New Delhi, third largest city, is the capital of India. Delhi, the heart of India, is a wonderful city of fabulous green parks, luxury hotels, long office building blocks and home to the attractive presidential palace and the massive neo-classic architecture of the red stone government ministries. It is divided into The Old Delhi and New Delhi. It is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world and two of its monuments-the Qutb Minar and Humayun's Tomb-have been declared World Heritage Sites. New Delhi houses various government buildings and official residences reminiscent of the British colonial architecture. The main structures include the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the Secretariat, Rajpath, the Parliament of India and Vijay Chowk. Safdarjung's Tomb is an example of the Mughal gardens style.

Fast Facts about Delhi
Area: 1470 sq.km.
Altitude: 239mts
Temperature: Max- 41.2 0C and Min-21.4 0C in Summer, Max-33.7 0C and Min-6 0C in Winter.
Rainfall: 50 cms ( june to sept )
Best season: September to March
Clothing: Summer-Cottons, winter- Woolen.
 

How to approach there
By Air : The nearest airport at Delhi is 130 kms away.
By Road : Easily accessible via road. It is positioned midway between Jaipur and Delhi, both being about 135 kms from here.
By Train : . Numerous trains are available to Neemrana from Delhi.

Places to visit :-

Rastrapati Bhavan
Rastrapati Bhavan is in an area of 130 hectares and the palace has 340 rooms. At least 2,000 people were essential to take care of the building and serve the Viceroy's household. Previously the Vice regal Lodge, the building is the emphasize of Lutyen's New Delhi and was completed in 1929 at a cost of 12,53,000 pound sterling. The lodge also has attractive garden called the Mughal Garden, which is open to public twice in a year, usually in February and March.

Lotus Temple
Lotus Temple, the Taj of modern India, is a fabulous Temple. It is an Architectural Grandeur. This belongs to the Baha`i sect and is now an important landmark of Delhi. The structure is completed of pure white marble in the shape of a half-opened lotus and is surrounded by delicately lush lawns. This architectural wonder is created of a combination of marble, cement, sand and dolomite. One can realize 27 giant white petals of marble in a lotus shape, springing from nine pools and walkways indicative of the nine unifying spiritual.

Red Fort
Red Fort, a wonderful architecture, was built by the Mughal emperor, Shahjahan between 1638 A.D. and 1648 A.D. It is an overpriced piece of Mughal architecture. The entry to this amazing fort, well known as Purana Qila, is from the Lahori Gate or the Chatta Chowk. There is a busy bazaar in Red Fort called the 'Meena Bazaar' that is an outstanding collection of antiques, miniature paintings and skillfully crafted fake ivory jewellery.

India Gate
India Gate is a grand 42 meters high archway and it was constructed as a monument to the Indian armed forces killed in the World War I. You can have a good view of the Rashtrapati Bhavan from the base of the archway. Adults and children similarly explore their evenings and pleasant to use on the sprawling India Gate lawns. Part of the modern New Delhi, it was built according to the orders of King George V in 1911 A.D.

Raj Ghat
It is situated on the embankment of the river Yamuna where Mahatma Gandhi, ‘The father of the nation’ was cremated in 1948 A.D. They came there just after India accomplished its freedom. There are the Samadhis of current India's leaders - Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi on the bank of the Yamuna near the Red Fort. Various visitors pay them honor everyday.

Jantar Mantar
Jantar Mantar was created by the Jai Singh, who was a great mathematician and astronomer and implemented this astronomical observatory with masonry instruments, in 1724 A.D. The Samrat and Yantra supreme instrument, the largest structure shaped like a right-angled triangle, is actually a huge sun-dial. There are other five instruments that are intended to show the movements of the sun, moon etc.

Qutub Minar
Qutaub Minar was constructed by Qutb-ud-Din Aibak in 1199 A.D due to use of Mu'azzin to give calls for prayer and raised the first storey, to which were added three more stories by his successor and son-in-law, Shamsu'd-Din Iltutmish during 1211-1236 A.D. You can watch the projected balcony encircling the Minar and surrounding all the stories is supported by stone brackets, which are decorated with honeycomb design, more conspicuously in the first storey. According to the inscriptions on its surface it was repaired by Firoz Shah Tughlaq during the period AD 1351-88 and Sikandar Lodi in A.D. 1489-1517. Major R. Smith also repaired and restored the Qutub Minar in 1829.