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 Delhi

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.