Despite the immense historical, architectural and archaeological significance of the structure and its prominent location on two of Delhi’s major transport arteries, Rahim’s mausoleum stood in a ruinous condition with a risk of collapse. In 2014, following the completion of conservation works on the Humayun’s Tomb World Heritage Site, the inter-disciplinary Aga Khan Trust for Culture team - with the support and partnership of InterGlobe Foundation and the Archaeological Survey of India - commenced a six-year conservation effort. With 175000 man-days of work by master craftsmen, this has been the largest conservation effort ever undertaken at any monument of national importance in India and also the first-ever privately undertaken conservation effort under the ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’. A conservation effort of this magnitude and complexity required to benefit from a wide spectrum of advice and over 60 independent peer reviews have been carried out since 2015.

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Source: Aga Khan Trust for Culture