I had one last day to look around in Delhi before leaving on March 1, and had not seen Humayun's Tomb, one of the must see's in the city. I left the hotel in the late morning and found a motorized rickshaw for the 40 minute ride into the city. He took some less traveled roads to avoid the traffic that would have been moving faster than he was able, so the ride in was pleasant. We passed several of the places I had visited when first in Delhi: the Ring Road, India Gate, Safdarjung's Tomb, and Indira Gandhi's residence and museum. The area around the tomb is open and green, with parks and nurseries, little traffic, and clean, manicured streets.
Humayun was the Mughal emperor in India from 1508 until his death in 1556. His wife, Bega Begum, ordered the tomb be constructed in 1565 and paid for it herself. The architect (as for most Mughal tombs) was Persian. The grounds around the tomb have many other buildings and tombs to people in Humayun's court and many family members who came after him. It is known as the "dormitory of the Mughals."
This is how it looked in 1857.
This is how it looks restored.
The weather changed, and the ride back to the hotel was wet and cold. I had a beer and one of their catered in dinners, and packed up for the flight back to the states the following day.
Humayun was the Mughal emperor in India from 1508 until his death in 1556. His wife, Bega Begum, ordered the tomb be constructed in 1565 and paid for it herself. The architect (as for most Mughal tombs) was Persian. The grounds around the tomb have many other buildings and tombs to people in Humayun's court and many family members who came after him. It is known as the "dormitory of the Mughals."
This is how it looked in 1857.
The weather changed, and the ride back to the hotel was wet and cold. I had a beer and one of their catered in dinners, and packed up for the flight back to the states the following day.
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