THE RED FORT Hello this is my another artical about the triping site or place in India.This time i'll tell you about The Red Fort.It is located at New Delhi in India. The Red Fort was the residence of the Mughal Emperor of India for nearly 200 years.It is located in the centre of Delhi and houses a number of museums.It was the political centre of the Mughal government and also a event place.It was constructed in 1648 by the fifth Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan as the palace of his fortified capital Shahjahanbad.It was because of its enclosing walls of red sandstone.It was planned according to the Islamic prototypes each pavallion contain architectural elements typical of the Mughal buildings that reflect two traditions first one is the Timurid and Persian.In the local language of India it is pronnounced as the 'Lal Quila'. The Red fort has an area of 254.67 acres enclosed by 2.41 Km of defensive walls,punctuated by turrents and bastions and varying in height from 18 mt on the river side to 33 mt on the city side.The fort s octagonal,with the north-south axis longer than east-west axis.The marble,floral decorations and double domes in the fort's buildings exemplify later Mughal architecture.It showcases a high level of ornamentation,and the Kohinoor diamonds was reportedly part of the furnishings.The fort's artwork synthesises Persian,European and Indian art,resulting in a unique ShahJahani style rich in form,expression and colour.This was all about the interior design and artwork of the Red Fort. Now i would like to tell you about the history of the Red Fort.Emperor Shah Jahan commissioned construction of the Red Fort in 1638,when he decided to shift his capital from Agra to Delhi.Originally white and red,the Saha Jahan favourite colours,its design is credited to architect Ustad Ahmad Lahuri,who fed the moats surrounding most of the walls. This is an amazing place to visit in this place Independence day(15 August) is celebrated by the Prime Minister of India.
QUTUB MINAR Hello once again here my new topic about tourism "Qutub Minar".A minaret about 120 meters long situated at capital of India i.e Delhi. Qutub Minar is the world's tallest minaret placed at India and the second tallest minar in India after Fateh Burj at Mohali.Qutub Minar is 72.5 meter tall tapering tower with a diameter of 14.32 meters at the base and 2.75 meters at the top.Inside the minaret their are 379 steps leads to the top.It is surrounded by many historical monuments,which are historically connectes with it.These include Iron Pillar of Delhi,Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque,Alai Darwaza,the Tomb of Iltutmish,Alai Minar,Ala -ud-din's Madrasa and Tomb and the Tomb of Imam Zamin. The histoy of this minaret is not simple it include all the emotion of all the dynasty.It is also made by getting inspiration from others.The construction of Qutub Minar was commissioned by Qutub-ud-din-Aibak,the founder of the Delhi Sultanatein 1199 AD.The minar was built on the ruins of the Lal Kot,the Red Citadel in the city of Dhillika.It was named after Qutub-ud-din-Aibak.The culture of the tower architecture was established in India before the arrival of Turks.Qutub Minar reveal the history of its construction,According to the inscriptions on its surface it was repaired by Firoz Shah Tughlaq and Sikandar Lodhi.The Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque,located to the north of the Qutub Minar,was built by Qutub-I-din-Aibak in 1192.It is the earliest surviving mosque in the Indian subcontinent.The topmst storey was dameged by lightning in 1368 AD and was rebuilt by Firoz Shah Tuglaq.In 1505,an earthquake dameged Qutub Minar and was repaired by Sikander Lodhi. This was all the history of Qutub Minar now i would like to describe some key points about the architecture.The Minar is made of Dark red sandstone covered with Iron intricate carvings and verses from the Qur'an.The Minar comprises several superposed flanged and cylindrical shafts,separated by balconis carried on Muqarnas corbles.The frst three storeys are made of red sand stone;the fourth and the fifth and sixth storeys are of marble and sandstone.At the foot of the tower is the Quwwat ul Islam Mosque.The minar tilts just over 65 cm from the vertical,which is considerd to be within safe limit,although experts have stated that monitering is needed in case rainwater seepage further weakens the foundation.The nearby 7 meters high Iron pillar from Gupta empire is a metallurgical curiosity.The pillar standing in the Qutb complex has Brahmic inscriptions on it and predates the Islamic minar. This was all about the Qutub Minar and hope that you would like it and keep traveling keep supporting...
TAJMAHAL Tajmahal is an precious white marble monument situated in Uttarpradesh at Agra in country India. It is situated at south bank of Yamuna river.It was built in 1632 by mughal emperor Sahajahan in memory of his beautiful wife Mumtaz mahal. It was built by the hard work of 20,000 artisans it also symbolize the rich Indian history.Accourding to research Tajmahal cost around 32 million rupees. Tajmahal comes underthe 7 wonders of the world.It attracts about 8-9million visitors per year. Story behind the TajMahal Mumtaz mahal a persian princess marry to a mughal emperors's son Sahajahan.After giving birth to their 14th child Mumtaz died. After the death of Mumtaz Sahjahan's life was full of grief. But the grief then turn into a inspiration for Tajmahal he express his love by making such an incredible momument just besides the tomb on Mumtaz. He cutted off the handes of all the 20,000 artisians that this type of monument cannot be created again. Construction of TajMahal The Tomb is the central focus of Tajmahal.It is made up of whole the white marble landed on a square plinth and consist of an arch shaped doorway topped by a dome. The graves of Mumtaz Mahal and Saha Jahan are actually at the lower label of the Tajmahal. Dome of the TajMahal The tomb is entierly surrounded by a dome that is 115ft high and accuntuated by cylindrical "Drum" it is approx. 23ft high. Because of its shape like a guvava it is often called a "Amrud dome". The shape of dome is also explained by four smalle domed chattries placed at its corner. and the final part consist of minerate which are each more than 130ft taller. Each minarets is attractively divided as into three equal parts by the two balconies. Now that was all about the exteriour design of the TajMahal.Now look at somme of the key points of the interiour design of TajMahal: The interior chamber of the TajMahal is of an octagon shape with design of allowing for the entry of each face,although the only door facing to the garden to the south is used. The walls of the interior setup is about 82ft high.The eight pishtaq arches explains the space at the ground level.The four central upper arches form balconies and each balcony's exterior window has an jali cut from marble.Each chamber wall is highly decorated with mesmerising redefind calligraphy panels and some of the walls are flowers carved. Attractive points towards TajMahal In the above paragraphs i have explained all the interior and exterior construction and history of TajMahal.Now i am going to explain about the TajMahal's mesmerising surrounding. The surrounding mostly consist of the garden.It is spread in about 980ft square known as the "Mughal Garden".The mughal garden uses raised pathways that divide each four quaters of the garden into 16 flowerbeds(sunken). Between the gatway in the centre of the garden and the tomb is raised marble water tank with a beautiful reflecting water tank.Their is also a avenues of trees and fountain. This garden was made by getting an inspiration from the persian garden.This garden have plenty of flowers seeing and feeling it is another experience to feel the heaven. TOURISM TajMahal is not just a monument it is feeling of loved ones.This place is just an another heaven.TajMahal attracts a abundant number of tourist towards itself you and you family can be the next one to feel this pleasure.This monument attracts 8-9 million peoples per year. According to a survey their are 2 million vistiors in 2001, and recently in 2014 thier are 7.5 million visitors.Don't you think that it is preety awesome.This monument have a lower fee transistion for the indian people insted to the forigners their is little raise in fee.Most of the tourist visit in cooler months from October-February.The entry of the polluting substance near TajMahal is strictly probhited insted you people(tourist)can use electric bus to get in or you can walk. As we all that TajMahal have become a wonder of the world so their are some instrustion related to its opening and closing time. The ground of the TajMahal are open from 6:00 to 19:00 weekdaysexcept the fridaywhen the complex is open for the prayers at the Mosque between 12:00 to 14:00. This monument is open for night viewing on the days of the full moon nd two days after and before. This was that i knew about the TajMahal insted of knewing it we can feel it so came India and visit this prestigious monument TajMahal. I gureentee you that you will not forget this trip for entirely your lifespan. Thankyou for reading this artical hope you like it and keep supporting....
GOA Hello eveyone this is my another artical related to the tourism spot in India.In my pervious artical I have you introduced to the prestigious heritage TajMahal. Now I am going to tell you about the very beautiful costal state of India i.e Goa. Goa is a state located in the South western region of India. It is India's smallest state but the richest one.Arabian sea forms its western cost,while it is bounded by Maharashtra state to the North,and Karnatak by the east and south. In earlier times Goa was also called Gomanta,Gopakapuri,Govem,etc.It have a very beautiful and mesmerizing capital called Panaji.It is the best placed state ranked by the Eleventh Finance Commision for its infrastructure. Goa is visited by a huge number of inernational and domestic tourist each year for its beaches,places of workshipand world heritage architecture. Goa encompases an area of (3,702 km sq).Most of Goa is a part of the coastal country known as the Konkan,which is an escarpment rising up to the Weastern Ghats ranges of mountains,which separate it from the Deccan Plateau.Goa has a coastline of 101km.Main rivers of Goa are Mandovi,Zuari,Terekhol,Chapora kushavati river and Sal.Goa's navigable rivers lenght is 253km.Goa has more than 300 ancient tanks built during the rule of the Kadamba dynasty and over 100 medicinal springs. Besides all this geographical figure and mesurements some elements of Goa i.e it have an emblem a diya(lamp) supported by two open hands and the famous animal of this state is Gaur(Bos gaurus) and famous tree is Matti(Terminalia elliptica) and last but not the least is famous game of Goa is Football. Now i would like to tell you about the soil of the Goa.Most of Goa's soil cover is made up of laterites rich in ferric aluminium.But at the riverbanks of Goa their is alluvial and loamy soil.The soil is rich in minerals and humus,thus conducive to agriculture.The rocks are classified as Trondjemetic Gneiss estimated to be 3,600 million years old. Now i would like to highlight some points about the climate of Goa.It features a tropical monsoon climate as we all love monsoon.Goa,being in the tropical zone and near the Arabian sea,has a hot and humid climate for most of the year.The hottest month is considerd to be Maybecause temperature raise upto 35 degree C.Goa has a short winter season between mid-December and Feburary. This was all that you wanted to know Goa i have'nt tell you in deep insted i have explained some of the keypoints.Now about the division of Goa,since it is divided into two district North Goa and South Goa.Each district is govern by a district collecter(an administrative appointed by Indian government).North Goa is further divided into three subdivision-Panaji,Bicholim and Mapusa.South Goa is also divided into four subdivision-Margao,Mormugao,Quepem and Ponda. Goa have a tourism generally focused on the coastal area with decreased tourist activity inland.Accourding to a survey of 2010 their are more than 2 million tourist visited Goa.Goa also stands 6th in the Top 10 Nightlife cities in the world in a National Geographic Book.Goa has two World Heritage Sites:the Bom Jesus Basilia and Churches and covents of old Goa. Thanku guys for reading this artical and hope that it'll be helpful to you so if you have any questions related to my site please comment and message,and you can also join me on my social networking sites.
