Delhi’s Bagh-I-Alam ka Gumbad, located in Deer Park, is a wildlife and historical hotspot. The old buildings are decorated with graffiti, monuments, and tombs.
There are monuments at Lodhi Garden. Sunder Nursery also does. There are deer in Deer Park. However, it also has monuments.
The 16th-century Bagh-I-Alam ka Gumbad, nestled deep within the vast south Delhi park, is teeming with minuscule life. Lots of pigeons and squirrels. The sound of the bird bakbak can sometimes be so loud that it seems as though hundreds of birds are inside the monument, ready to raise the massive structure into the air over Delhi and make it float like a flying castle.
There aren’t any birds within the domed tomb chamber on this overcast, muggy morning. The floor is lined with three graves. A mihrab facing Mecca is etched into the west-facing wall. Calligraphies and floral patterns adorn the domed ceiling. Side staircases have grilled gates that are locked. Viewed from one of the arched jharokhas is the amaltas tree, which is decorated with yellow summer blossoms. Suddenly, birds soar into the silent chamber, their fluttering wings resonating repeatedly against the stone walls.
The mosque that faces the gumbad is walled on one side and lacks a roof. Arched taaks are formed by the sculpting of the wall. Nine graves with fractured surfaces and extremely faded calligraphed inscriptions are scattered throughout the mosque’s stone floor. A brown dog is dozing off on top of a grave. He suddenly stands up, seemingly startled by an electric charge. He stumbles around the graves, bewildered, and settles onto the cold, mossy part of the ground.
The Kali Gumti monument is located at the end of a walking road and features a domed tomb chamber as well. It also features a wall on one side and a mosque without a roof. However, compared to the previously described monuments across the railroad, both of these remains are substantially smaller. There are fallen amaltas flowers scattered over this stone yard. There isn’t a grave within the small tomb room. I-Love-You scribbles cover its inside walls. There are defacements that seem to be cell phone numbers. An enormous crimson heart has been painted all over the west-facing mihrab. There’s a partially burnt cigarette in one of the taaks.
