Haveli Dharampura, built in 1887 CE and currently owned by BJP leader
Vijay Goel, is a 19th-century
haveli in
Chandani Chowk
The Chandni Chowk, also known as Moonlight Square is one of the oldest and busiest markets in Old Delhi, India. It is located close to the Old Delhi Railway Station. The Red Fort monument is located at the eastern end of Chandni Chowk. It was bu ...
area of
old Delhi that as awarded a special mention in
UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation in 2017.
[Old Delhi's Haveli Dharampura, Mumbai's Wellington Fountain Get UNESCO Recognition]
NDTV, 17 Nov 2017.[
]
Architecture
Spread over 500 sq. yards it is built in the architecture of 19th and 20th around a central courtyard it has intricate designs of wood work on the rooftops, sculptures and Hindu goddesses engraved in stone and steel, antique balconies intricate stone brackets, balconies, jharoka
The Jharokha is a stone window projecting from the wall face of a building, in an upper story, overlooking a street, market, court or any other open space. A common feature in classical Indian architecture, most prominent in Rajasthan. It is su ...
, red sandstone brackets, floral decorations, motifs, wooden joist flooring and lime concrete flooring, multi foliated arched gateway and arches, carved sandstone facades, large arched openings with elephants and intricate carvings on the main door, wooden doorways using traditional material including lakhori bricks and lime mortar.["Haveli to speak of a history lost in time."]
Times of India, 21 Dec 2015.[5. Havelis of Kucha pati Ram, in South Shahjahanabad]
World Monument fund.
Livemint, 24 Dec 2016.[Haveli Dharampura, boutique bolthole in heart of Old Delhi]
South China Morning Post, 4 May 2016.[
This heritage building classified as "category-2 protected building" by the Delhi Govt's Department of Archaeology. It was bought and restored by Vijay Goel and refashioned into a modern 14-rooms 5-star hotel with ancestral haveli look and feel also has a restaurant named lakhouri.][Old Delhi haveli brief]
The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the secon ...
, 18 Nov 2017.[A Lavish 7-Course Dinner at a Haveli in Old Delhi Built 200 Years Ago]
NDTV Food, 27 Jun 2017[New on the Block: In the heart of Delhi-6, Haveli Dharampura brings in fine-dining, Mughal-style]
The Indian Express, 1 Mar 2016.
Restoration
From 2011 to 2016 six year restoration project of this protected heritage building by its current owner, Mr Goel, with no financial or technical support from the government. he resisted the urge to add new rooms or use more affordable modern material. Instead of iron grille, he used more expensive cast iron grille, painted the doors blue as was historically customary for the neighborhood, cleared 1000 truckloads of rubble, brought artists who had worked on restoration of UNESCO heritage listed Red Fort, it was the first haveli to be completely restored in last 100 years. His vision of restoration of other havelis of the neighborhood is based on sustainable heritage conservation methods and sustainable financial commercial use of the havelis while staying true to the original heritage of havelis. He was attracted to this haveli, its chajjas (roofs), pillars, balconies, everything fascinated him.[Vijay Goel restores haveli to original glory.]
The Sunday Guardian, 9 January 2016.
See also
* Chandni Chowk
* Chunnamal Haveli
* Ghalib ki Haveli
* Nangal Sirohi havelis
References
{{Delhi landmarks
Houses in Delhi
Havelis
Rajput architecture