Delhi

Tourist attractions: Culture (temple, pilgrim’s sites, spirituality, mythology, Hinduism)

The capital of India surprises with temples, mosques, forts, colonial buildings and thick-populated street scenes. The metropolis exists of two different town areas: Old Delhi and New Delhi. This fact makes the orientation easier for visitors. In the first half of the 17th century established Old Delhi acted as the capital of the Moghul dynasty. It is rich in forts and mosques, like the Red fort and Jami Masjid. New Delhi is marked by wide streets and embedded parks and was set up in 1911 by the British as a capital.

Red Fort or Lal Quila
The massive fort which had taken ten years to construct was established by the Moghul ruler Shah Jahan (17th century) with the intention to move the capital from Agra to Delhi. Public and private audience halls, a mosque and extravagant gardens belong to the arrangement. At one time the 10 m deep moat in the eastern side was fed by the Yamuna river which runs today about a kilometer away.
Interesting for visitors is the regular evening open air “sound and Light show“, which lights up the fort and grants insights into historical events, especially from the Moghul time.

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