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 comprises of two main sections namely the Janpath and the Rajpath. Janpath, which was known as Queen’s Way during British rule, starts at the Connaught Place and ends up at Shantipath. Both these pathways cut at right angles. Rajpath, which was known as King’s Way during the British Rule, starts from the Rashtrapati Bhavan and ends up with India Gate. Rajpath is the road on which the President travels on the occasion of celebrating India’s Independence. The mass rapid transit system of New Delhi is the Delhi Metro which has been judged as a world class metro service. It is one of the best in Asia and plans are underway to... 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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