Tourist Attractions in Delhi

A city with a history of 5000 years amalgamated with luxury and technology. This is how one can define Delhi. An art and architecture enthusiast could spend years getting to know every piece of history Delhi owns. The Archeological Survey of India lists about 83 ancient and historical monuments in Delhi. You can imagine the enormous amount of places of tourist importance it is possible to discover here. You would get to know about all tourist attractions in Delhi in this section.

Amongst the tons of places you can visit some are 'not-to-be-missed' because they are the highlights of the city. Two top tourist attractions of Mughal times are Qutub Minar and Red Fort. The Parliament House and the Rashtrapati Bhawan are the relics of the British past.

Then there are museums like Shankar's International Dolls Museum which has a collection of 6500 costume dolls from 83 different countries. Where else would you find such a place. The National Gallery of Modern Art and the Crafts Museum show the diversity and strength of Indian art in various forms. The former showcases Indian modern art in the variety of paintings and sculptures. The latter literally demonstrates the ingenious and gradually vanishing arts of the traditional India.

Then there are mausoleums of Sikandar Lodhi, Mohammed Bin Tughlaq and Humayun. Each of their tombs is distinct in the style and has their own signature style. If you are not interested in ancient kings then you can go to the memorials of Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Lal Bahadur Shastri to soak up the Indian independence struggle. The experience is unforgettable even for seasoned travelers who are overwhelmed and awestruck by the sheer diversity in the amount of tourist destinations in the city. All we can say is that when you visit Delhi you don't just see history, you become a part of it.

Delhi Crafts Museum
Established in 1956 the Delhi Crafts Museum is today one of a kind place where you can actually watch the live demo of an object being made the time-honored way. It had been established by the Delhi Government with the motive of preserving the traditional crafts of India. Crafts Museum has around 20,000 unusual items from all over India on display.

Dolls Museum in Delhi
It all started when the Hungarian Ambassador gifted a doll to K. Shankar Pillai, a famous political cartoonist, at his annual drawing competition. That gesture ignited a passion in Shankar for collecting dolls.

Humayun's Tomb
Humayun's tomb in Delhi is no ordinary one as it may look to some people. It has the distinction of being the inspiration for the layout plan of Taj Mahal, the love mausoleum. However Humayun's Tomb in Delhi is made in a simple way of red sandstone along with use of white and black marble along the borders to relieve the monotony.

India Gate
India Gate Delhi is a free standing arch designed by Sir Edward Lutyens to honor the memories of unknown soldiers. It is strikingly beautiful with its potted plants and green lawns. People go there to take a look at the awe-inspiring structure and then spend some quality time with their families.

Jantar Mantar in Delhi
The term 'Jantar Mantar' is corruption of the words 'Yantra Mantra' which literally means the 'Formulae of Instruments'. It was built in 1724 by Maharaja Sawai Madho Jai Singh II of Jaipur under the order of Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah.

Lodi Garden in Delhi
Lodi Garden in Delhi is the combination of picturesque gardens and the 15th and 16th century monuments. It possesses gems like the tomb of Muhammad Sayyid and Ibrahim Lodi and is quite famous among the morning walkers of the nearby South Delhi area. In British times, the park was called Lady Willingdon Park.

Modern Art Gallery
For an art enthusiast Modern Art Gallery in Delhi is like a treasure trove waiting to be found and explored. The need for a museum of Modern Art was felt for the first time in an Art Conference held in Calcutta in the year 1949.

National Zoological Park
Spread over 214 acres, National Zoological Park Delhi is one of the finest and largest in Asia. National Zoo Delhi provides natural habitat to 2,300 varieties of plants and animals. Set up in 1959, the zoo was designed by Major Weinman of Sri Lanka and Carl Hagenbeck of West Germany.

Old Fort
Old Fort in Delhi, as they say, stands on the ancient site of Indraprastha, the capital city of the mythological Pandavas. Some ancient gray-ware pottery dated 1000 B.C. has been found there coinciding with the timeline but this is not the only reason Old Fort is famous for.

Parliament House of Delhi
The Parliament House of India is the highest federal legislative body of India. It has two houses called the Lok Sabha (The House of People or Lower House) and Rajya Sabha (Council of States or Upper House).

Qutub Minar in Delhi
Primarily made up of red and buff sandstone, Qutub Minar in Delhi is the most famous and highest historical minaret in India. Also spelled Qutb Minar, its large complex houses a madrasa, an ancient iron pillar, a mosque, graves and tombs.

Delhi Rail Museum
Delhi Rail Museum is for people who love engines, especially antique ones. The National Rail Museum in Delhi is a popular tourist spot for both adults and children. It has one of the finest collections of both vintage and modern train engines.

Rajghat in Delhi
This simplest fighter has a simpler, no-frills memorial situated at bank of River Yamuna. Mahatma Gandhi aka Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's cenotaph, Rajghat in Delhi, is a black marble platform witn an eternal flame perpetually burning to remind each of us his sacrifices.

Rashtrapati Bhawan in Delhi
Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi is the official residence of the President of India. It has been designed by Sir Edward Lutyens. Completed in 1929, it is situated on Rajpath in the area called Lutyens Delhi.

Red Fort or Lal Qila
The idea for Red fort came into being with the shifting of the capital from Agra to Delhi in 1638. The fort, which cost 10 million and took nine years to come into being, was part of the city called Shahjahanabad, the seventh city of Delhi.