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Humayun's Tomb

Humayun's Tomb

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Mathura Road, India

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Venue: Humayun's Tomb    When: Daily

The second Mughal Emperor Humayun died in 1556, and his Persian wife, Hamida Begum, supervised the construction of his tomb from 1562-1572, designed by the Persian architect, Mirak Mirza Ghiyuath. The beautiful mausoleum, built of red sandstone and red and white marble, sits in the centre of an enclosure on a large platform and has a series of cells with arched openings.

On the bank of River Yamuna next to the shrine of the famous Sufi saint Nizam al-Din Awliya, this tomb is said to have been a precedent of later Mughal mausolea. The style of geometrically arranged garden, criss-crossed by numerous water channels, can also be seen in the Red Fort in Delhi and at the Taj Mahal in Agra.

Humayun's tomb is a UNESCO Heritage building and was the first Indian building to use the Persian double dome.

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