Wednesday, April 05, 2006
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Wednesday, March 08, 2006
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Saturday, January 28, 2006
BIRLA MANDIR : It is one of the most
popular holy place in Delhi located 2 km west of Connaught place. This temple is dedicated to the Lord Narayana and goddess Lakshmi. This temple is also known as Lakshmi Narayan Temple. It was built by the industrialist Raja Baldev Birla. More coming soon.......
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Friday, January 06, 2006
Delhi Zones: Delhi is a big city. Delhi Regions are categorised in four
zones. These are South, North, East, West and Central. Each zone is well developed by establishing industries and residents. Few of the famous areas according to the Zones are:
South - Mehrauli, Nehru Place, Lajpat Nagar, Safdarjung, South Extension.
North - Civil Lines, Model Town, Pitampura.
East - Patparganj, Shahdara, Mayur Vihar, Preet Vihar.
West - Janak Puri, Rohini, Punjabi Bagh.
Central - Pragati Maidan, Chandani Chowk, Connaught Place.
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Monday, January 02, 2006
Qutub Minar - South Delhi(Mehrauli)
QUTUB MINAR : Qutub Minar was completed in 150 years.
After 30 years, 3 storey further added by Iltutamish. Its name is "Qutub Minar' and there are two reason behind it. First, when it was built, Qutubbudin Aibak reigned Delhi. Second, Qutub is the Arabian name means "Central Pillar". It is in south Delhi in Mehrauli area. Firoz Tuglaq repaired it when it was damaged due to earth quake and added one more storey to Qutub Minar.
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Friday, December 30, 2005
CHATTARPUR TEMPLE : This temple is located in
South Delhi in Mehrauli. This temple is the collection of many Hindu gods. A person can worship Lord Vishnu, Lord Shiva, Godess Laxmi, Lord Ganesha and many gods. But this temple is dedicated to Goddess Durga. It is about 4 km to Qutub Minar. This is really very attractive place for the devotees. The garden inside this big temple added more beauty to this temple. This temple is made by the white marble. Lots of devotees visited this temple at the time of Navratra.
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Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Lotus Temple - South Delhi
LOTUS TEMPLE : The Lotus Temple or Kamal Mandir of Bahai religion is located
in South Delhi. It is located in Kalkaji area near Nehru Place. The kalkaji Temple is just opposite to the Lotus Temple. Every religion's person can visit this temple. It is designed like a lotus flower with white color and looking very attractive one. A person can purchase the books on Bahai religion here also.
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Monday, December 26, 2005
RED FORT : The Red Fort(lal Qila) is located near the
Old Delhi Railway Station touches the River Yamuna. The circumference of the wall of the Fort is about 2.4 Km. The Red stone used to built it. It took 9 years for completion was completed in 1648. It was built by Shah Jahan. The identical fort is also in Agra. Chandni Chowk, the huge market of Delhi is also located near Red Fort. The Delhi Gate and the Lahori Gate is the two entrance gate to the Fort.
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Saturday, December 24, 2005
INDIA GATE : India Gate also called All India War Memorial is located o
n Rajpat near Rashtrapati Bhawan. It was designed by Lutyens. It was completed in year 1931. It was built to commemorate the 90,000 Indian soldiers who killed in first world war and in the Afgan War. The Amar Jawan Jyoti flame continously burning and is located at the centre of the Gate. It is one of the main attraction of Delhi.
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Friday, December 23, 2005
President's House - New Delhi
RASHTRAPATI BHAWAN : It was built by the British and
was completed in 1939. This building was declared as the President's House and office after the independence of India. There are about 4,000 employees working in the President House. This building was designed by Edwin Lutians. Government provides the facilities to the employers like school, post-office, hospital. This building is the combination of the design of European and Indian style. The color of the wall of the House is same as the color of Fatehpur Sikri and the rooms are designed in the European style. The garden is in the front and in the back of the Rashtrapati Bhawan like Humayun Tomb. The garden to the back of House is also called The Mughal garden because it is designed in the same way as the Mughal Emperors gardens.
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