The Nabha Foundation—Focus Areas
Photo: Amit Pasricha for The Nabha Foundation
Heritage
With the active engagement of government and other stakeholders in Punjab, one of the prime initiatives of the Nabha Foundation is the adaptive reuse of regional historical buildings in support of community projects. The Foundation aims to create innovative institutions that reflect the local context and vernacular architecture of Nabha. The goal of the Foundation is to mainstream heritage in the developmental process in Punjab as a part of a strategic vision for regional urban regeneration. To date, several key monuments in Nabha have been conserved:
- Duladhi Gate—Located in the west of the city, Duladhi Gate is the only extant remainder of the five city gates of the town. Belonging to the first phase of urban development in Nabha at the turn of the 19th century, the gate comes from the same period as the nearby Nabha Quila (fort).
- Hamir Singh Samadh—The Samadh of Raja Hamir Singh, founder of Nabha, is believed to have been constructed in the 19th century by his grandson, Raja Devinder Singh. The Samadh (tomb) is an octagonal building with a fluted dome, representative of the architectural style of the period.
- Maharaja Jaswant Singh Samadh—built by Bharpur Singh in 1850, the building is a typical, but unique, piece of Sikh architecture. The Samadh is a simple quadrangle with an octagon on four corners; the whole assembly sits in a square quadrangular compound with four small bastions on each corner.
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