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I just finished two guided tours  through the buildings mentioned in the title.
First one was about entrance defense. Water was used as mirrors. So the defence person was able to see the attacker mirrored in the water but the water was just a black spot from the attackers point of view. Also is the defence person always hid in the shadows/darkness of the building whilst the attackers, path is very bright during the day.
Second guide guided is through a maze which was in one of the buildings. First he led us to the top and then he let us guess which paths lead back to the entrance.
Both guides worth their money!

Yesterday was Diwali festival, aka the festival of lights in India. It is also the largest celebrated festivals in India.
Anton, Alex and I were invited to celebrate this festival with Mohit and his parents in Lucknow.
In a ceremony in the evening in mohits room we had to wear a cloth to cover our hair. Mohits father was praying in front of the shrine. two dolls, one of God laxmi and one of lord ganesha were put in front of the shrine.After the ceremony he put a red spot right above each and everyones nose and gave us a gift letter.
Just afterwards we were going in front of their flat and illuminated the hallway with countless candles. This gave a nice pic. nice to see the art work, family members produced in front of their homes. they created colourful patterns with coloured powder.
we then drove to family relatives of Mohit to burn crackers for an hour and to see the crackers of other families burning-this was indeed a light and sound burst.
Dinner was served afterwards and companied with nice conversations sometimes interrupted by the bursting noise from crackers coming from outside.
enjoy the pictures: