ASI repaints the entrance of Safdarjung Tomb after selecting the wrong paint color
Safdarjung Tomb's main door is being repainted by the Archaeological Survey of India because it was unintentionally painted a dark yellow tint lately rather than its natural pale yellow.
According to ASI officials, they had assumed that the gate's yellow color would lighten up after drying, but it didn't and didn't match the original color. As a result, we chose to start over. Officials stated, «We are really concerned to the originality of the construction, and it was a human error that is being corrected immediately.
By the end of this month, the tomb's conservation efforts, which commenced in February, should be completed. This error would have prevented further work from being done till now. „This resulted in at least a month's delay,“ a senior Delhi Circle official stated.
In order to facilitate wheelchair or walker users' access to the monument, a ramp leading to the main tomb has also been constructed. There is an elaborate plaster on the tomb and the main gate, and a pathway has been constructed. Additionally finished is the work that was needed to fill up the spaces created by the joints of two of the tomb's marble slabs, said officials.
A former director general of ASI wrote a book titled «Delhi and Its Neighbourhood,» in which he claims that Nawab Shuja'u'd-Daula, Safdar-Jang's son, built the structure between 1753 and 1754 based on an inscription over the mausoleum's eastern entrance.
Stretching across 300 square meters, the vast garden perimeter is partitioned into four squares by broad walkways
