Delhi is a beautiful historical city, it also takes pride in being the greenest capital city of india but still it suffers very badly due to poor AQI (Air Quality Index at dangerous level) mainly due to high air pollution around Diwali time, pollution is mainly caused by stubble (parali) burning by farmers of neighbouring states (it is a method of removing paddy crop residues from the field to sow wheat from the last week of September to November), construction dust, vehicular emission etc., the situation is aggravated by the prevailing hazy climate during this period. During Oct-Nov, Delhi virtually becomes a Gas Chamber, so better avoid travelling to Delhi during these months, best time to visit Delhi is Feb and March.
But Delhi offers many historical and iconic places which one should certainly visit. A close friend of mine from Hyderabad, during his visit to Vaishno Devi, stopped over for a day with us in Delhi, we planned for Delhi Darshan utilising that day. We started by our car first to Connaught Circus, took round of this famous iconic market (both outer circle and inner circle) and passed thru Sansad Bhavan (Parliament House) and then passed through Rashtrapati Bhavan.
From here we came to Humayun Ka Maqbara (a Mughal architecture style beautiful tomb of Mughal Emperor Humayun, a UNESCO World Heritage site), stopped here for about 30 minutes, took pictures and came to Lotus Temple (a large lotus shaped Temple of Bahai Community) and visited this beautiful architectural marvel.
Thereafter, we came to Qutub Minar, the second tallest brick minaret of the world (built in 1193, a UNESCO World Heritage Site), spent about an hour here appreciating the ruins and taking pictures. From here we came to India Gate via Lutyens Delhi, spent about 30 minutes here and took pics.
Thereafter, we proceeded to Chandni Chowk area via Rajghat (Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi), saw Red Fort (third UNESCO World Heritage Site in Delhi) on the way from outside and enjoyed street food (chat, lassi, kulfi faluda etc) here. We were home by 9 PM.
This was all in a “One Day Tour of Delhi” covering almost all important places.
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