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INDIA GATE |
Delhi,
locally pronounced as Dilli ,officially National Capital Territory of
Delhi (NCT), is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by
population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest
metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the
Territory at the 2011 Census.
There
are nearly 22.2 million residents in the greater National Capital
Region urban area (which also includes the cities Noida, Greater Noida,
Ghaziabad, Gurgaon and Faridabad along with other smaller nearby towns).
The
name Delhi is often also used to include urban areas near the NCT, as
well as to refer to New Delhi, the capital of India, which lies within
the metropolis. Although technically a federally administered union
territory, the political administration of the NCT of Delhi today more
closely resembles that of a state of India with its own legislature,
high court and an executive council of ministers headed by a Chief
Minister.
New
Delhi, jointly administered by both the federal Government of India and
the local Government of Delhi, is also the capital of the NCT of Delhi.
there are many attractions in Delhi
1. Lotus Temple
As
with all other Bahá'í Houses of Worship, the Lotus Temple is open to
all regardless of religion, or any other distinction, as emphasized
in Bahá'í texts. The Bahá'í laws emphasize that the spirit of the House
of Worship be that it is a gathering place where people of all religions
may worship God without denominational restrictions.The Bahá'í laws
also stipulate that only the holy scriptures of the Bahá'í Faith and
other religions can be read or chanted inside in any language; while
readings and prayers can be set to music by choirs, no musical
instruments can be played inside. Furthermore no sermons can be
delivered, and there can be no ritualistic ceremonies practiced.
Inspired
by the lotus flower, the design for the House of Worship in New Delhi
is composed of 27 free-standing marble clad "petals" arranged in
clusters of three to form nine sides. The nine doors of the Lotus Temple
open onto a central hall slightly more than 40 meters tall that is
capable of holding up to 2,500 people. The surface of the House of
Worship is made of white marble from Penteli mountain in Greece, the
very same from which many ancient monuments and other Bahá'í Houses of
Worship are built. Along with its nine surrounding ponds and the
gardens, the Lotus Temple property comprises 26 acres (105,000 m²; 10.5
ha).
The
architect was an Iranian, who now lives in Canada, named Fariborz
Sahba. He was approached in 1976 to design it and later oversaw its
construction. The major part of the funds needed to buy this land was
donated by Ardishír Rustampúr of Hyderabad, who gave his entire life
savings for this purpose in 1953. A portion of construction budget was
saved and used to build a greenhouse to study indigenous plants and
flowers that would be appropriate for use on the site.
2. Red Fort
The
Red Fort is a 17th century fort complex constructed by
the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in the walled city of Old Delhi (in
present day Delhi, India) that served as the residence of the Mughal
Emperors. It also served as the capital of the Mughals until 1857, when
Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar was exiled by the British
Indian government. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in
2007.
Mughal
Emperor Shah Jahan, started construction of the massive fort in 1638
and work was completed in 1648 (10 years). The Red Fort was originally
referred to as "Qila-i-Mubarak" (the blessed fort), because it was the
residence of the royal family.The Red Fort was the palace
for Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan's new capital, Shahjahanabad (present
day Old Delhi), the seventh city in the Delhi site. He moved his capital
here from Agra in a move designed to bring prestige to his reign, and
to provide ample opportunity to apply his ambitious building schemes and
interests.The fort lies along the Yamuna River, which fed the moats
that surround most of the wall. The wall at its north-eastern corner is
adjacent to an older fort, the Salimgarh Fort, a defence built by Islam
Shah Suri in 1546.The construction of the Red Fort began in 1638 and was
completed by 1648.
The
last Mughal emperor to occupy the fort was Bahadur Shah II "Zafar".
Despite being the seat of Mughal power and its defensive capabilities,
the Red Fort was not defended during the 1857 uprising against the
British. After the failure of the 1857 rebellion, Zafar left the fort on
17 September. He returned to Red Fort as a prisoner of the British.
Zafar was tried on in a trial starting on 27 January 1858, and was
exiled on 7 October.
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