A website dedicated to photographs and videos from Canada and around the world with an emphasis on nature, wildlife, food, travel and sport as well as art, architecture and culture. In culture, the focus will be on projects related to the work of His Highness the Aga Khan, his Ismaili Muslim community and Islam in general.
The “Largesse” of the Aga Khan, and Fall Colours and Waxing Moon at Toronto’s Ismaili Headquarters Jamatkhana, the Aga Khan Museum and Aga Khan Park
Nature lures you with beauty, especially at this time of the year when fall colours begin to peak. A few days ago my daughter Nurin and I recommended that you make a day trip to Algonquin Park to see the autumn foliage.
The night sky on September 24, 2020 was clear enough to take photos of the waxing moon above the Aga Khan Park, the Ismaili Centre — specifically the Ismaili Jamatkhana dome — and the Aga Khan Museum. During the daytime on both September 24th and 25th, I spent time to see the yellows and reds at the Aga Khan Park; not that many but impressive enough when set against the ponds of the Aga Khan Park or with the Ismaili Centre and the Aga Khan Museum buildings in the background. Recently we presented posts with photos of the Full Moon and Crescent Moon, as well as magnificent photos of the Aga Khan Museum’s Unique Night Garden Party. You should not miss any of those photo essays! They will captivate and enchant you.
Mawlana Hazar Imam, His Highness the Aga Khan, has gifted these spaces for all citizens of the world — Torontonians, Canadians and visitors from around the world who visit the unique Wynford Drive projects. How are these gifts perceived? We bring you a must watch short interview that the editor did with a non-Ismaili at the Aga Khan Museum and Ismaili Centre’s open-house some years ago. Please watch the interview before you proceed to see the photos of the waxing moon and fall colours!
THE ‘LARGESSE’ AND ‘GOOD FEELINGS’ OF THE AGA KHAN
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Photos of Fall Cours and Waxing Moon at the 3 Aga Khan Projects in Toronto
The flag of the Ismaili Imamat, located at the Aga Khan Park facing Wynford Drive, is seen surrounded by fall colour trees under blue skies on September 25, 2020. Not seen in this photo are flags of the City of Toronto, Province of Ontario and Canada that are at left of the Ismaili Imamat flag. Photo: Malik Merchant / Simergphotos.
A tree by one of 5 ponds at the Aga Khan Park on Wynford Drive in Toronto exhibiting its fall colours under cloudy skies on September 24, 2020. Photo: Malik Merchant / Simergphotos.
The waxing moon seen above the dome of the Ismaili Jamatkhana on Wynford Drive in Toronto on the night of September 24, 2020, with the moon’s reflection in a pond at Aga Khan Park. Photo: Malik Merchant / Simergphotos.
Waxing moon, close to centre of photo, as seen on September 24, 2020 through a tree with autumn colours at the Aga Khan Park in Toronto. Photo: Malik Merchant / Simergphotos
Fall color trees at Aga Khan Park under very clear skies on September 25, 2020, with the main entrance block of the beautiful Aga Khan Museum building in the background. Photo: Malik Merchant / Simergphotos.
Waxing Moon on September 24, 2020 rising above the Aga Khan Museum located on Wynford Drive in Toronto. Photo: Malik Merchant / Simergphotos.
A partial view of the Aga Khan Park & Museum platform on the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit which is currently under construction in Toronto. Photo: Malik Merchant / Simergphotos.
A view of the Ismaili Jamatkhana dome from the Aga Khan Park & Museum Station which is under construction as part of a new Eglinton Light Rail Transit line. Photo: Malik Merchant / Simergphotos.
A lone fall leaf protuding out of a silver maple tree at the Aga Khan Park on September 25, 2020. Photo: Malik Merchant / Simergphotos.
A view of the Ismaili Jamatkhana dome under blue skies on September 25, 2020 as trees at Aga Khan Park take to yellow in fall. Photo: Malik Merchant / Simergphotos.
Waxing moon positioned above the lighted dome of the Ismaili Jamatkhana on September 24, 2020 with the Aga Khan Museum’s Big Heech Sculpture in the foreground. Photo: Malik Merchant / Simerg.
The Big Heech sculpture by the front entrance of the Aga Khan Museum, with fall colour trees, pictured on September 25, 2020 in the background behind one of 5 ponds at Aga Khan Park. Photo: Malik Merchant / Simergphotos.
A magnificent view of the dome of the Ismaili Centre under blue skies on September 25, 2020, from the south end of the Aga Khan Park, where bushes have taken to red as fall begins to set in. Photo: Malik Merchant / Simergphotos.
A view of fall colours on September 25, 2020 near a residential area located across the Aga Khan Park. The busy Don Valley Parkway is at a lower elevation and is not shown in this photo. Photo: Malik Merchant / Simergphotos.
Infants take to the swings under the loving supervision of their mothers on a very warm autumn day on September 25, 2020, in a public park located near the Aga Khan Museum. Photo: Malik Merchant / Simergphotos.
A stand of trees in front of the north end of the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto exhibiting fall colours under blue skies on September 25, 2020. Photo: Malik Merchant / Simerg.
Waxing moon on September 24, 2020 above the dome of the Ismaili Jamatkhana, with fall colour trees at Aga Khan Park in foreground. Photo: Malik Merchant / Simergphotos
Date posted: September 25, 2020.
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