On Thursday, August 10, New Delhi's Shaheedi Park opened its gates for the public.
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IMAGE: Sashastra Seema Bal personnel stand guard near The Mahatma. All Photographs: ANI Photo
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IMAGE: Glimpse of the renovated Shaheedi Park.
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IMAGE: An array of Indian icons.
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IMAGE: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
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IMAGE: Developed by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, the park showcases sculptures of various freedom fighters.
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IMAGE: The MCD says this is 'India's first outdoor museum park'.
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IMAGE: The park has been developed in the capital's ITO area under the MCD's 'waste-to-art' initiative.
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IMAGE: The Sikh warrior Banda Singh Bahadur.
Photographs curated by Anant Salvi/Rediff.com
Feature Presentation: Aslam Hunani/Rediff.com