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A Visual Tour To Humayun's Tomb

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SOME FACTS ABOUT HUMAYUN'S TOMB-  BUILT IN 1565, HUMAYUN'S TOMB WAS THE FIRST GARDEN TOMB ON INDIAN SUBCONTINENT IT WAS THE ARCHITECTURAL INSPIRATION BEHIND ICONIC TAJMAHAL HUMAYUN'S TOMB  IS THE FIRST SUBSTANTIAL EXAMPLE OF MUGHAL ARCHITECTURE IN INDIA IT WAS BUILT BY HUMAYUN’S WIFE HAMIDA BANU BEGUM HUMAYUN'S TOMB  WAS DESIGNED BY A PERSIAN ARCHITECT ‘MIRAK MIRZA GHIYAS’ PERSIAN & INDIAN CRAFTSMEN BUILT THIS MAGNIFICENT GARDEN TOMB HUMAYUN'S TOMB  IS AN EXAMPLE OF CHARBAGH - FOUR QUADRANT GARDEN WITH FOUR RIVERS IT’S INTERIOR IS A LARGE OCTAGONAL CHAMBER WITH VAULTED ROOF COMPARTMENTS HUMAYUN'S TOMB  IS VERY WELL MAINTAINED, CLEAN & PEACEFUL PLACE HUMAYUN'S TOMB IS EASILY CONNECTED WITH METRO & CITY BUSES.  NEAREST METRO STATION IS JAWAHARLAL NEHRU STATIDUM ENTRY FEES IS INR 30 (INDIANS), INR 500 (FOREIGNERS) THERE ARE NO STILL PHOTOGRAPHY CHARGES IN THE TOM...