Lodi Garden is at Lodi Road, 5 Km south of Connaught place, 1 Km to
the south of the Purana Qila. It is set in the heart of the
one of the best residential districts of Delhi. The garden is now modified
as a Park. The garden contains the mellow stone tombs of the Lodi rulers
of the 15th and 16th century. In the middle of the garden
facing the East entrance from Max Muller Road is Bara Gumbad (Big Dome)
the mosque built in 1494. A few meter north of the Bara Gumbad is
the Sheesh Gumbad (Glass Dome) built on a raised incline with glazed
blue tiles, painted floral designs and Koranic inscriptions, a typical
Lodi architecture.
The tomb of Mohammad Shah (1450), the third Sayyid ruler is an octagonal
plan with eaves and lotus patterns on the ceiling. The Sikander
Lodi's tomb, surrounded by a garden, at the corner of the park, was built
by his son in 1517 and is also an octagonal plan decorated with Hindu
motifs. The Mughals in later period innovated the structure to a double
dome. An Athpula (Bridge of Eight Piers), built in the 16th century by
a nobleman at Akbar's court named Nawab Bahadur, is used to enter the
garden from north east. |