New Dehli

My last day in India was in New Dehli. I was able to visit a few parks and forts before my plane departed.

Here is a link to find out more about New Dehli

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Dehli

Here is a map of New Dehli:

http://dcnewdelhi.delhigovt.nic.in/images/ndmap.gif

You can see from the map there a a number of green zones which are parks. A number of parks are based around important ancient structures from old tombs, temples to forts built in the 1600's.

The India Gate is a memorial to all those who died in World War I. The road to it was blocked off because there was an assembly of dignitaries scheduled to hold a procession sometime during the week, and the event was important enough that a number of security measures needed to be made.

 

I stopped by a local fort, and it was very similar  the fort in Agra.

 

 

 

 

There was another park with a large temple.

 

Looking back from the temple

 

You an see the people sitting in the front and walking in the back right  to get the size relationship.

 

 

There were some other areas in the park with really old temples which were much smaller. You can see from the architecture and materials the difference between the ages.

 

My next stop was at another park with even older ruins. Notice the people near the base of the ruin. The height of this structure is amazing. It's incredible that it is still standing after hundreds of years. The age of some of the structures in this park go back as far as the 4th century.

 

This pic shows the very basic materials used only small amounts of carving once again showing it's age.

 

Some ancient carvings on a wall.

 

In contrast here is a new building that was just built recently.

 

I also stopped by a 5 star hotel known to be visited by the super wealthy and high ranking politicians.

 

It's now time for me to go to the airport and leave India. I'll make my final blog post when I get back to the states. It was a great day, and I'm glad I was able to travel around New Dehli before leaving. I believe I saw the oldest ruins here in the entire 8 months I stayed in India. It was interesting to see the older carvings and structures change into the current ones we see today.