Iconic Buildings In India-1

Humayun's tomb is the tomb of Humayun in Delhi, India. The tomb was commissioned by Humayun's first wife and chief consort, Empress Bega Begum under her

patronage in 1558, and designed by Mirak Mirza Ghiyas and his son, Sayyid Muhammad, Persian architects chosen by her. It was the first garden-tomb on the Indian

subcontinent, and is located in Nizamuddin East, Delhi, India.

The Lotus Temple, located in New Delhi, is a Baháʼí House of Worship that was dedicated in December 1986. Notable for its lotus-like shape, it has become a

prominent attraction in the city. Like all Bahá’í Houses of Worship, the Lotus Temple is open to all, regardless of religion or any other qualification. The building is

composed of 27 free-standing marble-clad "petals" arranged in clusters of three to form nine sides, with nine doors opening onto a central hall with a height of

slightly over 34 meters and a capacity of 1,300 people.

The India Gate is a war memorial located near the Kartavya path on the eastern

edge of the "ceremonial axis" of New Delhi, formerly called Rajpath. It stands as a

memorial to 84,000 soldiers of the Indian Army who died between 1914 and

1921 in the First World War, in France, Flanders, Mesopotamia, Persia, East Africa,

Gallipoli and elsewhere in the Near and the Far East, and the Third Anglo-Afghan

War.

The Parliament House (Sansad Bhavan) in New Delhi is the seat of the Parliament of India. It houses the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, which are lower and upper

houses respectively in India's bicameral parliament. It is topped by a 21-foot-high, 10-ton bronze sculpture, of four lions which depicts Indias National emblem.

The Secretariat Building or Central Secretariat houses the important ministries of the Government of India. Situated at Raisina Hill, New Delhi, the Secretariat buildings

are two blocks of symmetrical buildings (North Block and South Block) on opposite sides of the great axis of Kartavya Path, and flanking the Rashtrapati Bhavan

(President's House).

The Qutb Minar, is a minaret and "victory tower" that forms part of the Qutb complex, which lies at the site of Delhi’s oldest fortified

city, Lal Kot, founded by the Tomar Rajputs. The tower surfaces are elaborately decorated with inscriptions and geometric patterns.

The Qutb Minar has a shaft that is fluted with "superb stalactite bracketing under the balconies" at the top of each stage. The red

sandstone tower is 72.5 m high, tapering from 2.75 m in diameter at its peak to 14.32 m at its base.

The Taj Mahal is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the right bank of the river Yamuna in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was commissioned in 1631 by the fifth Mughal

emperor, Shah Jahan (r. 1628–1658) to house the tomb of his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal; it also houses the tomb of Shah Jahan himself. The tomb is the centrepiece

of a 17-hectare (42-acre) complex, which includes a mosque and a guest house, and is set in formal gardens bounded on three sides by a crenellated wall. Construction

of the mausoleum was essentially completed in 1643, but work continued on other phases of the project for another 10 years. The Taj Mahal complex is believed to

have been completed in its entirety in 1653 at a cost estimated at the time to be around IRP 32 million, which in 2023 would be approximately IRP 35 billion. The

construction project employed some 20,000 artisans under the guidance of a board of architects led by Ustad Ahmad Lahori, the emperor's court architect. Various

types of symbolism have been employed in the Taj to reflect natural beauty and divinity.

Mehman Khana or the Guest House lies to the east of the mausoleum on the same platform and overlooks the Yamuna river. One of the lesser known structures inside

the complex, the Mehman Khana pleases its visitors with intricate marble inlay work and floral decorations on the walls and ceilings made up of red sandstone. This

mammoth structure was built much later than the mausoleum of the complex and served as the residence for the guests visiting the tomb of Mumtaz Mahal. Built as a

jawab (answer) to the mosque, the structures resemble each other to the hilt. The composition of the trio of buildings on the platform makes for a perfect panorama

for the visitors of the Taj Mahal.

Temple Near Humayuns Tomb Delhi