the tree to gather more support, and when eventually the roots reach ground level, they start entering the ground and become stronger and stronger.

Temple like structure in the middle of the Jallianwala Bagh memorial in Amritsar

This is a photo of a temple like structure in the Jallianwala Bagh memorial, almost in the middle. It is protected with a small chain link fence all around the structure, and remains from the time of the shooting of the protesters in 1919 by troops from the British Indian army.

A stone lamp post in the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar

In most architecture, there is a quest to ensure that everything matches a central theme. Here, in the Jallianwala Bagh memorial in Amritsar, the structures were built with sandstone, and so even such stuff such as lamp posts are made on the same theme.

Complete view of the memorial inside the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, the center-piece structure in a distinct shape

A complete view of the distinct shaped structure that is the center-piece of the Jallianwala Bagh memorial in Amritsar. It is meant to commemorate the deaths of hundreds of people, and bullet wounds to more than a thousand in 1919, when they were fired upon by soldiers under the command of General Dyer, when they were protesting for Indian independence.

The bottom of the structure inside the Jallianwala Bagh memorial in Amritsar

The previous photo had the huge sandstone structure inside the Jallianwala Bagh memorial in Amritsar (Punjab), this photo has the bottom part of the structure, including the polished surface at foot level. We did not try walking over there.

View of the center monument in the Jallianwala Bagh memorial in Amritsar

A view of the large sandstone memorial in the middle (actually, not the exact middle, near the end) of the Jallianwala Bagh memorial in Amritsar, meant in memory of the hundreds of people who were killed, and more than a thousand injured during the firing on them, when they were protesting for Indian independence in 1919.