A few hundred metres from the crazy traffic in the Nizamuddin area on Mathura Road emblems of Delhi’s heritage have been coming to life. It is a revival with many facets: in architecture, design, music, craftsmanship, gardens, water systems, urban planning, colours and cuisine. Monuments have been restored with rare passion and creative skills. Old landscapes have been rediscovered. Structures lost to decades of neglect are visible once again, their perfections intact. Indigenous species of trees have been brought back in thousands.

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Inspired by the traditional step-well or baoli, the upcoming ‘sunken’ interpretation centre-cum-museum at the 16th-century Humayun’s Tomb complex will be fully underground but naturally lit through large octagonal skylights so as not to disturb visual linkages between various monuments. The foundation stone is expected to be laid later this year. Estimated construction time is two years.

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