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Glorious Building in New Delhi

Glorious Building in New Delhi

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As New Delhi known to be a heavily populated area with its growing business, this city is full with skyscrapers and business districts making it alive day and night. If you take a look a bit closer to the city, you still can see that despite all those modern buildings, the remnants of India’s glorious past is still intact in New Delhi. Spend your holiday in New Delhi and you can see some magnificent buildings world ever known.

The first structure would be the Swaminarayan Akshardham or simply means the Temple of God. This temple is open in 2005 and has 9 domes, 20 towers, 234 pillars and more than 20.000 figurines from various India mythologies. Located in National Highway 24, Near Noida More, New Delhi, this temple is known to be the largest Hindu Temple in the world. The outer wall of this temple is decorated with pink sand while the interior is using white marbles; in Hindu, pink symbolize the love for God and white symbolize absolute purity and peace. More outstanding feature of this temple is the laser show and musical fountain on its park. The laser show that takes place in this lotus shape fountain is telling about the cycle of birth, life and death that happen in human life.

The next structure is known to be the symbol of India, the Lal Quila or Red Fort which is a 17th century fort complex built as a palace when India’s capital city is changed from Agra to Delhi. The name Lal Quila is coming from the material that was used for this fort, which is the red stone. Located on the banks of Yamuna River, the Red Fort has become the most visited site in India. You can visit this fort from either 2 entrances, the Delhi Gate or the Lahore Gate. The Lahore gate is the main entrance of the fort and it will directly lead you to Chata Chowk, an ancient bazaar street and also the drum house, a room that used to be the place where musicians play their music every day. Within this fort area, you can see Moonlight Garden or Mehtab Bagh. It is called Moonlight Garden because it is full with flowers that blossomed during moonlight.

The third structure would be an eye catching monument that can be seen from any part of New Delhi, the Qutab Minar. This monument is 234 feet high and has 5 distinct stories and each of them is marked with a balcony. The first until third stories is made by red sandstone while the last 2 stories are made using marbles and sandstone. There is a very steep stair inside the tower but now it is closed for visitor because there was an accident happened inside that cause deaths. This tower is also an example of Mughal Masterpiece, not only because of the height but also the inscriptions on the wall of the tower. At the base of the tower is the first mosque in India called the Quwwat Ul Islam Masjid.

New Delhi Temple

Holiday in New Delhi

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India is one of the country which has the second-largest population in Asia with a diversity of cultures, races and religions. India has the capital New Delhi. New delhi is the seat of the largest liberal democracy in the world. Besides New Delhi is also the third largest metropolis in India. The city of New Delhi is not difficult to explore because it is designed to provide comfort for its residents.

Have you tried a vacation to New delhi? If you want to try a vacation in New Delhi with the departure of the aircraft, then you can land at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi. Arriving at the airport you are greeted with a distinctive aroma New Delhi which is a combination of curry, mango and other foreign flavor, but exotic. Transportation options to choose from such as taxi, bus or shuttle facilities of your hotel or inn. The journey from the airport to downtown will take approximately one hour. One of the attractions you can see in the city of New Delhi is India Gate. India Gate is a national monument of India, which is located in downtown New Delhi. If Paris has the Arc de Triomphe, then in India there is India Gate which was originally known as the ‘All India War Memorial Gate’. India Gate was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. This monument was built in commemoration of the 90 000 British Indian soldiers who died in battle in India British empire during World War I and Anglo-Afghan war to-3. Red brick and granite are the largest component in the manufacture of this monument. This monument is the site of the tomb of the Indian army and known as the Amar Jawan Jyoti (The flame of the immortal soldier) after India’s independence. New Delhi is a city that has a history of British colonial that some buildings are similar to Europe’s nuanced Victorians.

If you are in New Delhi also visit the Lotus Part Tempe. Part Lotus Temple also known as Lotus Tempe because shaped like the lotus flower. This place used as a place of worship which is one of the main attractions in Delhi. In 1986 Part Lotus Tempe completed. Lotus Temple was built by an architecture that has a characteristic and elegant, so majestic building stands to this day and bring in more visitors every year. It also won many awards and a frequent topic of discussion of articles in newspapers and magazines.

Elsewhere in New Delhi you can visit when the vacation is Qutb Minar. To enter, you will be charged admission price of about 150 rupees for foreign tourist and 10 rupeesfor the local tourist. Qutb Minar is a tower made of sandstone. Height of the tower is about 72.5 meters (237.8 feet). Making this tower began after the victory of Muslims over Hindus in 1200. The tower is also a celebration of the victory of King Mohammed Ghori of Afghanistan against the king of Rajputs in 1192. UNESCO declared this tower as part of world cultural heritage since 1993. Some of the Quran reliefs adorn the beautiful Qutb Minar wall.

Buildings and other places you can visit the Connaught Place, the old stores that form a circle around the park. This area is close to the National Museum of India. As a gift or souvenir from New Delhi, you can visit the Janpath Market. While the dishes and typical foods in the restaurant you can taste the United Coffee House, Connaught. This restaurant is one of the famous old restaurant with the taste of the food and atmosphere tempo once.