Nature & WildlifeHeritage park

Sunder Nursery

Restored 90-acre Mughal-era garden beside Humayun's Tomb, with heritage tombs, Persian-style gardens and 300 tree types

Photo: Gryffindor · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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01 — The story

The story

Sunder Nursery, once known as Azim Bagh, is a heritage park beside Humayun's Tomb in Delhi, laid out by the Mughals in the 16th century on the Grand Trunk Road and now spread over 90 acres. In British times it became a nursery for experimental and exotic plants, and it takes the 'Sunder' in its name from the Sunder Burj tomb. Restoration led by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture with the ASI and CPWD began in 2007, removing some 1,000 truckloads of rubble, and the park reopened on 21 February 2018.

It holds fifteen heritage monuments, six of which have UNESCO World Heritage status, among them Sunder Burj, Sundarwala Mahal and Lakkarwala Burj, the last now set in a rose garden. Recreated Persian gardens with fountains and water channels sit alongside zones reproducing Delhi's original landscapes of ridge, alluvial plain, riverbank and marsh. With over 300 types of trees it counts as Delhi's first arboretum, and about 80 bird and 36 butterfly species have been recorded here.

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02 — About

About Sunder Nursery

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We’re still writing about Sunder Nursery: its history, what’s there and why it’s worth the trip.

Where it is

South East Delhi, Delhi (NCT)

28.60° N 77.25° E