via articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com – DELHI: Over six years, 2,00,000 man-days of work and efforts of 1,500 conservationists and craftsmen later, Humayun’s Tomb is once again set to receive visitors. Built in the 1560s—on a far grander scale than any of its predecessors—it was the model for the Taj, according to historians.
For the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, which took on the project in 2007 to fulfil a request by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the painstaking endeavour will culminate on September 18. Presiding over the event will be the Aga Khan and the PM. The dais will be shared by Union culture minister Chandresh Kumari Katoch and Ratan Tata, whose Sir Dorabji Tata Trust cofunded the conservation.
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