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FOUNTAINS COME ALIVE IN INDIAN 'PARADISE GARDEN' - 2003-06-12

Posted July 10th, 2007 by heritage
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Thursday, 2003, June 12
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It was an attempt to create a glimpse of heaven on earth, but for centuries the paradise garden of Humayun's Tomb -- the inspiration behind India's celebrated Taj Mahal -- lay in neglect in the midst of Delhi. Now conservationists have restored the grounds of the massive bulbous-domed tomb of Mughal Emperor Humayun who plunged down a stairway to his death in 1556 rushing to answer the Muslim call to prayer. Long-dormant fountains in the garden have come to life for the first time in some 400 years and water flows through narrow canals representing the four rivers of paradise described in the Koran.

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H.H. Prince Karim Aga Khan IV
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