Taj Mahal (Agra, Uttar Pradesh) – located 3 hours (233 km.) southeast of New Delhi, this is India’s most fascinating and beautiful monument. The Taj Mahal was completed in 1653 AD by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan as the final resting place for his favourite Queen Mumtaz. This perfectly symmetrical monument took 22 years (1630-1652) […]
Shakti Sthal (near Red Fort, on the banks of the Yamuna River, New Delhi, Delhi) — located on the banks of Yamuna River, Shakti Sthal is the memorial of Indira Gandhi, the first and only woman Prime Minster of India. She was Prime Minister of India twice: first from 1966 to 1977 and then from […]
Salimgarh Fort (Mahatma Gandhi Marg, New Delhi, Delhi ) – this fort was built by Islam Shah Suri (also known as Salim Shah), son and successor of Sher Shah Suri in 1546. It is located near Red Fort in Delhi. The British used it as a prison and kept its artillery units here after the […]
Red Fort (Netaji Subhash Marg, Chandni Chowk, New Delhi, Delhi) – the Red Fort Complex was built as the palace fort of Shahjahanabad – the new capital of the fifth Mughal Emperor of India, Shah Jahan. Named for its massive enclosing walls of red sandstone, it is adjacent to an older fort, the Salimgarh, built […]
Rashtrapati Bhavan (Rajpath, New Delhi) – this is the official residence of the president of India and formerly of the British Viceroy. The building is the highlight of Lutyen’s New Delhi and was completed in 1929 at a cost of 12,53,000 pound sterling. Located in an area of 130 hectares, the palace has 340 […]
Qutub Minar (Mehrauli, New Delhi, Delhi) — The earliest specimen of the Muslim architecture is the Qutub Minar, a gigantic 72m tower, tapering from a 15m diameter at the base to 2.5m at the top. A World Heritage Site monument built by the first Muslim ruler of India Qutub-ud-din Aikab of the Delhi Sultanate, the […]
Parliament House (Lok Sabha Marg, New Delhi, Delhi) — A marvelous piece of architecture designed by the famed architect Lutyens and constructed under the direct supervision of Sir Herbert Baker, Parliament House is designed as a circular structure. The House is 171 meters in diameter and about one-third of a mile in circumference. The two […]
National Museum (Janpath – corner of Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi) — documenting history and culture of the Indian subcontinent, the museum owns some 150,000 items covering some 5 millennia. Some of the gems of the museum are the Chola statue of the cosmic dance of Lord Shiva, finds from the Indus Valley Civilization, relics […]
National Gallery of Modern Art (Jaipur House, Shershah Road, Near Delhi High Court, India Gate, New Delhi, Delhi) — Once the palace of maharaja of Jaipur, this gallery is a repository of the works of all the great modern Indian artists. Here you can find works by Amrita Sher-Gil, Nobel laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore and […]
Jantar Mantar (Parliament Street, Connaught Place, Delhi) — built by Sawai Jai Singh II, this astronomical observatory is the earliest of the five observatories that were erected by him in different places in India. Built in 1725, it is dominated by a huge sundial and houses other instruments plotting the course of heavenly bodies. Admission: […]