- India Gate
The
India Gate is a 42 metres high stone arch of triumph that bears
the names of 85,000 Indian army soldiers who died in the
campaigns of WWI, the North-West Frontier operations of the same
time and the 1919 Afghan fiasco. The India Gate stands at the
eastern end of the Rajpath (Kingsway) in New Delhi.
- Red Fort/Lal
Qila
Red Fort The largest of old Delhi's monuments
is the Lal Quila, or the Red Fort, the thick red sandstone walls
of which, bulging with turrets and bastions, have withstood the
vagaries of time, and nature. The Lal Quila rises above a wide
dry moat, in the northeast corner of the original city of
Shahjahanabad. Its walls extend upto two kilometre, and vary in
height from 18 metres on the river side to 33 metres on the city
side.
- Qutub Minar
The
72.55 mts. high minaretted Qutab Minar.The emblem of Delhi, the
72.55 meter high Qutab Minarwas erected in the 13th century by
Qutab-Ud-Din Aibak. Within the complex is an Iron pillar that
has never rusted. This five storied tower is visible from
several kilometers distance. Hence, when one travels in Delhi,
one truly travels through time.
- Jama Masjid
Jama
Masjid is located in the Old Delhi, just to the opposite side of
the massive Red Fort. Jama Masjid or the Jami Masjid was built
by the Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan, between 1644 and 1658 and is
the final architectural piece built by him.
- Lotus Temple
Completed
in 1986,the Bahai temple is set amidst pools and gardens.
Adherents of any faith are free to visit the temple and pray or
meditate silently according to their own religion . The
structure is in lotus shape so it often called the lotus temple.
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