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 Qutab
Minar
It is situated at Aurabindo Marg, near Mehrauli, 14
Km south of Cannaught place. It was Qutbu'd-Din Aibak who laid the foundation
of the world famous Minar, but he only succeeded in raising the first storey
of the Minar, the remaining storeys being eventually completed by his successors.
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Dargah (Tomb) of Hazrat Nizam:Ud-Din Albia
This Tomb is situated at old
Nizamuddin Bazar, 5 Kilometres south east of Connaught place. Chisti Hazrat Nizamuddin
Aulia was born in Bukhara and came to Delhi, where he became an important Sufi
mystic.The Tomb has a shrine of the saint who died in 1325 and the graves
of Jahanara, the daughter of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and Amir Khusru, a
renowned Urdu poet. The tomb is white in colour
with an onion-shaped dome with thin black stripes and is visited by large crowds.
Around sunset, it is worth to visit the shrine especially on Thursday, after the
evening prayers, to hear the 'qawwali' songs sung by the male followers of the
Sufi Saint.
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Rashtrapati Bhavan
 The
residence of the former Viceroy of India and presently the residence of the
President of India is marked with great majesty and regiment with its imperial
design. This copper domed palace has 340 splendidly decorated rooms on the eminence
of Raisina hill. Designed by Sir Edwin Luthensa, it was completed and occupied
in 1929. Spread over an area 330 acres, it has an elegant Mughal garden which
is open to the public once a year in the month of February. The Durbar hall
(audience chamber) with its massive dome 8 metres in diameter, golden pillars,
white marble walls and flooring and a stone sculpture of standing Buddha is
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Central Secretariat The British who shifted the capital of
the country from old Delhi to New Delhi built the present Rakshtrapati Bhavan
and the adjoining 2 blocks. In 1929-30, the secretariat buildings were
completed. Designed by Sir Herbert Baker, it consist of the 2 blocks, North and
South. Each block is surrounded by a dome which is 217 feet high. In the building,
architecture has combined the best features of English school of architecture
and the dedicate traditional Indian forms.
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Parliament House
 It is also
known as 'Sansad Bhavan' and is a circular colonnade building 171 meter
in diameter and 75 feet high. It has housed the Indian Parliament (Lok Sabha
and Rajya Sabha) since 1947. It was in this building the constituent assembly
sat for 3 years to prepare the constitution of free India. It was designed by
Sir Herbert Baher and is situated to the right of Vijay Chowk. Built on 3 levels,
it has a red sand stone foundation storeys, a buff coloured storeys with 144
pillars and a small attic storeys. Specially imported acoustic tiles were used
on the walls and sound absorbing plaster on the ceiling. The Parliament library
is one of the most impressive in Asia. The Parliament house has all the constructive
geometric qualities.
Humayun's Tomb
 The
Humayun's tomb lies at 5Km southeast of Connaught place. High rubble-built
walls enclose a square garden. The lofty mausoleum is located in the center
of the enclosure and rises from a podium with arched openings. The structure
is built with red sandstone, but white and black marble has been used to relieve
the monotony, the latter largely in the borders.
The tomb was built by Humayun's
senior widow Hamida Begum, popularly known as Haji Begum, nine years after his
death in 1565. It is the first substantial example of the Mughal architecture,
with high arches and double dome, which occurs here for the first time in
India. The design represents the first 'tomb-in-a garden' complex in
India.
Open daily from sunrise to
sunset, Entry free on Fridays.
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Purana Qila
The
Purana Qila is situated off Mathura Road, near Delhi Zoo. The Purana Qila
occupies the ancient mound which conceals the ruins of the city of Indraprastha
of Mahabharata story. Sher Shah Sur, demolished the city of Dinpandh built
by Humayun and on the same site raised this citadel. It is irregularly oblong on
plan, with bastion on the corners and in the western wall. Its ramparts
cover a perimeter of nearly 2 Km. It has three main gates on the north,
south and west, the last one functioning as the entrance now. The gates
are double-storeyed, built with red sandstone and surrounded by chhatris.
The
massive double-storeyed Bara Darwaza (Great Gate) is the main entrance to the
fort. The Southern gate is known as Humayun Drawaza. Among the three main
gates, the northern one is called the Talaqui - Darwaza (forbidden gate). The
exterior of the gate was originally decorated with coloured tiles and the rooms
with incised plaster-work. It is believed that Sher Shah left the
Puran-quila unfurnished, and it was completed by Humayun.
Visit : Daily sunrise
to sunset.
Lal Qila (Red Fort)
Red Fort or lal qila as it is more popularly known is a masterpiece
of architecture and one of the most haunting spots for tourists from both India
and abroad. This fort built behind red sandstone walls gives the fort its name.
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Courtesy for Pictures
Konstantin Novakovic
Serbia
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