The Taj Mahal hotel, one of the sites of the terrorist attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai last month, will reopen next week, officials said Saturday, dpa reported.
The rooms in the hotel's tower area will reopen at 7 pm on December 21, exactly 25 days after it was targeted by terrorists who India says came from Pakistan.
"We dedicate our reopening to the city of Mumbai as affirmation of the values of courage, resilience and dignity," Raymond Bickson, CEO of the Indian Hotels Company Limited said in a statement.
The 105-year-old Taj, one of India's most famous hotels, was heavily damaged during a 59-hour stand-off between terrorists and elite commando forces.
Part of the building had caught fire and a section of at least one floor was gutted.
Bickson said reopening the Taj with such speed displayed the management's resolve to commemorate all the "innocent and brave people who lost their lives" in the terrorist attacks.
"In their honour, the Taj will shine again in all its brilliance," he added.
In a related development, the Jewish Centre at Nariman House that also came under attack will be rebuilt, the NDTV network reported quoting Jewish community members.
The structure was damaged in the heavy grenade explosions and gun- fire between terrorists holed up inside the building and commando forces.
Nariman House and the Taj were among the 13 locations in south Mumbai attacked by terrorists between November 26 and 29 which left 164 people including 26 foreign nationals dead. Nine terrorists were also killed by security forces bringing the total death toll to 173.