ASI offers sneak peek into Red Fort mosque, hammam

Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 19 April 2014 | 22.10

NEW DELHI: In your next visit to Red Fort, you will be able to get a clearer perspective of monuments within the citadel complex currently closed to visitors. On occasion of World Heritage Day, Archaeological Survey of India has installed scrollers next to two monuments—Moti Masjid and Hammam—inside which no visitor is allowed. There are about a dozen images on the scrollers which change every few seconds showing visitors what the interiors of the monuments look like.

The scrollers project and a month-long exhibition of photographs of forgotten monuments in Delhi were inaugurated by ASI director-general Praveen Srivastava on Friday.

The Hammam and Moti Masjid have been closed to visitors for more than a decade. The marble floors there are extensively inlaid with semi-precious stones which can be easily damaged when people walk on them. One can only see these monuments from outside and, through the years, ASI has received a number of requests to open them to public but declined all. There were also reports of vandalism inside both monuments years ago when they were open to visitors.

"We are also planning to install scrollers at Diwan-e-Khas where people are currently allowed in. It has golden paintings and similar inlay work," said an official.

The Hammam or bathing area consists of three apartments separated by corridors. The floors and dados are built with white marble and inlaid with multi-coloured stones in floral motifs. Two rooms on either side of the present entrance were used by the royal children. The eastern apartment with three fountain basins, one of which is reputed to have emitted rosewater, was used as a dressing room.

Moti Masjid was built by Aurangzeb for his personal use. The prayer hall of the mosque is inlaid with outlines of musallas (small mats for prayers) in black marble, and it stands at a higher level than the courtyard. The hall is surmounted by three bulbous domes, originally copper-plated.

Visitors at Red Fort can also enjoy an exhibition of 40 photographs of the city's forgotten monuments, both protected and unprotected, such as Sultangarhi Tomb, Darya Khan Tomb, Hasthal Minar, Old Iron Bridge and Jama Masjid. These have been taken by amateur photographers who belong to a heritage club.

The exhibition aimed to increase footfall in these lesser known buildings. Delhi is known mainly for its three world heritage sites and other popular historical monuments like Purana Qila and Jantar Mantar, but there are hundreds of historical buildings in the city that are architecturally striking with a treasure trove of legends connected to them.


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