Top 7 Places To Visit In Delhi.

 

Hello everyone, a very warm welcome to all of you on our blog of top 7 places to visit in Delhi, since it’s been a long time the covid has taken many facilities down and many people can’t tour and visit their respective places.

So it’s our privilege to give my full experience to all of you in this blog so that you can enjoy from your own comfort about all the best places in delhi and Which is a still miracle to all the people and eagerly they wants to know the truth behind the places like their built stories or random creativity and their reason behind the beautiful ancient designs.

So, before starting the feel, the thrill of a places why don’t you see a sneak peak or history of places which we are going to visiting and experiencing it.

1. ·         Red Fort
2. ·         Waste To Wonder
3. ·         AGRASEN KI BAOLI
4. ·         SAFDARJUNG TOMB
5. ·         PURANA QUILA (OLD FORT)
6. ·         TUGHLAQABAD FORT
7. ·         MEHRAULI ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK 

 1. Red Fort

Red fort is India’s best and one of the most popular monument. Many people visit every year to Red fort( Lal- Quila) except this covid times but after lockdown there is small relaxation that people can visit to Red fort but should also strictly follow the covid guidelines and should be  vaccinated. So further if you want to know the detail history of Red fort you can visit to this link.

So let’s get started with our journey to Red fort, for reaching Red fort you can take exit from Chandni Chowk which is the nearest metro station or if you are traveling by train then the nearest railway station is Old delhi Railway station or if you are traveling through bus then the nearest bus stand is Kashmiri Gate Bus Stand or at last if you are coming in flight the the nearest airport is IGI airport.

 

Timing of visiting Red fort is from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm and from Tuesday to Sunday (Monday it’s either closed or due to some holiday as per the calendar) and for more info follow the timing below:

• Ø  For light and sound show in Hindi the timing are;
• 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm from May to August. 7pm to 8pm in September and October.
•  6pm to 7pm from November to January. And, 7pm to 8pm from Feburary to April.

• Ø  For light and sound show in English the timing are 
• 9pm to 10pm from May to August
• 8:30pm to 9:30pm in September and October 7:30pm to 8:30pm from November to January 8:30pm to 9:30pm from Feburary to april. 

Entry fees for Red fort is 35rs per person for only Indians.

 

Entry fees for Red fort for foreign people is 500rs and sound and light show charges are as written on their boards.

 

Inside details about RED FORT

 

While entering the Red fort there is a front entrance door situated at the southern side of the wall which is called Delhi gate and it is a named after the city which is called Delhi city. This door is constructed at the time of Shah Jahan emperor time and outer wall or defense wall is constructed by his son Aurangzeb which is also a successor of Shah Jahan.

 

Now there comes the Lahore Gate which is especially a main entrance for visiting people and public tourists and the Delhi Gate is used as a parking area and some VIP entrances as it’s the main place the where the prime minister of india host a flag on the day of independence day and Lahore Gate named on city of Lahore because when entering the gate faces towards the Lahore district or area and named as Lahore Gate while entering the gate there is short bazzar type of area called Meena Bazzar, which is maded by Shah Jahan for their queens and it’s for only females and the market Includes the stones,gewels,Gold coin, necklaces,velvets and many more items.

 

After the Meena Bazzar the entry gate to the mahal or fort is named as Naubat khana also called drum house which is named because when a emperor entering through this the darbaar guards beats the drum with sticks and says “ badshah salamat hoshiyaar” like that and the emperor or king enters the fort.

 

After entering to fort there is place ora big ground named as Diwan-i - aam as this type because every day there people from other areas to him for solution to all their problems it like a Darbaar or more likely to be said is court.

 

Now, next move on to the next places or next architecture which is very special one and it’s named as Rang Mahal, or it is named as hall if entertainment because the badshah Shah Jahan entertains it’s shahi guest by presenting a shahi dance by dance girls with a drink thats why it is named as Rang Mahal, and most importantly in the ceiling of Rang Mahal there are small diamond and gold and silver and many valuable items are picked in the wall and will it’s like a miracle of Red fort for getting to know about rang mahal.

 

After passing on to next there is mahal placed in the side of Rang Mahal it’s basically a private place for

emperors they used to sit there and has a almirah of clothes and a sleeping and living room and a room

for doing private prayers offerings basically it’s a residence of the current or ruling emperor made only

for ruling emperor or king.

 

After next, Diwan-i- khas is the place or should I more likely to say a parliamentary area because of its name of states that badshah meets only with VIPs or ministers or for private important people and ordinary people are not allowed in this area.

 

Now, move on to the next place which is called Shahi Hammam, it is the basically the ruling emperors bath room and at that time the Hammam name soap also comes which comes from persion word and from there this place named as shahi hammam and water for used in this place comes from Yamuna river.

 

Now in the west side of shahi hammam there is mahal named as Moti Masjid made by Aurangzeb after Shah Jahan death Aurangzeb is the ruling king( Raja ka beta Raja bana) and it is made for doing Namaz but official at the time of Shah Jahan he goes to jama masjid for Namaz offering.

 

The Red fort is way to much big to interact with every architecture it takes too much time and but in this I have covers the all important mahals which you want to see it definitely.

 

2. WASTE TO WONDER

 

Waste to wonder is best and full of wonders theme park and can be enjoyed with our friends and family in day and night. The main important point to noted that it was opened by Shri Rajnath Singh on 21 Feb 2019 and it was open publically for all indians and foreign people.

 

This park is located at near Hazrat Nizamuddin metro station in delhi and and it’s made very beautiful and the concept of making waste to wonder is very unique because as the name speaks that the 7 wonders of our world as been made by all waste materials and looks so attractive in nature that it symbolizes the creativity of indians. It is well maded and surrounded by full of trees and grasses and it also as cleanliness system no garbage or wastage is tolerated and if found that you have tamper with the wonders then it will penalised.

 

Timing of Opening and closing the park is from 11am to 11pm and from Tuesday to Sunday and most importantly Monday is closed.

 

Entry fess is very cheap in price and affordable for up to 3 years old is free and for 4to12 years is 25rs

and for 13to64 is 50 and for above 65 years is free( no charges).

 

waste to Wonder includes 7 wonders which is called as copy of these original sculpture and they are:

• Taj Mahal
• Pyramid of Giza
• Eiffel Tower
• Coliseum
• Rio Redeemer
• Statue of Liberty
• Leaning tower of Pisa

 3. AGRASEN KI BAOLI

 Agrasen ki baoli also referred to as Ugrasen ki baoli and it’s located in the middle of Connaught place and sue to its beautiful design it is a historic monument which is made Agrasen. Maharaja Agrasen has built the baoli at the time of Mahabharata.

 Nearest metro station is Rajiv chowk from there anybody can take a cab,auto, and travel to the monument gate it’s timing is 7am to 6pm and it’s free for all the people.

 The main motive to construct the baoli is to conserve or store water at the time of raining or can be called as rain water harvesting so it’s from ancient times the rain water harvesting is practising.

 There are 108 downstairs when you go down through it and the height is 60m and width is 15m and it follows down to the baoli or well (kuaa) and at the southern side there is a small masjid and a graveyard place where all the ancestors and family members of Agrasen has buried in it.There are many myths about this place but non of them are prooven like many people says it has a black water inside the well and it attracts the human to fall in to this well and no body can be found it sucks full body and no sign of body and many more haunted stories but apart from this this place is good for photography and beautiful vlog recording or tik tok video and any film shooting the pk movie of aamir khan and sultan of Salman has been shooted in this place and mom movie a shri devi film this film also shooted in this place.

So it’s nice and one time visiting place and learn about the historic places in delhi which is a quiet give a try for visiting you will not regret for visiting in this place trust me.

4. SAFDARJUNG TOMB

 Safdarjung tomb  is most beautiful and attracting monument and creates a historic thoughts in our mind with its mind blowing designs and creativity. This monument is built by his son Shuja – ud – Daula on the memory of his father. It is named as Safdarjung because it located at the middle Safdarjung road and is the heart of the city. It’s the last architecture made by Mughals emperor or rulers and it states the fall of Mughals era and start of British era.

 Timing is 7am to 6om and open for all days and fees for indians is 20 rs and for foreigners 200 rs and for video shooting 25rs and children up to 15 years is free of cost and ticket booking is only online until this pandemic.

 The nearest metro station is jor Bagh metro station in yellow line and from station you can take a cab or by walk or by battery rickshaw you can be reached at the Safdarjung tomb it’s only half kilometre far from the metro station. At the time of winter season and in between rainy and winter you can go for a visit at the time of summer you will dehydrated and full sweated like chubti garmi can be unhealthy for your body.

 This buildings  idea is copied from Humayun's tomb(also checkout our trip to Humayun's Tomb) and some designs are copied from Taj Mahal and Safdarjung tomb is surrounded with four gardens and also called char Bagh because if its surrounding gardens it’s made by red sand stones and some white marbles.

 Lodhi garden also at walking distance from this tomb and there is no clock room means you have to carry your own luggage.

Inside the tomb created in the middle of the grave of Safdarjung. There is a main hall which is called jangli mahal in which all the Mughals and ruler used to stay at this place.

It’s built in a large area which consists of moti Mahal, jangali mahal , badshah pasand and a maqbara which is inside the opposite side of Safdarjung tomb. So it’s a good to see and enjoy with family and friends also you can can photoshoot too .

 

5. PURANA QUILA

Old Fort also known as Purana Quila located at indraprastha road and one of the oldest fort in delhi and it’s built on the  banks of Yamuna river it was made in the era of Mahabharata and is believed to be built by Pandavas.

 The nearest metro station to reach is pragati maidan which is recently named as Supreme court in map of all metro stations. It’s 2 km far from the metro station so you can take a taxi,bus,or battery rickshaw which helps you to reach at the destination

 It’s timing for visiting us from 7am to 8m and till light and sound show after 4pm is the best timing and it’s preferred that you visit only winters time so that you can see and enjoy every corners of it, in summers it is very difficult due to bright sun shine upon you makes you feel dizzy.

 Ticket price for adults is 40rs and for children 20rs and for video or vlog shooting 25-50rs.

 Humanyun darwaza is the most epic door because he made it for himself and later and sher mahal is also known for Shershah Suri but later on Humayun used this sher mahal as a library and it’s said that Humayun’s death noble cause uis falling from stairs from the library when going to praise an offering.

 There is a baoli or more accurate the well water which is used as a bathing place for Mughals and name as Hammam.

 Lastly the light and sound show in hindi timing is from 7:30pm to 8:30pm and for English the timing is 9pm to 10pm and ticket price for this show is for adult is 100 rs and fir children or for kids is 50 rs, and every Friday off means no show.

 It’s a big place and take time to see each and every corner at least 2-3 hours are required to see each and every corner of it.

 6.TUGHLAQABAD FORT

 This fort is the most beautiful and shows the great islamic creativity for making this architecture now it is ruined and most of the places are collapsed and it’s is one most oldest fort in South Delhi. It was built by Ghias – ud – din which is the ruler of delhi islamic kingdom.

 The nearest metro station is govindpuri metro station( violet line)and saket metro station and it is mainly located Mehrauli- badarpur roadside. From nearest metro station anyone can take a public transport or go by private can like ola, uber and it takes you to the fort. The winter seasons are the most exact time fir visiting the fort and not in summer time.

 Tickets price for Indians is 20rs in online and in counter it is 25rs and for foreigners it’s 250rs in online and in counter it is 300rs.

 Timing for visiting is from 6am to 6pm and open for all days.This fort at ancient time has 52 gates but now it has only 13 gates left including entry gate and this fort consists of 3 places named as 1^st Raja palace where king stays or called his residence, then 2^nd  bijai mahal where Raja conducts  Thanksgiving to his supporters and army for winning the war, and 3^rd is a baoli which is called as step well and also there are more places like shok minar, etc.

 There is a Underground cave like place called as kal kothri which is later named as meena Bazar by British army and at that time it’s used for punishing the people who commits a crime.

 One last place which is maqbara of Ghias-ud-din and his wife and his son or more called as Ghias-ud-din Tughlaq tomb. So it’s a great place to visit and worth the time because of its oldest and beautiful architecture.

 There is also a myth or theory that this fort is cursed by saint Nizamuddin auliya which is a mystic saint and making his baoli and he want that labourers should some come here builds as fast as possible but ghias ud din was the king of delhi sultanate and orders all labourers to work here and by that anger of fire the Nizamuddin auliya curses the fort that one day it get destroyed and collapsed and in pieces so from now on it is ruined.

 7.MEHRAULI ARCHAEOLOGICAL PARK

 This parks depicts the beautiness of South delhi and in every step when you moves further you see a magical things that turns you to make a eye contact with them. Many rulers and emperor resides for a time limit and thus this makes the park for interesting to visit because it takes you to 1000 years back where rulers used to visit here.

 The nearest metro station is qutub minar and saket metro station, and it’s recommend that battery rickshaw, or autos or a private can or taxi is best taking you to the gate of park. Who knows the best he should only use public transport for reaching to destination.Tickets are free means that no entry fees is there and open for all days from 6am to 7pm.

 The first place of attraction for tourists are the Jamali-kamali mosque and tomb recently it’s closed so we don’t have enough information about it but from outside the mosque can be seen.

 Now 2^nd place of attraction just after this mosque is Tomb of Balban which is also closed due to some reason  we don't have much info about but this tomb is adjacent to the qutub minar and some of it items are placed in this tomb. The tomb of Balban is also known for haunted places because it is said the tomb bmog Balban is place of Jinns and many people have been injured while coming to this tomb especially in Thursday. So it’s miracle of this that you have to visit.

 Now further there is a place called as rajaon ki baoli which is a stepwell the locals come here and takes away the water and men’s and women's time are different at that time it was constructed in 15^th century and built by daulat Khan.

 

Now it’s an end of our blog top 7 places to visit in Delhi and we hope that you may enjoy it and feel free to give your views and comments and it will be appreciated, and see you in the next amazing journey, Be safe.