New Delhi: Early in the morning, a posse of nearly 100 masons troop in with their chisels to recast the weathered stones and crumbling lime facades of the 16th century mausoleum of Mughal emperor Humayun, a family tomb, which is home to 160 graves.
The tomb, one of the country’s first garden mausoleums and a Unesco World Heritage Site, is getting a makeover to resemble its original state with a unique not-for-profit private-public conservation project partnered by the Agha Khan Trust for Culture, the Dorabji Tata Trust and the Archaeological Survey of India.
“At the core of the structural renovation project is the restoration of 42 arched bays on the enclosure (outer ramparts) of the tomb which had collapsed with time, and 68 arched alcoves at a lower level,” said Ratish Nanda, conservation architect and project director of the Aga Khan Trust For Culture.
via gulfnews : Humayun’s tomb in Delhi gets makeover to former splendour.
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