Monday, July 11, 2011

Delhi sigthseeing


Delhi is a great city where you can find lot of spectacle. It is India' s capital with lot of history and modernity where the past meets the present.

Points of interest:
Quatab Minar: A 5 storied 72,5 m tall tower is made of red shrine and marble. The tower of victory and a minaret once used by the mauzzis. The construction was started by Prithvi Raj Chauan. Firozsah Tughlag added 5th storey and a cupola in 1351-68. It is illuminated by the Hood lights in the night.Red Fort: Delhi's most magnificent monument, built of red sandstone. Emperor Shah Jahan during 1638-56. UNESCO World Heritage Site is the location from which the Prime Minister of India addresses the nation on Independence Day.
Lotus temple: The Bahá'í House of Worship in Delhi, popularly known as the Lotus Temple due to its flowerlike shape. It was completed in 1986 and serves as the Mother Temple of the Indian Subcontinent. It has won numerous architectural awards and been featured in hundreds of newspaper and magazine articles.
Jama Masjid: The largest mosque in India. It was built by Shah Jahan between 1644-1650 at a cost of about 10lakh rps. About 20 000 people can pray in same time.
In front of Jama Masjid there was a market lead by muslim and to be honest it wasn't safe to be there at all. First of all everybody was looking at me like "a new meat" and the other thing was that it is not allowed to go in for women. So we just had a quick look on that from outside and we decided better to leave.


As we strated sightseeing quite late and everything closes around 5pm we didn't have any time to visit another places. Next time :)

Indian Metro is one of the biggest metro system in the world. It has 6lines and which really amazed me there is one wagon just for women so it is not allowed to go there for men. But break the rule is fun so there were some idiots who didn't care about!

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