New Delhi is the capital of India and home to its teeming 16 million inhabitants approximately. Also home to the largest bureaucracy in the world, it is the nation’s primary center for fine arts and other cultural endeavors. Architecturally and socially thus, the city is a diverse mosaic, woven with the tapestries of the cultures that have ruled and/or inhabited Northern India over the last eight centuries.

There is no dearth of luxurious accomodation and reputed hotel chains like the Oberois, the Taj, the Trident as well as the Sheraton, offer world class luxury and fine dining.

Delhi is extensively connected by air to major cities and countries all over the world as well as various places within the country. It is also, predictably enough, a major hub of various railway lines to all pats of the country and is very well connected by road to even distant destinations in India.


Jama Masjid
From the Red Fort to the Jama Masjid, a short distance away, is but a natural progression for the visitor to India. Located in the midst of all the color and chaos of Chandni Chowk, this imposing monument is considered to be the last in a line of monuments which constitute Shah Jahan’s splendid architectural legacy. It was originally known as Masjid-I-Jahanum, which means “The mosque commanding a view of the world”. It offers a bird’s eye view of the city of Delhi from the top of its 40m high minarets..


Red Fort
Also known as the Lal Quila, the impressive Red Fort stands on the banks of the river Yamuna in Old Delhi. Built by the great Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan when he shifted his capital from Agra to Delhi, the Fort was completed nine years later - in 1648 A.D. This enormous red sandstone fort is surrounded by a wall, the perimeter of which is 2.4 kilometers. It has two main entrances, the Delhi Gate and the Lahori Gate which faces the famed Chandni Chowk market. It is from the ramparts of this massive fort that the Prime Minister of India addresses the nation on the occasion of Independence Day on the 15th of August every year.


Qutab Minar
An Indo-Islamic architectural wonder,this magnificent monument stands on one side of the Qutab complex. Also known as the Victory Tower, the Qutab Minar was begun in 1199 by Qutub-ud-din Aibak and was completed by his successors. This elegant fluted tower is decorated with elegant balconies and carving. Other monuments here include the Quwwat-Ul- Islam mosque – built from the dressed and carved stones of demolished temples, and the famous Iron Pillar. A metallurgical marvel, this pillar has not rusted in over fifteen hundred years despite the vagaries of the weather.


The towering Qutab Minar, Humayun’s Tomb, the ruins of the Purana Qila at the other end of Delhi from Old Delhi, are a continuity of the Mughal architectural legacy. To reach these, you pass through a different, more modern Delhi with its graceful Parliament House, Rashtrapati Bhavan and India Gate which bear the unmistakable imprint of Edwin Lutyen’s design and planning