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Delhi Travel
New Delhi is the capital of India and its third largest city. The
city consists mainly of two parts; Old Delhi and New Delhi. It is
a spacious, open city and contains many embassies and government buildings.
Delhi is a major travel gate way. It is one of the India's busiest,
entrance point for overseas airlines, the hub of north Indian travel
network and a stop on the overland route across Asia. |
| GENERAL INFORMATION : |
AREA : 1485 sq. km.
POPULATION : 10.1 MILLION
PEOPLE PER Sq. Km. : 6801
TELPHONE AREA CODE : 011
MAIN LANGUAGES : HINDI PUNJABI ENGLISH |
| TOURIST SEASON : |
| Delhi is best to visit from October to March when the temparature
is moderate. during summer the temparature soars upto 45o Celcius.
Winters are colder when temparature range between 20o C and 7o C.
The Monsoons are during June - Sept. Delhi's Indira Gandhi airport
has one international terminal and one domestic terminal to handle
the air traffic. |
| PLACES OF INTEREST : |
Red Fort
Red Fort is laid out along the river Yamuna as an irregular octagon,
surrounded by a wall of about 2.4 kms in circumference and is built
of red sandstone. The Mughal king Shah Jahan transfered the capital
from Agra to Delhi and the Fort was completed in 1648.
Qutub Minar
This magnificent structure in the southern part of the captal was
built by a Muslim King, Qutub-ud-din Aibak in 1199 AD. A part of it
which he could not finish was completed by another Muslim King Iltutmish.
India Gate
Straight down the road from Rashtrapati Bhavan is India Gate which
is primarily a memorial to unknown soldier. Designed by Lutyens, the
42 meter high structure is a war memorial in honour of soldiers who
died during the second World War.
Old Fort
The ruins of this fort are located on a small hill which once stood
on the bank of the river Yamuna. Legend has it that the fort marked
the site of Indraprastha, the magnificent capital of the Pandavas,
though the construction was carried out by Sher Shah Suri any time
between 1538 to 1545 AD.
Lotus Temple
Is a very recent architectural marvel of the Bahai faith and is visible
from several spots in south delhi. Located in Kalkaji in the south
of Delhi it is a Lotus shaped and has rightly been given the name.
It is made up of marble, cement dolomite, and sand. TIMINGS: Summer-
9:00 a.m - 7:00 p.m. Winter- 9:30 a.m - 5:30 p.m. Monday closed
Jantar Mantar
Within the Connaught Place are is the Jantar Mantar observatory built
by the Rajput King of Jaipur, Sawai Jai Singh in 1724. It was believed
to have been built with massonary instruments for observing the movements
of the stars and the planets. |
| EXCURSIONS : |
| Delhi to Agra
Delhi to Jaipur
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| ACCESS : |
- By Air
International flights land at Indira Gandhi International Airport
(tel 011/569 6021 or 565 2011), also known as Terminal 2, 23km
southwest of the centre (formerly Palam airport). The State Bank
of India and Thomas Cook in
- By Train
Delhi has two major railway stations . New Delhi Station is east
of Paharganj (Main Bazaar), and within walking distance of many
of the area's budget hotels, though tourists
- By Bus
State buses pull in at the Inter-state Bus Terminal (ISBT), north
of the railway station in Old Delhi. Auto-rickshaws to New Delhi
or Paharganj take about fifteen minutes (around Rs50), cycle rickshaws
twice that (around Rs30).
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| LOCAL TRANSPORT : |
| Ring Railway, a number of trains both in the clockwise and
anti-clockwise directions are run by Northern Railway and they originate
and also terminate at the Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station.Delhi
Transport Corporation runs a large fleet of buses operating in the
entire city. Some of them on certain routes are available at all the
railway stations and the Interstate bus terminal. The peak time hours
are from 0700 hrs. to 2200 hrs., with the frequency being slightly
lower from 1300 hrs. to 1430 hrs. Night service buses are also available
on selective routes and they also operate from the railway stations.
The timings are from 2300 hrs. to 0500 hrs. The fare ranges from Rs.
2 to Rs. 10 for ordinary ;buses ;and a flat Rs. 5 and Rs. 10 on some
buses. |
| SHOPPING : |
| There is almost nothing that is not available in Delhi and
within the very recent past outlets of big international names in
footwear and clothes have sprung up all over the city. And for one
wanting to shop only for Indian goods the variety is almost mind-boggling.
In fact as far as shopping is concerned, Delhi could well be termed
the world within a city. |
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