By Richi Verma for Times of india
DELHI: After six years of conservation, Humayun’s Tomb—the inspiration for Taj Mahal—was restored to its pristine glory in September. Each stone on its facade was individually inspected, thousands of kilos of damaging concrete and plaster removed, and dozens of wooden doors, arched recesses, finials and canopies were reconstructed or repaired.
Humayun’s Tomb and Qutub Minar were the first monuments in Delhi to be declared Unesco World Heritage sites in 1993. “At that time, the tomb’s gardens were overgrown, its masonry cracked and the stonework broken or incomplete. More to the point, it had few visitors. The competition for resources made restoration of cultural sites an unpalatable position for many authorities,” said an official of Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC), which took up the project in 2007 on a request by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
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