HUMAYUN TOMB:
Humayun’s Tomb in Delhi is famous for being a complex of buildings that are built in Mughal architectural style. The tomb belongs to the late emperor Humayun. Situated in the Nizamuddin East area, Humayun Tomb Delhi has every reason for being denoted as a favorite tourist spot of New Delhi, India. To add to its already existing glory, Humayun Tomb is also a declared World Heritage Site.
Tomb of Humayun stands as one of the finest example of Mughal inspired architecture seen in India. It can also be easily noticed that the mausoleum’s architecture bear stark resemblance to that of Taj Mahal in Agra.
Hamida Banu Begum, the widow of Humayun ordered the tomb to be built in the year 1562 as a remembrance of her beloved husband Humayun. The main architects behind the designing of Humayun’s Tomb were two Persian architects Sayyed Muhammad Mirak Ghiyathuddin along with his father Mirak Ghiyathuddin. This monument of historical importance reportedly took around eight years to get completed. The design of this monument also includes the layout that is inspired by the Persian-style architecture. This type of bountiful architecture was of its first kind in the South Asia region.
In the year 2003, the restoration work was carried out on Humayun Tomb by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. This restoration enabled the flow of water into the watercourse through the gardens.
Humayun met his death in the year 1556. His widow dearly loved him and decided to construct his tomb in the most eloquent style. After fourteen years of Humayun’s death, the tomb’s construction work started. It is very interesting to know that the whole plan of constructing a tomb was carries out by Humayun himself during his living times. It was Humayun who got inspired by Persian style architecture and wanted the same for his own tomb. The whole cost of constructing this marvelous Tomb is estimated to be somewhat near 1.5 million Dollars that wasn’t a small price in that early age.
The whole designing style used in the construction of Humayun Tomb is interesting to be decoded. The main tomb stands in the middle of the square garden. This divides the whole area into four main sections known as Charbagh. Situated in the center of this section gushes out the shallow water channels that adds a different charisma to the whole scene. There are two double storey gateways towards the west and south direction that help in entering the high rubble enclosure of the structure. A pavilion called Baradari in the center of eastern wall and a bath chamber called Hammam in the center of the north wall completes the lorry of the tomb.
Towards the south-west side of Humayun’s Tomb, one can see the tomb Nai-ka-Gumbad. It stands on a raised platform and can be reached by the seven steps provided from the south direction. A double-dome structure is found to be held within the single compartment that comes under the entire building.
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Humayun Tomb remains open from sunrise to sunset and the entrance fee is as follows:
For Indian Citizens, SAARC (Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Maldives and Afghanistan) Visitors, & BIMSTEC Countries (Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Myanmar) – Rs.10/ per head
For others: US $ 5 (Indian Rs. 250/- per head)
Children up to 15 years can visit Humayun’s Tomb for free.