Hidden Gems of Delhi: Tomb of Bijri Khan, RK Puram

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The Lodi era monument lies amidst the chaos of the metro city, with slums encroaching the sides of the museum. The restoration work has gained some time in this monument’s life. Believed to be more than 600 years old, the monument was declared to be of prime
archaeological significance before the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage
(INTACH) started to renovate the tomb. Bijri Khan was probably a noble. Apart from this fact, no significant information is available about the tomb and the person buried at the site. The grave inside the sepulchre has no inscription. This Lodi period tomb is a rubble-built one decorated with shallow, arched niches. The only other ornamentation left are a few bands of stone carved into diamond shapes.

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