The Top Five Places You Have Never Heard Of
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Crafts Museum (The)
Contact:
- +91 11 2337 1817
Location:
- Aditi Pavillion, Pragati Maidan Exhibition Gounds,
- Bhairon Road
- New Delhi,DL110001
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Description:
This museum is located right opposite the famous Old Fort. Rich in an exotic collection of traditional arts and crafts, it strives to create an environemnt of a rural Indian village without leaving the bustle of the capital. Artisans are invited from different parts of the country to demonstrate their skills. The place also houses a massive reference section that can be used by academics and those interested in traditional crafts.
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Alai Minar
Contact:
- +91 11 2464 7005 (Tourist Information)
Location:
- Qutub Minar Complex
- Mehrauli
- New Delhi,DL110016
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The gigantic rubble structure to the north of Qutub Minar is known as Alai Minar (tower). Set amidst other beautiful ruins of the Qutub complex, it is a testimony of the Mughal stubbornness to create architectural art. This is an unfinished base of the mammoth tower begun by Alauddin Khilji sometime in the 1200s. It was intended to rival the size of the Qutub Minar tower.
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Khari Baoli
Contact:
- +91 11 2332 0005
Location:
- Near Turkman Gate
- Near Turkman Gate
- New Delhi,DL110006
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Khari Baoli is the city's wholesale market that sells exotic spices and dry agricultural products. It is a very popular place with the tourists as the sights and smells that await them are unique and something they have probably never experienced before. This place has been in existence for over centuries - Khari Baoli still is reminiscent of a time long gone by.
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Ugrasen Ki Baoli
Contact:
- +91 11 2464 7005 (Tourist Information)
Location:
- Near Kasturba Gandhi Marg,
- Connaught Place
- New Delhi,DL110001
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This baoli (step well) is a small structure built of rubble and dressed stone. Shaded by a massive neem tree, it has no roof. Step wells of this kind were once the lifeline of settlements. They not only provided water but also served as points and centers of community activity; places where people gathered to cool off and socialize. The well has five levels where each level has an arched area, which was used as a resting place. The center of the well has water and the water is linked to a well dug in a covered platform. Today, it stands quietly and ignored amidst the corporate buildings of Connaught Place. If you look over the highest wall of the baoli, you will see a surrounding ring of imposing high rises. It's quite a view.
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Nizamuddin's Qawwali
Contact:
- + 91 11 332 0005
Location:
- Nizamuddin Dargah
- Hazrat Nizamuddin
- New Delhi,DL110013
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Sufi devotional songs called qawwali are performed every Thursday evening in the open air in front of the 16th century marble shrine of Sufism's greatest saints, Nizamuddin Auliya. Your dress needs to be appropiate and be prepared to sit cross-legged on the floor. It's an unforgettable experience.
