Touring India With the Knowledge of its place and proper planning will make it more enjoyable and hassel free.

Whenever we plan for a trip, we have our specific needs or goals in our minds, like excursion, beaches, historical, mountains, river rafting, etc., but India is a place where one can find everything. Here it is a wholesome package with once in a lifetime experience. Here modernity envelops the prehistorical era. Still one can find nomad people with booming IT sector. Here one can dare oneself to climb the highest mountain peak, i.e., Moutain Everest in the world along with beautiful beaches at different locals marine life to long for.

India has vast and varied places to visit and experience for but with limited time and budget people can select a few to add up to their experience and enjoy utmost. Giving below a summary of those place where one can have a nice experience.

In this first episode I am going to cover Delhi, the capital of India. This is the most visited place in India by foreign tourists.

Arrive at Delhi, this is a place which is situated centrally almost to every place which I am going to describe for the below mentioned tour plan. Also, being capital of India the connectivity is great with the world and to all other places.

After arriving at Delhi, there are scores of hotels from five stars to the budgeted ones one can choose from. The hotels are situated all around the city, i.e., near airport, along railway station, along bus station, all around the city. One can book hotel booking delhi via Internet from their respective places only and can save themselves from the network of touts.

Once you moved into your hotel, relax and take rest. Delhi in itself is a historical place. It has seen different eras with its own share of kings and queens. Also, it was hotbed for freedom fighters and seen its first independence flag after gaining freedom.

Start touring the city in the morning as early as possible as by the late evening around 6 pm most of the monuments get closed. So, the early you are, the more number of monuments you can visit in the same day or else you will need to visit them the next day once they are close by the evenings. While touring, you need to carry only your phot or video equipment if you are going to take snaps or make video. Everything else from packaged mineral water to potato chips and Indian and international brand restaurant are here where one can savor one’s lunch and dinner.

For touring the city, one can arrange a India travel agent who can arrange you a shared air-conditioned bus or one can hire a personal taxi. Also, they will provide you the guide who will make you understand more about the eternal aspects of the monument and the place more.

STARTING TOURING

The first place to visit in the morning is the old Delhi (the Delhi is kings and queens). There are no more kings and queens but their strongly built forts, minarets, mosques, and other monuments.

So, starting the day with the Red Fort known as “Lal Quila” in India. It is a place built in the 17th century by King Shah Jahan and was the capital of Mughals till last dynastic ruler of India, King Bahadur Shah Zafar who was dethroned by the British rulers. Here you will find some magnificent structures built in and around the fort. There are plenty of tourists one can find roaming around these places. This place is adjacent to the pious river Yamuna but could no more be seen along with it as with passing years it has changed its course. Inside the fort not only monuments but one can see a small market (market is called bazaar in India) where one can find interesting handicraft items, but beware tourists as they ask 10 to 20 times the original costs so be ready to bargain hard.

The next in your list is Jama Masjid “mosque built by emperor Shah Jahan in the 17th century. It is nearby the “Lal Quila” at a stone’s throw. Anyone can go inside anyday and it can accommodate a huge crowd. One can have a overlook at the whole surrounding being it situated at the top of the hill.

The next one in our list is Humayun’s Tomb. This one is again built by the Mughal dynasty. Here one can find the widely used design by the mughals, i.e., the Persian-styled gardens. This architecture of the tomb and the design of the garden is part of almost every Mughal structure.

The next in our list is heading toward south side of Delhi where one can visit Qutub Minar. It is one of the tallest brick minaret of the world with a height of 72.5 meters. The construction was order was given by King Qutb-ud-din Aibak started in 1193 who was India’s first Muslim ruler. It is a symbol Indian-Islamic architecture. Also, there is one Iron Pillar which is one of the wonder in itself and it is standing tall since that era without getting rust and as strong as a new one and scientists still ponder on the composition or method through which it was made. People encircle this pillar with their back towards the pillar with the traditional belief that it will fulfill their wishes.

If you want to explore more about the religion practiced by majority of India tours that is Hinduism, the next one in our list is ISKCON Temple at Nehru Place. Among many deities worshipped by Hindus (follower of Hinduism), Krishna is one of the main deity and has a very wide-based followers all around the world by the Hindus and a few others too. Here you will find the place quite mesmerizing but quite different from other Hindu temples, as in other Hindu temples people come and worship in very calm atmosphere whereas here follower of Krishna in ISKCON Temple used to sing and dance with religious songs and musical instruments. They make the environment quite lively and aesthetic.

The next one in our list and in sharp contrast to the place of ISKCON Temple is Lakshmi Narayan Temple. This is a very calm and composed place showing you how Hindu worships and that there are so many different deities or different statues of gods. If you like delving into others religion, this place will make you understand Hinduism in a better way. Hinduism is a very moderate religion and teaches tolerance to everyone and everything either human beings or animals or plants. In Hinduism, we worship not only god but everything. This place will just give a glimpse of that.

Now the time is to move towards central delhi, where one can find the New Modern India blending with structures of British era. So the next stop is India Gate. This is a memorial place for the army built by a British architect. It is just not the structure but the whole area, i.e., wide lush green garden with small water bodies for boating which makes the whole place impressive. Common Wealth Games Delhi 2010

At one side of the India gate, stands tall the symbol of the largest democracy in the world, i.e., Parliament of India, where elected heads from all over India presides and make law and run the country.

Perpendicular to the India gate is Presidential Palace better known as “Rashtrapati Bhavan” in India. It is a magnificent structure which is pretty impressive. This is the place where the first person or the President of India lives. The place flaunts many unique things but most of it is not open for the public and only the Mughal Garden is open for the public during February to March every year. But one can see the structure from outside and it is visible standing at the India gate only.

Now, it is evening time and one can decide according to their plans. They can either visit markets to purchase things from India or visit the biggest Hindu temple in the world, i.e., Akshardham Temple. This is built recently in 2006 but it is a gigantic structure on the banks of River Yamuna giving the whole place an eternal feeling. This place is not just a temple but with lush garden, hygienic clean restaurant, ampitheater, also boatride where one can have a small journey of India’s past, and much more. But do not miss the light show in the evening with Vedic Mantras “chants in India’s ancient and mother of all languages-Sanskrit”. The light show will surely take the breath out. After this one can go to central Delhi, Connaught Place. Here plenty of restaurants are there from national and international brands serving hygienic and authentic from all around the world. There are brands like Dominos, McDonalds, Subway, KFC, Pizza Hut Robin Baskin, Café Cofee Day, and numerous others. So, savor your favorite dishes and retire at your hotel.