Tips & Tricks
Lodi Gardens (Lodi Road, near Humayun’s Tomb, Delhi) – spreading over 90 acres in the heart of Delhi, Lodi gardens is a horticultural and architectural tribute to the rulers that controlled much of Northern India during the 16th century. At the numerous tombs and monuments located here, one can find lush lawns and hordes of […]
National Zoological Park (Mathura Road, Sundar Nagar, New Delhi, Delhi) — located in close proximity to Purana Qila, near ITO, the Delhi zoo was established in 1959. Spread over a massive area of 214 acres, it is regarded as one of the finest zoos in Asia. Efforts have been made to provide an almost natural […]
Nehru Planetarium (Teen Murti Marg Area, New Delhi, Delhi) — commissioned on 3rd March, 1977, with the objective of fostering scientific temper through the means of edutainment (that’s right! education + entertainment). The planetarium has been making learning Astronomy a pleasant experience. It also has grown into a Center for scientific study of astronomy and […]
Mumbai (city) – this major Indian city, which faces the Indian Ocean and is a 10-hours’ drive north of Goa, was once known as Bombay. Among other things, Mumbai (whose population is 18 million) is the heart of the Hindi-language dominated Bollywood film industry, and is the second largest metropolis in India. Mumbai is also […]
Shankar’s International Dolls Museum (4, Nehru House, Bahadur Shah Zafar Road, New Delhi, Delhi) — set up by the renowned political cartoonist, K. Shankar Pillai (1902-1989), Shankar’s International Dolls Museum has one of the largest collection of costume dolls anywhere in the world. Housed in the building of the Children’s Book Trust on Bahadur […]
Siri Fort Sports Complex (August Kranti Marg, Khel Gaon, New Delhi, Delhi) – for those who want to play tennis while visiting Delhi, this is a good start (since tennis is popular in India). This sports complex is equipped with 12 courts, 3 of which are clay surface and 9 are hard courts. They need […]