NEW DELHI CITY GUIDE

NEW DELHI CITY GUIDE

Delhi fills the gap of two world of the city that is the Old Delhi which was once a upon a time the capital of the Mughals with the Islamic architectural influences on the havelie to the existence of the mosques whereas it is a stark difference with New Delhi which was the developed by the Colonial emperors with government buildings and the seat of authorities. The city was built, destroyed and rebuilt many a times since Delhi’s own sovereign heads was its creator and destroyer. The city has a glorious past as the sovereign head had his seat of operation from this city with wonderful monuments and rich and varied culture all across the city. Delhi has been the central point for all the political decisions to be taken here and bears witness to all the political activities happening here in the city since it has the capital of India .Even during the era of the Mahabharata the five prince had their capital at Indraprastha which is believed to be located geographically somewhere in today’s Delhi. Contemporary Delhi is different than the olden days when it comes to the architecture, the materials used in the construction of such monuments and also the plan of the city. The capital has a charm of both the mixes of the old and the new world as one end we can locate the old buildings and monuments while the other end one can be totally buzzed with the heavy traffic streets with exotic shopping places whole yet again there is a place for the contemporary world with malls and over bridges and modern day expensive high rises and definitely Delhi’s green belt is worth a mention.

Delhi is the national capital of India and has the most powerful background than any city of the country. Delhi was ruled by the most authoritative emperors of the Indian history and this city can date back to be as old as the Indian epic of the times of Mahabharata. The city was famously known as Indraprastha and it was adjacent to it were eight other cities known as Lal Kot, Sir, Dinpanah, Quila Rai Pithora, Ferozabad, Jahanpanah, Tughlakabad and Shahjanahanabad. The Delhi Sultanate was established in the year 1206 and the overpowering by the Timur in 1398 laid the Sultanate come to an end. The Lodi’s were the last of all the Delhi Sultans who lost the battle in Panipat to Babur and the Mughals took over and made Agra the capital and Delhi became the capital seat only after Shah Jahan made the walls of the Old Delhi I the year 1638. The city saw its sovereign head shifting from the Hindu kings to the Muslim Sultans and also the city boiled with the smell of the lives laid down for the independent of the country from the British empire since 1803. In 1911 the British changed capital from Calcutta to New Delhi and it became the pivotal point of all the activities of the government. In the year 1947 New Delhi was officially called the Capital of India after the British left and India became and independent sovereign. The first prime Minister of the free India was Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru.

New Delhi is the hub of tradition and culture of India and it is surrounded in a triangle shape by the Yamuna river flowing the East, the Aravali range in the West and South. New Delhi is the centre for the largest financial and small scale business enterprises and the to it the handloom, the textile, the electronic industry and the IT sector play a major role into contributing to the economy of the capital of the nation. New Delhi is the seat of all the present political power and the President and the Prime Minister reside at New Delhi at the Rastrapati Bhavan.

New Delhi is bounded by Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab and they all have a very strong command over the standard of living on New Delhi. Delhi is the most cosmopolitan city of India and all the major festivals of religious or not is celebrated with much fervour and happiness.

Delhi has extreme type of climate while the summers are very hot with a soaring temperature rising as high as 45 degrees Celsius while the winters can be really cold going down to a temperature as close to the freezing point. October to March is the season to be here at new Delhi with a very pleasant climate and the flowers at the Rastrapati Bhavan are at th full bloom and to see such a thing is a delight.

The city is well connected with air, rail and road transport with the bus services plying in the city from the ISBT at the Kashmiri gate and both government and private buses provide bus services.

Mostly Hindi , English and Urdu is spoken all over Delhi  and Hinduism is the foremost religion followed in Delhi followed by it is Islam.

There are a number of places of interest and of tourist attraction. India Gate being the first of the order, the Red Fort, Humayuns tomb, Askshardham Temple, Bangla Sahib Gurudwara, Rastrapati Bhavan, the Parliament, Qutub minar, Lotus temple also known as the Bahai temple, Chandni Chowk the busiest of all the shopping places in the world buzzing with merchants and traders and also the varied types of pranthas that is so mouth-watering that one simply can’t avoid escaping this place without having at least one pranthas. Jama Masjid, Gandhi Smriti, Hauz Khas Complex, ISKCON temple, Jantar Mantar, Raj Ghat, Lakshiminarayan Temple, National Zoological Park, Garden of Five Sense, Agrasen Ki Baoli, Kalka Devi mandir, Feroz Shah Kotla, Sunheri Maszid.The Coronation Park, Khirki masjid, Sanskriti Museums, Dili Haat, Sarjoni nagar for all those shopping cravings, The GK market, Lajpat Nagar for the shopping destination, Shani dham Temple, Uttara Swami malai Temple.

A car ride to the National Highway from Delhi to Agra is a pleasure for the driver to drive on such large stretch of roads with calibrated speed and absolutely without traffic is a pleasure to reach by road to Agra which could be a ride of five hours without giving you the opportunity to make a sullen face and the most enjoyable journey to the nearest destination from New Delhi.