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The eastern facade of Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s Samadhi. It has frescoes of
guardian figures that Dr Nadhra Shahbaz Naeem Khan from Lahore University of
Management found after scraping thick layers of whitewash. They have since been
covered with more layers and lost again. Dr Khan’s PhD dissertation was a study
of the ornamental program of Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s Samadhi in Lahore. This
led her to study other Sikh monuments in Punjab. In the process, she has built
an impressive photographic archive documenting some endangered sites. Most of
the monuments lie dilapidated, on the verge of being erased from history. (Hosh Media)
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Monday, May 28
Rediscovering Heritage
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