Written by Surbhi Gupta |Updated: September 20, 2019 5:50:53 am
One Step Away
Heritage activist Vikramjit Singh Rooprai has documented the baolis of Delhi in his latest book
When author and heritage activist Vikramjit Singh Rooprai first came to know about the Munirka Baoli, he took a tour of the entire urban village near Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University, to hunt for it, but could not find any historical structure, except the dilapidated tomb of Malik Munirka. Later, when he checked the land records from 1950s and ’60s, he realised that a part of the village was demolished to make space for the area now known as RK Puram. The baoli of Munirka is now in Sector 5 of the locality and dates back to the Lodhi era. Comprising a few tombs, prayer hall and grave platforms, it makes the Wazirpur Gumbad Complex. It shares walls with a modern-day gurudwara and a temple. Known for his blogs and the heritage walks he conducts, Rooprai mentions the structure in his recently released book Delhi Heritage: Top 10 Baolis (Rs 399, Niyogi Books).
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