About New Delhi for visitors, India
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by New Delhi is the capital of India, being built and designed specifically for the purpose of becoming the capital. He received this name since the capital moved from Calcutta in a southern part of an oldest town called old Delhi or occasionally the old fortress.
Today the capital has two faces. The first face of it, The New Delhi, has a modern aspect showing us a great metropolis, with high buildings used as offices, parks and large bluevards, luxury hotels, etc.. The second face, the Old Delhi, separated from the first by a line unseen, is inhabited by Hindu and Muslim there are preserved forts and mosques from the seventeenth century.
The main attractions of the city are: Jantar Mantar, Humayun's tomb, the great Red Fort, mosques and Moti Masjid; Laxami Naravan Hindu temple, Gurdwara Sahib Thakat-akal, Bahai Temple, India Gate, Connaught Place.
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Lal Qila (The Red Fort) is the most famous tourist attraction of New Delhi and one should be ready to stand in lengthy queues before they get the chance to enter the Red Fort. Shah Jahan, the Mughal Emperor who was also responsible for building Taj Mahal of Agra, was the one who built the Red Fort. Humayun's Tomb which is situated in South Delhi, in the proximity of Old Delhi Railway Station, happens to be one of the three sites within Delhi that are listed in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Qutub Complex, which is located in Mehrauli of South Delhi, is another UNESCO World Heritage site. Qutub Complex houses many historical monuments and... Read more »
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What to see in New Delhi - Apr 30, 2009, by cipristb
Akal Thakat-Gurdwara Sahib is located in New Delhi, the capital of India, and bears the name of Golden Temple. This is the core of Sikhism religion, the parishioner of this worship having faith in a God and 10 Guru because the fact that is... Read more »
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