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INDIA GATE DELHI

• The India Gate is the national monument of India
• I one of the largest war memorials in India. Situated in the heart of New Delhi, India Gate was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
• Originally known as All India War Memorial
• it is a prominent landmark in Delhi and commemorates the 90,000 soldiers of the erstwhile British Indian Army who lost their lives fighting for the Indian Empire in World War I and the Afghan Wars.
• Originally, a Statue of King George V had stood under the now-vacant canopy in front of the India Gate, and was removed to Coronation Park with other statues.
• Following India's independence, India Gate became the site of the Indian Army's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, known as the Amar Jawan Jyoti (Immortal Soldier)
• The surface of the India Gate is engraved with name of 90,000 Indian soldiers who died in World War I and the Afghan wars fighting for the British India.
• The names are grouped based on the division the solder belongs to.
  
  

The Qutub Minar Delhi

• The Qutab Minar a is the world's tallest brick minaret situated in delhi.
• It is situated in the Qutb complex, amidst the ruins of ancient Hindu temples which were destroyed and their stones used to build the Qutb complex and minar.
• Construction commenced in 1193 under the orders of India's first Muslim ruler Qutb-ud-din Aibak, and the topmost storey of the minaret was completed in 1386 by Firuz Shah Tughluq.
• The Qutb Minar is notable for being one of the earliest and most prominent examples of Indo-Islamic architecture.complex is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Delhi, and was also India's most visited monument .
• The Qutab Minar is tall with 379 steps leading to the top.
• The diameter of the base is 14.3 meters wide while the top floor measures 2.75 meters in diameter.
• Surrounding the building are many fine examples of Indian artwork from the time it was built in 1193.
• A second tower was in construction and planned to be taller than the Qutb Minar itself. Its construction ended abruptly when it was about 12 meters tall.T
• he name of this tower is given as Alai Minar and construction of recent studies shows that this structure has been tilted in one direction.
• It is made of red sandstone all the way except for two stories at the top.
• This part is of white marble and was made by Firoz Shah Tughlaq. He had decided to put a more prominent finish to the magnificent minar.

GUDWARA BANGLA SAHIB DELHI

• Gurudwara Bangla Sahib is the most prominent Sikh gurdwara or Sikh house of worship, in Delhi.
• Also known for its association with the eighth Sikh Guru Guru Har Krishan and the the pond inside its complex, known as the "Sarovar", whose water is considered holy by Sikhs and is known as "Amrit".
• It was built by Sikh General, Sardar Bhagel Singh in 1783, who supervised the construction of nine Sikh shrines in Delhi in the same year, during the reign of Mughal Emperor, Shah Alam II It is situated in the Connaught Place, New Delhi area
• is instantly recognisable by its stunning golden dome and tall flagpole, Nishan SahibGurdwara Bangla Sahib was originally a bungalow belonging to Raja Jai Singh, an Indian ruler in the seventeenth century,
• was known as Jaisinghpura PalaceThe Gurdwara are its Sarovar are now a place of pilgrimage for both Sikhs and Hindus, a place for special congregation on birth anniversary of Guru Har Krishan and death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
  

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LAXMI NARAYAN TEMPLE ,DELHI

The Laxminarayan Temple, (also called the Birla Mandir), in Delhi, India

• is a temple built in honour of the Hindu goddess of wealth, Laxmi, and of her consort, Lord Vishnu– the Preserver in the TrimurtiIt is a temple with many shrines, fountains, and a large garden.
• The temple attracts thousands of devotees on the day of Janmashtami, the birthday of Lord KrishnaThe temple was built in 1622 by Vir Singh Deo, and renovated by Prithvi Singh in 1793
• The temple is spread over an area of 7.5 acres (30,000 m2) approx.
• And built up area is 0.52 acres (2,100 m2)
• you may find most of the Hindu god and goddess statues in the temple

LOTUS TEMPLE(DELHI)

• The Bahá'í House of Worship in Delhi, India, also popularly known as the Lotus Temple due to its flower like shape, is a Bahá'í House of Worship and also a prominent attraction in Delhi.
• the lotus temple was completed in the year 1986.
• the temple certainly won many awards for its magnificent structure.
• the most visited building in the world, according to a CNN report
• its design is composed of 27 free-standing marble clad "petals" arranged in clusters of three to form nine sides
• The nine doors of the Lotus Temple open onto a central hall, capable of holding up to 2,500 people
• The Temple has received wide range of attention in professional architectural, fine art, religious, governmental and other venues

Akshardham (Delhi)

• AKSHARDAM is a Hindu temple complex situated in Delhi.


• it is also called as Delhi Akshardham or Swaminarayan Akshardham


• the complex explains us about the tradition and Hindu culture over the decades.
• The temple was built in 6 November 2005


• it was an inspiration of Pramukh Swami Maharaj


• The monument at the center of the complex of built off of the Vastu Shastra and Pancharatr Shastra.


• The complex features a large central monument crafted entirely of stone, exhibitions on incidents from the life of Swaminarayan and the history of India an IMAX feature, a musical fountain, and large landscaped gardens.


• it is regardless as one of the Guinness world record when an official world record adjudicator for Guinness World Records traveled to Ahmadabad, India to present a new world record to Pramukh Swami Maharaj, the spiritual leader of BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, for the Akshardham complex.


• The record was presented for Akshardham as the World’s Largest Comprehensive Hindu Temple

JAMA MASJID DELHI

• Jama Masjid which is situated in Old Delhi India is also commonly known as Masjid-i Jahān-Numā .
• It is the oldest mosque whole over India and was built by the mogul emperor Shah Jahan.It is the same emperor who built the Taj Mahal and the Red Fort for his beloved wife.
• The courtyard of the mosque can hold up to twenty-five thousand worshippers.
• The foundation of the historic Jama Masjid (Friday Mosque) was laid on a hillock in Shahjahanabad by fifth Mughal Emperor of India, Shahjahan, on Friday the October 6, 1650 AD, (10th Shawwal 1060 AH).The jama masjid took 5000 workers to built it for 6 years continuously..
• The structure of the jama masjid enable us to feel the Islamic practice worshiped by shah jahan.

Incredible India!!

India has always been decorated with the second name call the Taj Mahal country!! The world wonder has been phenomenal success for the of Indian tourism industry. She has been always defined as the mother of culture and traditions!!

She lies in south Asia, between Pakistan, China and Nepal. To the north it is bordered by the world's highest mountain chain, where foothill valleys cover the northernmost of the country's 26 states. Further south, plateaus, tropical rain forests and sandy deserts are bordered by palm fringed beaches .

• the historical county, is divided into 28 states which are
  Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam
  Bihar Chhattisgarh Goa
  Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh
  Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka
  Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra
  Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram
  Nagaland Orissa Punjab
  Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu
  Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand
  West Bengal
  

India is the magnificent tourist spot where you would be able to feel the touch of each tradition and culture.

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