My Visit to Humayun Tomb ....

Last weekend, I visited Humayun tomb.

This tomb was built for Humayun, second Mughal Emperor of India, in 1570 by his persian wife Hamida Begum. A magnificent building in the center of the New Delhi.


Its plan, based on the description of Islamic paradise gardens, is known to have inspired the Taj Mahal and many later Mughal tombs. This type of garden is known as a charbagh and is based on a grid. Humayun's tomb was added to Unesco's World Heritage List in 1993.

I have snapped a good number of pictures and you can have a look at them in my flickr (http://flickr.com/photos/pandian ).