Delhi

	Delhi
	Can take you aback with its  Vibrancy  and  growth, less  than 60 years ago the 
	spacious, quite and planned city of  new Delhi  was  still  the  pride  of late 
	colonial British  India. while  immediately to  its  north the crowded lanes of 
	old Delhi resonated with the sounds of  bustling  medieval  market. Today, both 
	worlds  have  been  overtaken  by  brash  rush  of  modernization.  As  Delhi's 
	population Surges towards 13 millions  its tentacles  spread  in all directions 
	from  both  the  ancient  core  of  ShahJahan's city in  the north and the late 
	British capital of New Delhi to its south.

	A daytime drive from the airport gives something of the feel  of this dynamism, 
	the roads often crowded  with  traffic, high-rise  buildings  transforming  the 
	spacious outlines of Lutyen's New Delhi with its broad tree-lined avenues, into
	a humming commercial hub centred around  Connaught place close to the New Delhi
	Railway station, the hub of the New Delhi's network to  the rest  of India, the 
	cheap hotels and guesthouses  of  Paharganj, heart of  backpacker land, squeeze 
	between cloth merchants and wholesalers, cheek by  Jowel  in  the narrow lanes. 
	In old city is still a dense  network  of  narrow  alloys  and  tightly  packed 
	markets and houses. Your  senses  are  bombarded by noise,  bustle,  smells and 
	apparent chaos. 

	To the  south  is   yet   another, newer, chrome  and   glass city, the city of 
	the modern  suburbs  and urban 'farms' where the rural areas  of  Gurgaon  have 
	become the preserve of  the  Prosperous, with shopping malls, banks and private 
	housing estates.


	Some of tourist places around

	1. Chandani Chowk to Jama Masjid (take a bicyle rickshaw to spice bazar and back 
	   to Jama Masjid)
	2. Jama Masjid ( the view of Delhi from the Minaret is Jaw dropping)
	3. India Gate at sunset
	4. Gurudwara Bangla Sahib
	5. Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple
	6. Lodi Gardens
	7. Qutb Minar Complex
	8. Red Fort, Delhi (Lal Qila)
	9. The Secretariat (Rashtrapati Bhawan)
	10.Parliament House
	11.Cannaught Place
	12.Jantar Mantar (Jai singh's Observatory)
	13.Memorial Ghats (including Mahatama Gandhi, Jawahar lal  Nehru, Indira Gandhi, 
	   Lal Bahdur Shastri)
	14.Baha'i Temple (Lotus Temple)


	How to reach here

	By Air

	Delhi is connected to world through Indira Gandhi  International airport (Terminal
	2) and rest  of India through Terminal 1. Daily Domestic flights  from  Ahmedabad, 
	Amritsar, Darjeeling, Bangalore, Bhopal, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Chennai etc come  to
	Delhi. International  flights  from  UK, USA  and  Europe,  China,  Singapore  etc 
	arrive  daily. Pre-paid  taxis and buses  are  available from  outside the baggage 
	claim hall.
 

	By Train

	Delhi has three  major  railway  stations:  New delhi  Railway  station,  Old Delhi 
	Railway tation and Hazrat Nizamuddin station. Trains from  various  parts  of India
	arrive daily to  these  stations. From  Railway  station,  pre-paid Taxis and auto-
	rickshaws are available to various places in Delhi.

	
	By Road

	Delhi is linked to most major centres in North India. Services are provided by Delhi
	Transport Corporartion (DTC) and state roadways of neighbouring states from various
	Interstates Bus Terminal (ISBT).

	The City bus service run  by  the  Delhi  Transport  Corporation (DTC)  connects all 
	important points in  the  city. From  ISBT one  can  hire  a prepaid Taxi to various 
	sites of Delhi.