Since its inauguration to public worship and visits in December 1986, the Bahá’í House of Worship in New Delhi, India has drawn to its portals more than 70 million visitors, making it one of the most visited edifices in the world. On an average, 8,000 to 10,000 people visit the Bahá’í House of Worship each day. These visitors have admired its universal design in the form of a lotus and have been fascinated by the Teachings of the Bahá’í Faith, especially its tenets of the Oneness of God, the Oneness of Religions, and the Oneness of Mankind.

This Bahá’í House of Worship of the Indian subcontinent joins six other Bahá’í Houses of Worship around the world: Apia, Western Samoa; Sydney, Australia; Kampala, Uganda; Panama City, Panama; Frankfurt, Germany; Wilmette, USA. Each of these Houses of Worship, while sharing some basic design concepts, has its own distinct cultural identity embodying the principle of unity in diversity.

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     INDIA GATE

                                    
At the centre of New Delhi stands the 42 m high India Gate, an "Arc-de-Triomphe" like archway in the middle of a crossroad. Almost similar to its French counterpart, it commemorates the 70,000 Indian soldiers who lost their lives fighting for the British Army during the World War I. The memorial bears the names of more than 13,516 British and Indian soldiers killed in the Northwestern Frontier in the Afghan war of 1919.

The foundation stone of India Gate was laid by His Royal Highness, the Duke of Connaught in 1921 and it was designed by Edwin Lutyens. The monument was dedicated to the nation 10 years later by the then Viceroy, Lord Irwin. Another memorial, Amar Jawan Jyoti was added much later, after India got its independence. The eternal flame burns day and night under the arch to remind the nation of soldiers who laid down their lives in the Indo-Pakistan War of December 1971.

The entire arch stands on a low base of red Bharatpur stone and rises in stages to a huge moulding. The cornice is inscribed with the Imperial suns while both sides of the arch have INDIA, flanked by the dates MCMXIV (1914 left) and MCMXIX (1919 right). The shallow domed bowl at the top was intended to be filled with burning oil on anniversaries but this is rarely done.

During nightfall, India Gate is dramatically floodlit while the fountains nearby make a lovely display with coloured lights. India Gate stands at one end of Rajpath, and the area surrounding it is generally referred to as 'India Gate'.

Surrounding the imposing structure is a large expanse of lush green lawns, which is a popular picnic spot. One can see hoards of people moving about the brightly lit area and on the lawns on summer evenings.

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Old Fort or Purana Quila, New Delhi. Important visiting information

Opening Time : 10:00 AMClosing Time : 05:00 PM

Open : DailyClosed on public holidays : No

Entery fee : Rs. 10 (Indians), Rs. 250 (foreigners)Authorization : No

More about Old Fort or Purana Quila, New Delhi and Historical Information

Purana Quila, the famous historical monument in Delhi was raised by Humayun in the year of 1533, but in a while it was renamed as Shergarh as the fort was being invaded by Sher Shah Suri. The capital City of Humayun Empire was found to be situated within this fort.  Qila-i-kuhna Mosque still stays alive among the remains of the fort and stands as symbol for portraying the thirst of the Muslim rulers in the Lodi architectural styles. The walls which guard the fort projects for about one and half kilometre outwards till the Pragati maiden.

Old Fort or Purana Quila, New Delhi address and how to reach

Address : Indraprastha Purna Qila, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, Delhi, India

The much talked about state-of-the-art sound and light show at Purana Qila, an old fort and one of Delhi's popular monuments from the Mughal era,  has been inaugurated and will be open to the public next week.

Called 'Ishq-e-Dilli' (Romancing Delhi), it shows the history of Delhithrough its 10 cities, starting from the 11th century reign of Prithvi Raj Chauhan to the present day. It also traces Delhi's connection with the mythology of Mahabharata and Indraprastha

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                                  RED FORT(Lal Qila)

  

    This article is about The great red fort which is located at Delhi and is also known as Lal qil'ha or Lal Qila.  Here in this article I will tell you great history about red fort (Lal Qila). Everybody says it looks awesome in red color. You may also visited to this place. But do everyone know what is the history behind the red fort? Who built the red fort? In this post I will tell you all history behind red fort.

LOCATION
    
          Red fort is located at the bank of the Yamuna river in Delhi. We know that it is known as old Delhi.

HISTORY OF RED FORT

           Red fort is one of the great historical monument of India. First of all we will start from its name. It is known as red fort because there is too much use of red stones in construction of red fort. And because of the extensive use of red stones in the great walls of the fort it is known as red fort (LAL QILA). In 1638 Mughal king Shah Jahan has decided to shift  his capital in Delhi from Agra and thus Shah Jahan started the construction of red fort at the bank of the Yamuna river in old Delhi. He assigns Ustad Ahmed and Ustad humid as an architect for constructing a royal palace. Construction of red fort was completed by Shah Jahan in the year of 1648. Red fort is originally known as 'Qila-I-Mubarak'. The reason behind this name is that it was the residence of the royal family.

          

        The attraction of red fort is the great and huge wall of red fort. The wall has two entrances, one at the  Lahore gate and another at the Delhi gate. Lahore gate is the main entrance point of red fort. This wall is assuming that a 2 km long which looks awesome in red stones. So friends this the great history behind the Red fort, which is constructed by the Mughal king Shah Jahan  in 1648. I must say that visit this place at least once in your life. Have a nice day.                 

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RED FORT 10. ISBT 11. IP COLLEGE 12. OLD SECTT. 13. MALL ROAD 14. INS HOSTEL 15. GTB NAGAR 16. DHAKKA VILLAGE 17. NIRANKARI CLY 18.

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