INTACH Delhi chapter has undertaken restoration work in Mehrauli Archeological Park. Kudos to them for some excellent work.
I have been there many times but never saw these two tombs which have been recently unearthed from centuries of neglect.
As I walked into the Park from the Qutub Sahab ki Dargah side I was pleasantly surprised to find this kalash peeping out.
A little further down and the full glory of another tomb being restored burst on me
Work going on inside this tomb
The ASI guards on duty
Some more ruins waiting for their turn
Rajo’n ki Baoli is one of my favourite places in Mehrauli Archeological Park and right opposite it was a mound with a small chatri peeping out. To my surprise I saw this beautiful tomb structure with underground cells. Probably used as a madarsa
Maulvi Zafar Hasan calls this a Pathan monument which means it was built during the Lodi period. The blue tiles on the tomb given earlier confirm this. He describes it as :
“The tomb is a domed chatri and occupies the centre of a raised enclosure containing numerous graves.The walls of the enclosure are broken with arched recesses and have octoganal bastions at each of the four angles, The chatri which measures 19′ by 6′ square and stands on a platform 4′ by 4′ is crowned by a dome supported on 12 stone piers.”
God Bless INTACH for rescuing this beautiful monument
I must thank Asif Khan Dehlvi for taking me there
I hope INTACH can restore all the monuments dying inch by inch in Delhi and other parts of India
