<p>New Delhi: Country's first sunken museum at the site of Humayun's Tomb complex in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/new-delhi">Delhi</a>, where the story of the Mughal emperor and lesser-known facets of his life comes alive, was inaugurated on Monday evening.</p><p>Humayun's Tomb complex is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.</p><p>Union Culture and Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat inaugurated the new museum in the presence of Prince Rahim Aga Khan.</p>.Shah Rukh Khan becomes first Indian actor to be honoured with special gold coins by Paris' Grevin Museum.<p>"Our cultural heritage is one of our greatest assets," Shekhawat said in his address at the inauguration ceremony.</p><p>The inauguration coincided with the ongoing 46th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC) in New Delhi.</p><p>Several delegates of the WHC session, besides many scholars, architects and diplomats, among others, also attended the event.</p>.<p>The museum, whose layout is inspired by the medieval 'baolis', or traditional water tanks, showcases the legacy of Mughal emperor Humayun including lesser-known facets of his life, and the heritage of the Nizamuddin area over the last seven centuries.</p><p>The finial of the Mughal monument (Humayun's Tomb) which was knocked off in a 2014 storm is its "centre-piece". </p>
<p>New Delhi: Country's first sunken museum at the site of Humayun's Tomb complex in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/new-delhi">Delhi</a>, where the story of the Mughal emperor and lesser-known facets of his life comes alive, was inaugurated on Monday evening.</p><p>Humayun's Tomb complex is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.</p><p>Union Culture and Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat inaugurated the new museum in the presence of Prince Rahim Aga Khan.</p>.Shah Rukh Khan becomes first Indian actor to be honoured with special gold coins by Paris' Grevin Museum.<p>"Our cultural heritage is one of our greatest assets," Shekhawat said in his address at the inauguration ceremony.</p><p>The inauguration coincided with the ongoing 46th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC) in New Delhi.</p><p>Several delegates of the WHC session, besides many scholars, architects and diplomats, among others, also attended the event.</p>.<p>The museum, whose layout is inspired by the medieval 'baolis', or traditional water tanks, showcases the legacy of Mughal emperor Humayun including lesser-known facets of his life, and the heritage of the Nizamuddin area over the last seven centuries.</p><p>The finial of the Mughal monument (Humayun's Tomb) which was knocked off in a 2014 storm is its "centre-piece". </p>