Peeling walls, broken bricks: Delhi’s Lodhi structure awaits repair
1 year, 4 months ago

Peeling walls, broken bricks: Delhi’s Lodhi structure awaits repair

Hindustan Times  

A portion of a complex abutting Bada Gumbad mosque within the Lodhi Gardens has sustained damage during the rains this year, prompting conservationists to urge authorities to undertake urgent repairs and pointing out that several parts of the 15th century monument have eroded over time. Praveen Singh, superintending archaeologist of ASI’s Delhi circle, said “a small portion” of the monument was damaged and that it would be repaired. At least five monuments within the gardens, including Bada Gumbad and its neighbouring quarters, fall under the purview of the ASI, while the Delhi government’s state department of archaeology looks after three smaller monuments. The mosque and complex were built in 1494 during the rule of the Lodhis— it is now known which ruler got the structures constructed — according to Maulvi Zafar Hasan, the ASI archaeologist who prepared the agency’s first “list of monuments worthy of conservation” in 1916.

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