New Delhi: See the city by Metro Railway

New Delhi is the capital of India, is famous for its incomparable architectures and gardens. From very beginning many sultans,kings and finally British shifted there capital form other places to Delhi. So day by day Delhi enriched by various kind of architectures and gardens. These architectures and gardens in different corner of Delhi are main attraction between tourists. Before December 2002(Delhi Metro Began operation) it was hard to visit all the places smoothly but when Delhi Metro service Began operation now all those places are easily accessible.

Humayun's Tomb
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List of Places and there distance from respective Metro Stations:

Qutub Minar (2 km): Get down at Qutub Minar Metro Station on the Yellow Line, then take an Auto rickshaw,it will take only 5 minutes to reach.

Humayun’s Tomb (4 Km or 2 km): Either get off at Jor Bagh Station on the Yellow Line and exit from Gate no 2 and then take an auto through Lodi Road or get off at the Khan Market Station or Jawhar Lal Neheru Stadium Station on the Violet Line and take an Auto or walk to Humayun’s Tomb.

Isa Khan's Tomb

Safdarjung Tomb (100 meter): Get off at the Jor Bagh Station on the Yellow Line and exit from Gate no. 2 then walk towards the Lodi Road red light and it is on your left on the red light itself.

Lodi Garden (1 km): Get off at Jor Bagh Station on the Yellow Line and exit from Gate no 2. Walk towards the Lodi Road Red light and take a right at the red light. Walk along the heavily tree covered Lodi Road and after the second red light you will see Lodi Garden on the left in front of Mausam Bhavan or Meteorological Departments Office Building. (After getting out of the Jor Bagh Station, if you are walking on a flyover, you are in the wrong direction. Go back to the Lodi Road Red light and turn right for Lodi Road).

India Habitat Center (1.5 km): Get off at Jor Bagh Station on the Yellow Line and exit from Gate no 2. Walk towards the Lodi Road Red light and take a right at the red light. Walk along the heavily tree covered Lodi Road and you will see Lodi Garden on the left in front of Meteorological Departments Office Building, cross both and IHC is on your right on the next red light. (After getting out of the Jor Bagh Station, if you are walking on a flyover, you are in the wrong direction. Go back to the Lodi Road Red light and turn right for Lodi Road)

An Architecture inside a Tomb

Hazrat Nizammudin Darga & Basti: It is right next to Humayun’s Tomb 

Akshardham Temple: Akshardham Station on the Blue Line

Gandhi Smriti or Birla House, 5 Tees January Marg (500mtrs): Get off on the Race Course station on the Yellow Line and walk on the Aurangzeb Road till the Claridges Hotel. On the roundel take the left after Claridges and take the Tees January Marg and it’s the second Bungalow on your left. Chandni Chowk: Chandni Chowk Station on the Yellow Line

Red Fort (500mtrs): Get off Chandni Chowk Station on the Yellow Line and get out on to Chandni Chowk and when you are standing facing the Gurudwara Sheeshganj, on the Fountain Square look on your left to see the Red Fort.

Jama Masjid (800mtrs): Get off at Chawari Bazaar Station on the Yellow Line get out the exit and ask for Jama Masjid. There are 2 exits and if you get off the wrong on and start walking you will find yourself in Chandni Chowk.

India Gate (2kms): Get off at Central Secretarial Station on the Yellow Line and walk on to Rajpath by exiting from Gate no 4. On your left you will see India Gate in the distance.

India Gate

Rashtrapati Bhavan (Presidential Palace 1kms): Get off at Central Secretarial Stn on the Yellow Line and walk on to Rajpath. On your right you will see North & South Block on a hill with the Parliament on the right side and the Palace behind the North and South Block. If you have Rail Bhavan on your left then turn around and walk towards Rajpath.

National Gallery of Modern Art (1.5kms or 2.5kms): Get off at the Khan Market Station on the Violet Line and exit from Gate no 2. As soon as you exit take the left from a narrow lane and you will find yourself on Pandara Road. Once on Pandara Road, keep walking straight till you reach the India Gate outer circle and turn right to reach NGMA OR get off on the Central Secretarial Stn on the Yellow line, get to India Gate(as explained above) and cross it to find NGMA on your right side of the road.

Qutub Minar

Connaught Place: Rajiv Chowk Station on the Yellow Line or Blue Line. Janpath (1Kms): Get off at the Rajiv Chowk Station on the Yellow Line or Blue Line get out at A Block in CP and walk past Palika Bazaar and then take a right towards Janpath through the Outer circle and the LIC Building.

Birla Temple (Laxmi Narayan Temple 5kms): Get off at the Central Secretarial Station on the Yellow Line and take an Auto to the Birla Temple.

Purana Quila/Old Fort (4kms): Get Off on the Pragati Maidan Station and take an Auto to the
Purana Qila on Mathura Road.

Lotus (Bahai) Temple (500mtrs): Get off on the Nehru Place Station or the Kalkaji Temple Stn on the Violet Line and walk to the Lotus Temple.

Rajghat/Gandhi Memorial (6kms): Get off at Pragati Maidan Station and take an Auto to Rajghat

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