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| The Lotus Temple in Delhi - which is a Bahai place of worship. The temple receives 8000 to 10,000 visitors each day |
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| India's largest mosque - Jama Masjid. It caters for the large Muslim population of old Delhi. The mosque was built by Mughal emperor Shahjahan in 1656. |
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| India Gate in central Delhi which honours the 90,000 Indians who died in WW1 on behalf of the British |
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| Need I say anything? The Taj Mahal is amazing!! In terms of news, I’m quite impressed with the Hindustan Times. There’s been a sad story recently about a toll booth operator, only 22, who was shot in the chest at close range when someone in a car passing a checkpoint at Guragaon - on the outskirts of Delhi - refused to pay the 27 rupee fee (that’s .67 cents)!! So sad. After being shot, the toll booth operator turned and tried to make for the door of the booth but collapsed and didn’t survive the trip to hospital. A follow up story says that police and the toll booth authority are now playing a blame game for the death and that the man may have survived if he’d been transported to hospital sooner. Police were hoping for CCTV footage but I don’t think the cameras were working at the time. In another story, a group of men have been arrested for a scam where they would fly to Delhi from Mumbai and hypnotise people, mostly elderly women, and rob them. It’s awful that the women are being robbed but what a great story! Also, on the front of The Times of India today there's a brief about a woman who has been sentenced to be lashed 10 times for driving - which is in violation of a ban in Saudi Arabia where she lives. She will be the first woman to be punished for the offence. Crazy. |
Delhi is well connected with domestic and international flights, to all the major cities within and outside India. Almost all the major airlines have their flights operating from Indira Gandhi International Airport of New Delhi. more read about About Lotus Temple Delhi
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