{"id":709,"date":"2023-03-11T13:40:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T13:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mahendraindiatravel.com\/blog\/?p=709"},"modified":"2023-03-11T13:44:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T13:44:59","slug":"safdarjung-tomb-delhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mahendraindiatravel.com\/blog\/safdarjung-tomb-delhi\/","title":{"rendered":"Safdarjung Tomb Delhi | Entry Fee, Timings, History, Built by, Images &#038; Location 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Delhi, India, there is a sandstone and marble monument known as<a href=\"https:\/\/mahendraindiatravel.com\/\"> Safdarjung&#8217;s tomb<\/a>. For Nawab Safdarjung, it was constructed in 1754 in the late Mughal Empire style. The monument&#8217;s domed and arched red, brown, and white coloured structures give it a feeling of openness and an intimidating presence. When Ahmed Shah Bahadur assumed the throne in 1748, Safdarjung, Nawab of Oudh, was appointed prime minister of the Mughal Empire (Wazir ul-Mamlak-i-Hindustan).<\/p>\n<p>With &#8220;eight paradises&#8221; (hasht bihisht), or eight rooms arranged around the main chamber beneath the dome, within, the tomb is in a late version of the style of previous Mughal imperial tombs, most notably the Taj Mahal. Outside, the garden is separated into four sections. Due to the emperors&#8217; by this time significantly decreased influence, this was the first time someone outside the immediate imperial Mughal dynasty built themselves such a tomb and garden complex. This historical landmark, which is situated in <a href=\"https:\/\/mahendraindiatravel.com\/\">New Delhi<\/a> near Safdarjung Airport at the intersection of Safdarjung Road and Aurobindo Marg (Road), has remained a well-liked tourist destination for both domestic and foreign visitors to the Indian capital city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Delhi, India, there is a sandstone and marble monument known as Safdarjung&#8217;s tomb. For Nawab Safdarjung, it was constructed in 1754 in the late Mughal Empire style. The monument&#8217;s domed and arched red, brown, and white coloured structures give it a feeling of openness and an intimidating presence. When Ahmed Shah Bahadur assumed the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[37,36,35],"class_list":["post-709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-delhi-tourism","tag-safdarjungs-tomb-delhi-entry-fee","tag-safdarjungs-tomb-delhi-timings","tag-tomb-of-safdarjung-in-delhi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mahendraindiatravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mahendraindiatravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mahendraindiatravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mahendraindiatravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mahendraindiatravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mahendraindiatravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2292,"href":"https:\/\/mahendraindiatravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions\/2292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mahendraindiatravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mahendraindiatravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mahendraindiatravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mahendraindiatravel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}