Original Articles
Arshi Nafis and Mohammad Javed
Abstract
Safdarjung Tomb (Safdarjung Ka Maqbara) mausoleum, built in 1754, by sandstone and marble. This monument has a spacious ambience, an imposing presence with its domed, arched red brown and white colored structures. It is situated at the intersection of Safdarjung and Aurobindo road, New Delhi, India. There is a serious threat of microbial deterioration being a very old tomb as well as exposer to various human pathogenic fungi on visitors of the tomb. Our investigation evaluated the status of mycobial decay of stone monument resulting of twenty nine fungal species belonging to eighteen genera (Deutermycetous groups) from the surfaces of tomb building structure and showed extensive biodeterioration as well to human pathogen.