City Monument – Neela Gumbad & Subz Burj, Near Humayun’s Tomb Monuments by The Delhi Walla - September 6, 2023September 7, 20231 Blue dome’s doppelgänger. [Text and photo by Mayank Austen Soofi] Life would have been less complicated if our Delhi didn’t have so many monuments. And some of those look so same-same! Take the early 16th century Neela Gumbad and the early 16th century Subz Burj. Each is the other’s doppelgänger. For a start, avoid asking roadside muggles for directions to Neela Gumbad. Those well-meaning citizens are likely to send you to the more visible Subz Burj on Mathura Road. This Subz Burj stands on a traffic circle, and many of us misleadingly call it Neela Gumbad because of the neela, blue, tiles on the dome. But the dome also has subz, green, tiles on its neck, which gives the relic its true