The majestic Humayun’s Tomb was blanketed by a thick layer of fog, as a group of history enthusiasts, packed in layers of clothing to fight off the morning cold, huddled around to learn more about various structures within the vast complex. This is a perfect example of Indo-Islamic architecture.” The MCD heritage cell walk also explored the many structure that …
In a famous passage in the Koran, as the Prophet Muhammad flees to Medina to escape his enemies, he takes refuge in a cave in Jabal Thawr. American art collector and scholar Stuart Cary Welch used to cite this incident as the origin story of the jali, the intricate lattice work decor commonly associated with mosques, palaces and cenotaphs. Crites’ …
The majestic but ravaged medieval tomb with its jagged dome and crumbling arches, standing like a brooding sentinel near the entrance to Nizamuddin East, always drew my attention when I passed by—yet never struck me as particularly welcoming. But recently, as I stood in the central chamber of this very tomb, built by the Mughal statesman Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan —better …
