Haji Ali dargah, one of Mumbai's holy place where
approximately 80,000 people visit the shrine every week, has now got the final permissions from the
government of Maharashtra to demolish and reconstruct it.
Structwell Designers and Consultants Pvt Ltd, which is in
charge of the project, will resurrect a mildly modified version of the present
dargah. In keeping with Islamic building principles, the height of the shrine
will be raised by a few feet.
The complex comprises of the dargah, a sanatorium and a
mosque. The project is expected to take two years to complete and will use
30,000 cubic feet of fine Makrana marble out of which 20,000 cubic feet has
been already been purchased or booked by the dargah trust. The project cost is
estimated to be around Rs.9.6 crore.
Source : Mumbai Miror
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