Humayun’s Tomb New Delhi
Posted by Ashwini | Posted in Delhi | Posted on 30-06-2010
Tags: Delhi Travel Attractions, Garden-Tomb New Delhi, historical monuments of New Delhi, Humayun's Tomb, Humayun's Tomb New Delhi India, India, Mughal architecture, New Delhi tourist attractions, Places to visit in New Delhi
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Humayun’s Tomb or Makbara (as they call in Urdu/Hindi) is one among the beautiful historical monuments of NewDelhi.This was the first Mughal building built with gardens and it has inspired several major Mughal architectures in India including TajMahal.
The tomb has been built by Humayun’s wife Hazi Begum. It is built of red sandstone with decorative white marble inlay. The main building is dome shaped and is raised on a large stage[ which is very much similar to TajMahal]. The stage is around 17 meter high. There are stairs from all the four sides to reach on the stage.Inside the tomb,there are many rooms but some of them are locked for visitors.All the rooms have white marble tombs.The center room has a single tomb,which I assume Humayun’s tomb.
Unfortunately there are not much sign boards or displays to explain the history of the building.I strongly recommend reading about the history of the tomb and the mughal emperors of India before visiting.
There is a small entrance fee for the building and its open from sunrise to sunset.
Marble Tomb
On the stage,side view
Here is the location link and few photos on flickr.
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Hai it’s very nice and good. lord venkateshwara in the Kalyanotsavam post is also very nice .
Good pics of Taj.