Free Tourist Places to Visit in New Delhi

Free Tourist Places to Visit in New Delhi

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Jan 9
- Lotus Temple
  As the name suggests, this is temple in the shape of a Lotus Flower. This stiruated at the east of Nehru place. It is the last of seven Major Bahai’s temples built around the world. This is a great place to visit in New Delhi. There are lush green gardens surrounding this temple.
  
  The building is made up of pure white marble. Followers of any faith are free to visit the temple and pray or meditate. The architect of this temple chose the lotus flower as the symbol common to Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Islam.
  
  Around the blooming petals there are nine pools of water, which light up, in natural light. It looks beautiful in evening when it is flood lit with lights.
  
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- AKSHARDHAM Temple
  Swaminarayan Akshardham is a spectacular place that reflects the essence and magnitude of India’s ancient architecture, traditions and timeless spirituality.
  
  It is made of pink sandstone and white marble. There are 234 ornate pillars and more than 20,000 sculptures and statues of deities. There are eleven 72-foot-high huge domes (mandapams) and decorative arches.
  
  The complete building looks like a necklace with a double storied circumference of red sandstone encircling the monuments with over 155 small domes and 1160 pillars. The whole monument is based on the shoulders of 148 huge elephants with 11-feet tall panchdhatu (five metals) statue of Swaminarayan presiding over the structure.
- BIRLA Mandir
  
  It was one of the favorite places of Mahtma Gandhi for evening prayer in New Delhi. This great temple is also the place of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination. It is known as Laxmi Narayan Temple. It is one of Delhi’s major temples and a major tourist attraction. It was built by the industrialst G.D. Birla in 1938. This beautiful temple is located in the west of Connaught Place.
  
  The temple is dedicated to Laxmi (the goddess of prosperity) and Narayana (The preserver). The temple was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi on condition that people of all castes be allowed to enter the temple.
- India Gate
  
  This is a 42m high Gate at the centre of New Delhi. It resembles “Arc-de-Triomphe” in Paris, like an archway in the middle of a crossroad. 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.
  
  His Royal Highness, had laid the foundation stone of India Gate. 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.
- Jama Masjid
  
  This largest mosque of India is situated in Old Delhi, but it is very close to New Delhi Railway Station. It has a courtyard capable of holding 25,000 devotees. The construction for this mosque began in 1644 during the reign fo Shah Jahan. It is one of the great architectural masterpiece by the Mughal emperor who built the Taj Mahal and the Red Fort.
  
  This mosque has three great gates, four towers and two 40m high minarets. It is constructed of strips of red sandstone and white marble. Travellers can hire robes at the northern gate. This may be the only time you get to dress like a local without feeling like an outsider ,so make the most of it.
- LODHI Gardens
  The old name of this tourist place is Lady Willington Park. Now it is also known as Lodhi Garden. There are many monuments of Sayyid and Lodhi Periods in these gardens. Like- tombs, mosques, and bridges etc.
  
  The tombs of Muhammad Shah and Sikandar Lodhi are the octagonal tombs. Shish and Bara Gumbad are square tombs with imposing dome, turrets on corners and facades giving false impression of being double storeyed. Please check at the gate of Lodhi Gardens if they charge any fee nowadays.
- Parliament House
  
  The Parliament house of India is a spectacular building. It is a cirular building with pillared walkways around it. It is created in the Imperial Style. There are 144 columns in the verndah.
  
  The domed circular central hall with oak paneled walls and the three semi circular buildings are used for the Rajy Shabha and Lok Shabha meetings. You can visit it from outside. To enter this building you need some special security passes.
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