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BIRLA
MANDIR
It is another landmark close to Connaught Place and was built by
industrialist Raja Baldev Birla in 1938. The temple is an
important prayer site and contains idols of several deities.
Interestingly Mahatma Gandhi, who inaugurated the temple, was also
a regular visitor to it and would often pray there.
LOTUS
TEMPLE
 Is
a very recent architectural marvel of the Bahai faith and is visible
from several spots in south Delhi. Located in Kalkaji in the south
of Delhi, it is lotus shaped and has rightly been given the name. It
is made of marble, cement, dolomite and sand. It is open to all
faiths and is an ideal place for meditation and obtaining peace and
tranquility.
JAMA MASJID
 Opp
Red Fort (1 km west) between 1650 to 1656, based on the plan and
design of Ostad Khalil, the then great sculpture, Emperor Shahjahan
built Juma Masjid at the cost of Rs 10 crore- it may be said as the
replica of Moti Masjid in Agra. It is called Masjid-e-Jahanuma. It
is the heartbeat gate was meant for Royal Family and Shahjahan used
to come on every Friday and on every festival by walk from the fort.
The north and south gates were meant for common people. Alike Bho
Jhala hill top on a high dais at the head of the highest peak there
were 2 minars of 40 m high. Buy ticket Rs 5, get up flights of 122
steps and view around from the South Minar. The premises of the
South Minar is 1076 sq ft wide. 2,5000 devotees at a time may sit
together for namaz.
BANGLA
SAHEB
 Near Connaught Place
in New Delhi, a vast and magnificent building that once belonged to
Raja Jai Singh of Amber now stands stately Gurdwara Bangla Sahib, in
memory of Guru Har Krishan ji. Guru Har Rai ji had two sons, Ram Rai
was elder and the younger Har Krishan. Ram Rai had displeased his
father on account of his manifesting miracles despite strict
instructions not to do so as it was against the Sikh faith. Guru Har
Rai ji had thus ordained Guruship to his younger son Har Krishan.
Through a cunning and crafty design, the deranged and distraught Ram
Rai involved Emperor Aurangzeb against the succession. The Emperor
ordered Raja Jai Singh to get Guru Harkrishan ji to see him in
Delhi. The Raja was a great devotee of the Sikh Guru's and he knew
the true story of the succession too. The Raja instead of presenting
the Guru before the King, made him his own guest. It so happened
that at time Delhi was inflamed with the epidemic of smallpox and
people in large gatherings had been visiting the Guru continuously.
The Guru thus could not escapee the attack of smallpox and he left
for his heavenly abode in 1664 at the tender age of just eight. It
is at this place where the Guru breathed his last and the big palace
was converted into an inspiring Gurdwara now known as Gurdwara
Bangla Sahib, which is a sacred place for pilgrimage with the Sikhs
SIS
GANJ GURDWARA
It is believed that
the night Guru Tegh Bahadur was murdered along with three of his
disciples it was raining very heavily. Because of the fear of the
Mughals nobody came to pick the bodies up that night. The next day
the head of the Guru was taken to Anandpur Sahib and the body to
where Gurdwara Rakab Ganj is now situated. A century later a devotee
named Baba Baghel Singh searched and found this place and had this
place of worship constructed here.
Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib embraced martyrdom in Delhi on November
11th, 1675. Bhai Jaita and his associates brought his head to Chakk
Nanaki. The cremation of the head of Guru Sahib was held here on
November 17th, 1675. The trunk of that tree under which the Guru was
martyred and the well where he took his daily bath while in prison
are preserved here to this day.
3 km to the south of Humayun tomb
and west of Mathura Rd, the Rock Edict of King Ashoka was
discovered in 1963. At a little distance, there is 18th century
Kalkaji Kali Temple.
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