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AKSHARDHAM TEMPLE
Swaminarayan Akshardham reflects the essence and
magnitude of India's ancient architecture, traditions and timeless
spirituality.The main monument, depicting ancient Indian "vastu shastra" and architecture, is a marvel in pink sandstone and white marble that is 141
feet high, 316 feet wide and 370 feet long with 234 ornate pillars,
over 20,000 sculptures and statues of deities, eleven 72-foot-high
huge domes (mandapams) and decorative arches.
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BAHAI
East of Nehru place, this temple is built in the shape of a lotus flower and
is the last of seven Major Bahai's temples built around the world.
Completed in1986 it is set among the lust landscaped gardens.The
structure is made up of pure white marble The architect Furiburz
Sabha chose the lotus as the symbol common to Hinduism, Buddhism,
Jainism and Islam. Adherents of any faith are free to visit the
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BIRLA MANDIR
Laxmi Narayan Temple, also known as Birla Mandir , is one of Delhi's major temples
and a major tourist attraction. Built by the industrialst G.D.
Birla in 1938, this beautiful temple is located in the west of
Connaught Place.
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DILLI
HAAT
The DILLI HAAT provides the ambience of a traditional Rural Haat
or village market, but one suited for more contemporary needs.
Here one sees a synthesis of crafts, food ad cultural activity. This
Food
and Craft Bazar is a treasure house of Indian culture, handicrafts
and ethnic cuisine, A unique bazaar, in the heart of the city,
it displays the richness of Indian culture on a permanent basis.
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GARDEN OF FIVE SENSES
The Garden of Five Senses is not just a park,
it is a space with a variety of activities, inviting public interaction
and exploration. The twenty-acre site, located at Said-Ul-Azaib
village, close to the Mehrauli heritage area in New Delhi, is spectacular
area in New Delhi. Majestic rocks stand silhouetted against the
sky, others lie strewn upon the ground in a casual yet alluring
display of nature's sculptural genius.
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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.
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JAMA MASJID
This great mosque of Old Delhi is the largest in India, with a courtyard capable
of holding 25,000 devotees. It was begun in 1644 and ended up being
the final architectural extravagance of Shah Jahan, the Mughal
emperor who built the Taj Mahal and the Red Fort.
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LAL
QUILA
The red sandstone walls of the massive Red Fort
(Lal Qila) rise 33-m above the clamour of Old Delhi as a reminder
of the magnificent power and pomp of the Mughal emperors. The walls,
built in 1638, were designed to keep out invaders, now they mainly
keep out the noise and confusion of the city.
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PARLIAMENT HOUSE
The Parliament house
is a cirular colonnaded builing . It also houses ministerial offices,numerous
committee rooms and
an excellent library as well. Conceived in the Imperial Style,
the Parliament House consists of an open verandah with 144 columns.
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QUTAB
MINAR
Qutab Minar is a
soaring, 73 m-high tower of victory, built in 1193 by Qutab-ud-din
Aibak immediately after the defeat
of Delhi's last Hindu kingdom. The tower has five distinct storeys,
each marked by a projecting balcony and tapers from a 15 m diameter
at the base to just 2.5 m at the top. The first three storeys
are made of red sandstone; the fourth and fifth storeys are of
marble
and sandstone. At the foot of the tower is the Quwwat-ul-Islam
Mosque, the first mosque to be built in India.
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