India Tour Package

Delhi is Cosmopolitan city and Capital of India. It is the third largest city. Delhi is main starting point for North India.It is divided into two parts Old Delhi & New Delhi. The hub of the metropolis is Central New Delhi, an orderly plan of wide roads lined with sturdy colonial buildings which was established soon after the imperial capital of British India moved here in 1911. It is a planned city with wide streets,parks. Parliament House, India Gate President house, Old Fort, Humayun's Tomp,Quitab Minar& ZOO are in New Delhi.Old Delhi was capital between 17th & 19th centuries.In it you will find many mosques, forts & monuments relating to India's muslim history .Red Fort and Jami Masjid, India's largest mosque combined with the old city's bazaars. Jaipur is five hours drive from Delhi.Agra is 3 hrs drive from Delhi..
Delhi celebrates Durga Puja is celebrated with same enthusiasm as Id is celebrated. The Guru Purab and Christmas carry the same colour as Diwali or Buddha Purnima. The amalgamation of various cultures, traditions, religions has painted Delhi in colour which are brought from all over India.

Facts and Figures

Area	1470 Sq km
Altitude	239 metres
Temperature	Summer : Max 41.2 °C, Min 21.4 °C. Winter : Max 33.7 °C, Min 6 °C.
Language	Hindi, Punjabi, English
STD Code	011
Rainfall	50 cm

Delhi History

The capital of India has been a center of power almost continuously since the 13th century.Being an ancient city Delhi has the shadows of its past. Its history goes a long way off to the time of the Mahabharata as Indraprastha, the capital of the Pandavas. Among the other dynasties that laid claim to Delhi were the Tornor Rajputs and the Chauhan Rajputs. Between 12th to 17th centuries period, some of the most outstanding monuments were built which stand as past glory of the Afghan and Mughal architecture. During the British rule for about 200 years, when the country came under a unified control, Kolkata became the capital but only to move back to Delhi in 1911.The other five of Delhi's ex-capitals, further south, are today all but deserted, standing as impressive reminders of long-vanished dynasties. Among them you will find the towering free-standing column erected by Qutub-ud-din Aibak, the Qutub Minar and Purana Quila, Humayun's Tomb, and the major monument of the great Moghul period is Lal Qila, the "Red Fort". in Old Delhi.

Tourist Attraction In Delhi

India Gate
India Gate, a war memorial arch, was built in honour of 90,000 India soldiers who lost their lives in World War 1. Below it burns the Amar Jawan Jyoti, the eternal flame in tribute to all martyred soldiers of India.

Red Fort
It is a colossal structure of red sandstone, was built by Shah Jehan in 1638, and was the seat of Mughal power till the last emperor was dethroned. Inside the Fort are majestic audience halls, the pearl Mosque and marble palaces. An evening sound-and-light show recreates the glory of India's ancient history.

Rashtrapati Bhavan
Designed by Lutyens, is the official residence of the President of India. It is and imposing structure with 340 rooms, constructed high up on Raisina Hill. On its either side, are the impressive office buildings-North Block and South Block.

Birla Mandir
Due west of Connaught Place, this garish modern temple was erected by the industrialist B.D. Birla in 1938. It is dedicated to Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity and good fortune, and is commonly known as Birla Mandir or Lakshmi Narayan Temple.

Chandni Chowk
One of the main markets of Delhi, Chandni Chowk was once lined with beautiful fountains. It was the eyes and the ears of the Mughal's commercial instincts and is today one of the country's best known wholesale markets for textiles , electronic goods and watches. The entire arc was designed by Jahanara Begum, Shah Jahan's favorite daughter and was the inhabited by the well to do famlies of the time.

Natioanl Museum
Over 150,000 artifacts are on display spread over three floors, at Delhi's National Museum, which is especially known for its fabulous collection of relics from thr Indus Valley Civilization.

Dilli Haat
delightful amalgam of crafts, foods and cultures. Dilli Haat is the first ever permanent fair for crafts, regional foods and cultural activities in India spread over a six acre and situated in the heart of the city.

Jantar Mantar
Jantar Mantar is an astronomical observatory with masonary instruments, built in 1724 by Jai Singh, the mathematician and astronomer king. The Samrat and Yantra supreme instrument, the largest structure shaped like a right-angled triangle, is actually a huge sun-dial; the other five instruments are intented to show he movements of the sun, moon etc.

How to Reach Delhi

Air: Delhi has an extensive network of international and domestic flights. All the major airlines in the world fly through Delhi, and it is easily accessible from anywhere in the world. Domestic air links cover Delhi from all the major cities in the country.

Rail: Trains run from all the parts of the country to Delhi. For nearby places like Chandigarh, Dehradun, Gwalior, Bhopal, Lucknow and Kanpur, the Shatabdi Express is recommended.

Road: Buses from all the major places in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan are available for getting to Delhi. During the summer months, air-conditioned coaches are recommended.

Best Season to Visit Delhi

For Sightseeing, the best season to visit Delhi is between October to March.

Shoppping In Delhi

Chor Bazaar
A Curious bazaar behind the old ramparts of the Red Fort, which comes to life on Sundays to trade a mix of "secondhand" and allegedly stolen goods.

▪ Kinari Bazaar
A colourful street set behind the gurudwara on Chandni Chowk, and connected to the main road by Dariba Kalan, "the street of incomparable peal", which is the centre for jewellers. The shops in Kinari Bazaar overflow with bright wedding finery, including garlands made of rupee notes, grooms' turbans, rosettes and glistening tinsel used by Hindus, Christians and Muslims in vivid and noisy marriage ceremonies. In October (the month of Ram Lila) the shops stock props for the annual theatre productions-bows and arrows, cardboard swords and fake heads for the evil nine-headed King Ravana.

▪ Naya Bazaar
Spice market on khari Baoli, near Fatehpuri Masjid, clouded with the fine dust of flour and spices and dried fruits sold here are said to be the best in Delhi, and many are sold to be the best in Delhi, and many are sold to wholesales by the sack; weighed-down porters load their burdens onto ox carts which trundle off to mass of motorized traffic.

▪ Gadodia Market
The covered Gadodia Market, just off Khari Baoli, is a gathering place for wholesalers who weigh their goods on huge old-fashioned scales. Among the spices and condiments you can find aniseed, turmeric, pomegranate, dried mangoes, ginger, saffron, reetha nuts (used for washing hair and cleaning silver), lotus seeds, pickles, sugars, chutneys and edible leaves of silver paper used to coat sweets and cakes.

▪ Meena Baazar
A distinctively islamic bazaar of cramped shops clustered around the base of the Jami Masjid, full of clothes, domestic implements and smells not found in Hindu regions of the city. Here you can buy burquas, dupattas, topis, caged chickens, bangles, kebabs, sticky sweetmeats and devotional pictures for shrines.

▪ Car Parts Bazaar
South of the Jami Masjid, the stalls that make up this bazaar stock, or rather pile high, new and secondhand automobile parts from all models, rnging from speedometers and the all-important horn to complete engines.

▪ Chawri Bazaar
Named After the Marathi word Chawri (meeting place), this street, running west from the Jami Masjid, was once flanked by the huge mansions which were destroyed by the British after the Murthy. In the nineteenth century it was famous for its "dancing girls", who looked into the streets below from arched windows and balconies; they were moved out by the Delhi Municipal Corporation in the twentieth century. Today the shops specialize in copper and brass Buddhas, Vishnus, Krishnas, belis, lamps, ashtrays, masks and boxes.

▪ Nai Sarak
The long road, Nai Sarak, which connects Chawri Bazaar with Chandni Chowk, is lined with nineteenth- and twentieth-century building whose lower storeys are used for making and selling paper, and houses shops stocking educational books and stationery.

▪ Kalan Mahal
A small market street further south of the Jami Kalan Mahal is the gathering place for brass polishers, and also has stalls displaying intricately carved bone necklaces.

▪ Polutry and Fish Markets
East of Kalan Mahal the air is filled with the unmistakable smell of fish. Pilled high on lorries and stored in barrels of ice, transported between cramped stalls on the heads of porters, every imaginable kind of fish is traded here before finding its way onto plates all over the city. In between fish stalls, chickens lie cramped in stacked cages before being slaughtered and plucked.