Lodhi Tomb
The Lodi Tomb was constructed in the year 1517-1518 AD. It is located at the Lodi gardens in Delhi. Entombs in the Lodi tomb is Sikandar Lodi who was buried in this tomb. It is placed in amidst the famous Lodi Garden and it adjacent to the Indian International Centre in South Delhi.
There are tomb of Muhammad Shah, Shish Gumbad and Bara Gumbad which are along with the Lodi Tomb in the Lodi gardens. All these other tombs are just the snippets of the tomb which are at the other place of country. About Lodi Tomb, it is octagonal in shape and has beautiful Mughal architecture in it.
About Lodhi Tomb
The tomb architecture is said to be significantly similar to the one of the Sayyid architecture style which is having the typical octagonal shape and a deep veranda with high arches. The tomb of Sikandar Lodi is adorned with a double dome top and is in the centre of an enclosed area. The entry of the Tomb is south facing which depicts the mughal style architecture. This was the first of the garden tomb in Delhi.
The history of Lodi garden it is said that it was the most beautiful garden tomb in the 16th century as compare to the other tomb of the city. The tomb is having great Mughal design on the tomb walls and inscription in various foreign languages which puts a star in its glory. The tomb has many removed mughal emperor tomb at a single place which is very rarely found in other tomb across the country.
India Gate
India Gate is situated in the heart of the capital city New Delhi. India Gate is having a special position in the history and also it is treated as the national monument of India. It is having all the names of the soldier that were in the British Army during the World War I and Afghan War.
There are more than 90,000 soldiers named engraved on this gate and by this the gate also become popular by another name known as the All India war Memorial. About India Gate construction, it is made up of fine red stone and granite. The designer of this gate was Sir Edwin lutyens who also made other structural places in New Delhi.
About India Gate
The history of India Gate has seen mainly changes in the past which included the removal of the statue of King George V which used to stand in front of the gate. There is a fire under the gate which is known as Amar Jawan Jyoti. The height of India Gate is about 42 metres and is linked with many important roads from all directions. The total area which comes under the India Gate is about 300000 sq. Metres. The road reaching to the gate were opened for the traffic until recent threats of terrorist which made the closely of these roads.
The whole area surrounding the India Gate is having lush green grass and fountains which attracts a large crowd from all across the world. The place becomes heavy crowded in the evening and night tim
Raj Ghat
Raj Ghat is the memorial place for the father of nation “Mahatma Gandhi”. It is made by a black marble platform which is the cremation mark of Mahatma Gandhi. On January 30 when Gandhi was assassinated, he was criminated at this place on 31st jaunary1948.
The memorial is located just near to the Yamuna River and has an eternal flame burning perpetually at one end which is left open to the sky. The ring road is officially known as the Mahatma Gandhi road.
About Raj Ghat
The memorial was designed by Vanu G. Bhuta who got the designing idea by the last uttered word of Gandhi which were “He Ram”. It not only shows the simplicity that Gandhi ji has in his life style but it was changed many times. In the end Jawahar Lal Nehru sanctioned the design for the memorial of Gandhi. About the Raj Ghat there are some special facts which make every foreign dignitary to visit this place and pay their respect to this great human being. The delegates put flower on the Raj Ghat and then pay their respect. For showing their respect towards Mahatma Gandhi the visitor are requested to remove their footwear before approaching to the memorial.
In history of Raj Ghat, there is a prayer session on every birth and death anniversaries of Gandhi in which the prime minister and president along with all high post minister pay their tribute to his great human. There is also a prayer session on every Friday of the week on the Raj Ghat.
Old Fort
Old fort or Purana qila is the bastion for the people during the war time. It was founded by the second Mughal Emperor, Humayun in the year 1533 for the protection and shelter of the soldiers and civilians. About the Purana Qila, it is said that Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun in 1540 and rename it to Shergarh. During the next decade Sher Shah added several other complexes to the Qila and made it a comfortable place for his people.
After his death in 1545, Islam Shah captured the Qila and shifted his Capital to Gwalior. After his death the fort was remained untouched which lead to the invasion of Humayun to north India. He captured the Purana Qila and later died in that only.
About Purana Qila
The history of Purana Qila has seen many ups and downs in the life of Mughal Emperor who came and fought for the fort. The other great feature of this Qila is the great giant 18 metres wall which runs to about 1.5km. These walls were having three gates one of which was named after Humayun. The gates of the Qila where made by the sandstone which made the double storey height of the gate look great and have colour marble inlays in them too. There was a great Rajasthani architecture and Mughal architecture combination in this Qila.
There were watch towers in the outer wall of the Qila which were in a semi circle shape. There are few remains in the complex of the Qila which included the Shermandal and Qila-i-Kuhna Mosque.
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