page_title: Abha Narain Lambah
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Abha Narain Lambah / Early life
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a picture of the Royal Opera House in Mumbai. It's in shambles today.
context_page_description: Abha Narain Lambah is an Indian conservation architect whose eponymous architectural practice has restored several of India's UNESCO World Heritage Sites like the Ajanta Caves, Golconda Fort and Mahabodhi Temple, and Mumbai's Victorian buildings like the Crawford Market, Royal Opera House, Asiatic Society of Mumbai Town Hall and Knesset Eliyahoo Synagogue.
  The firm's work has been recognised by the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation. In 2017, their restoration work on the Royal Opera House, India's only surviving opera house, was given the Award of Merit under the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation.
  Their ongoing project is the restoration of Le Corbusier's historic Chandigarh Capitol Complex in Punjab.
context_section_description: Lambah was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata) and grew up in Ballygunge. She attended the Loreto House school and then graduated from the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi.
caption: The pediment of Royal Opera House, Mumbai before restoration.
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