About New Delhi for visitors, India
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by New Delhi is the capital of India, being built and designed specifically for the purpose of becoming the capital. He received this name since the capital moved from Calcutta in a southern part of an oldest town called old Delhi or occasionally the old fortress.
Today the capital has two faces. The first face of it, The New Delhi, has a modern aspect showing us a great metropolis, with high buildings used as offices, parks and large bluevards, luxury hotels, etc.. The second face, the Old Delhi, separated from the first by a line unseen, is inhabited by Hindu and Muslim there are preserved forts and mosques from the seventeenth century.
The main attractions of the city are: Jantar Mantar, Humayun's tomb, the great Red Fort, mosques and Moti Masjid; Laxami Naravan Hindu temple, Gurdwara Sahib Thakat-akal, Bahai Temple, India Gate, Connaught Place.
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New Delhi happens to be the capital of India and one of the most happening metropolitan cities of India. New Delhi is spread over an area of around 43 square kilometers. New Delhi was planned and designed by Edwin Lutyens who was one of the famous British Architect of 13th Century. New Delhi is part of north India and Aravalies were once part of New Delhi but as of now only the Delhi Ridge is what is left. Floodplains of Yamuna River and Delhi Ridge are two most prominent geographical features of the capital of India. New Delhi has been vulnerable to earthquakes in the past and the major reason of these earthquakes is that New Delhi lies in... Read more »
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Akal Thakat-Gurdwara Sahib is located in New Delhi, the capital of India, and bears the name of Golden Temple. This is the core of Sikhism religion, the parishioner of this worship having faith in a God and 10 Guru because the fact that is... Read more »
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