NEW DELHI: Urban revitalisation and conservation efforts initiated at Nizamuddin Basti, one of the oldest and historical settlements in the national capital, has received twin UNESCO recognitions: Award of excellence 2021 for cultural heritage conservation and recognition for sustainable development. After migration from Badayun in UP sometime in the 1240s, noted Sufi saint Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya settled in a Delhi village Ghiyaspur, located on the tributary of River Yamuna, and later buried in the vicinity. The settlement that developed around his shrine came to be known as Nizamuddin Basti.
The UNESCO has conferred two awards for conservation efforts at Nizamuddin Basti in the capital. The Nizamuddin Area comprises the World Heritage Site of Humayun’s Tomb, the centuries-old settlement of Hazrat Nizamuddin Basti and Sunder Nursery, in addition to the 16th Century Batashewala Tomb-Garden Complex, tomb of 16th Century courtier poet Khan I Khanan ‘Rahim’, and the Mughal-period caravanserai of Azimganj Serai. The Urban Renewal project, which started in 2007, has successfully unified these segregated zones of the conservation area into an urban historic district of considerable cultural significance.
Hidden in plain sight on a traffic island on Mathura Road, with an estimated 60 lakh vehicles passing by annually, is one of Delhi’s earliest Mughal-era monuments— Sabz Burj. It has been conserved and restored over the last four years using traditional materials and building-craft techniques favoured by 16th Century craftsmen. Immense significance The tomb, which was built in 1530, does not have any markings pointing to the identity of those buried under it. However, it is of immense significance due to the ceiling on its double dome structure painted in pure gold and lapiz and revealed after conservation efforts began.
NEW DELHI: Conservation of Subz Burj, one of the unique double-domed architectural gems in the national capital located on a traffic island close to Nizamuddin Police Station, has been completed after three years of concentrated efforts carried out by Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC). Sandstone lattice screens (Jaalis) have been restored at arched doorways where unsightly iron frames were installed. Rare gold and lapis lazuli paintings and incised plaster patterns on the ceiling have also been exposed after a careful cleaning process done under the watchful supervision of the experts.
Using traditional craftsmanship and hi-tech scanning, Sabz Burj, a 16th-century Mughal-era monument in Delhi, has been preserved after nearly four years of painstaking labor, during which a rare intricate painting was also placed on its ceiling. has come to the fore. The early Mughal-era two-domed monument, called the Mughal elite, is located right opposite Humayun's tomb complex and predates the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The 70-foot-tall octagonal tomb with its distinctive tile-covered dome is endowed with a shimmering shade of turquoise blue and a tall drum sits on a large traffic rotary and was used as a police station in the Nizamuddin area in the 20th century. had gone. According to the AKTC, it lost its original grandeur after being subjected to insensitive architectural interventions.

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expertise, skills, and money, to produce a quality of result for a place which is very complex, very important historically, one which is on the World Heritage List, and one where decisions must recognize a variety of interests. I’m able to write of being inspired. Inspired by the qualities of the World Heritage Site brought to life...
expertise, skills, and money, to produce a quality of result for a place which is very complex, very important historically, one which is on the World Heritage List, and one where decisions must recognize a variety of interests. I’m able to write of being inspired. Inspired by the qualities of the World Heritage Site brought to life...
expertise, skills, and money, to produce a quality of result for a place which is very complex, very important historically, one which is on the World Heritage List, and one where decisions must recognize a variety of interests. I’m able to write of being inspired. Inspired by the qualities of the World Heritage Site brought to life...
expertise, skills, and money, to produce a quality of result for a place which is very complex, very important historically, one which is on the World Heritage List, and one where decisions must recognize a variety of interests. I’m able to write of being inspired. Inspired by the qualities of the World Heritage Site brought to life...