History of chandni chowk

Hello friends today i am going to tell yo History about Chandni chowk.Chandani chowk is located in central delhi

 

HISTORY OF CHANDNI CHOWK

 

The favourite daughter of Shahjahan, Jahanara laid the foundation of today Chandni Chowkwhich is the largest trading centre of North India. Also known as the moonlit square, it is located in the main street of Old Delhi. Situated opposite the Red Fort, the bazaar has several galis (lanes). Each of these galis represent a specialty of this market, for example the parathawali gali famous for it's parathas. Similarly there is the jewellery lane, textile lane and so on. The market place has historical land marks like- The Sunheri Masjid which stands next to the Kotwali (old police station). The Fatehpur Mosque, is located at the west end of Chandni Chowk and the famous Jumma Masjid is also situated nearby. 

Chandni Chowk ( Moonlight Square) is a market that hubs with activity all through the year. The water in a pool reflected the moonlight and then flowed into a channel that flowed through the avenue. It is a crowded place and normally there is a maze of traffic that one has to negotiate almost every second. North of the avenue were vast gardens and one of them surrounded the glittering Jahanara sarai, which has a plinth as spacious as that of Jama Masjid. There was the palace of the Begum which today houses the biggest electrical market of north India, Bhagirath Palace. At the western end is the Fathepuri Masjid which was built by one of Shahjahan's wives and was the venue of public debates between Muslim theologians and Christian missionaries in the 19th century. It has a large number of galis(lanes) and a famous poet wrote about the lanes saying that " who would like to leave them". Each gali has some thing special about it for instance there is the paranthawali gali, where people could feed on the choicest paranthas. There are galis which house the wholesale textiles market and there is also a gali where jewellers have their shops.

The Beginning: How Chandni Chowk got it's name

 

When the famous Mughal Emperor Shahjahan shifted his capital from Agra to Delhi and established the city of Shahjahanabad, he had the majestic Red Fort or Lal Qila, on the banks of River Yamuna. Chandni Chowk was built in 1650 AD as an accompaniment to the fort. It was designed by Jahanara, the Emperor's favorite daughter. A large chowk ("square") with a central pool was built at some distance from the fort.
The story goes that on a moonlit night, the new complex and the pool lay shimmering; as a result, it acquired the name of Chandni Chowk- "the moonlit square".
Another legend says that the Chowk was named after it's silversmiths and there is a confusion of the word 'chandi' (silver) with 'chandni' (moonlit).

History behind red fort

            This article is about The great red fort which is located at Delhi and is also known as Lal qil'ha or Lal Qila.  Here in this article I will tell you great history about red fort (Lal Qila). Everybody says it looks awesome in red color. You may also visited to this place. But do everyone know what is the history behind the red fort? Who built the red fort? In this post I will tell you all history behind red fort.

LOCATION

    
          Red fort is located at the bank of the Yamuna river in Delhi. We know that it is known as old Delhi.

HISTORY OF RED FORT

           Red fort is one of the great historical monument of India. First of all we will start from its name. It is known as red fort because there is too much use of red stones in construction of red fort. And because of the extensive use of red stones in the great walls of the fort it is known as red fort (LAL QILA). In 1638 Mughal king Shah Jahan has decided to shift  his capital in Delhi from Agra and thus Shah Jahan started the construction of red fort at the bank of the Yamuna river in old Delhi. He assigns Ustad Ahmed and Ustad humid as an architect for constructing a royal palace. Construction of red fort was completed by Shah Jahan in the year of 1648. Red fort is originally known as 'Qila-I-Mubarak'. The reason behind this name is that it was the residence of the royal family.

 

          

        The attraction of red fort is the great and huge wall of red fort. The wall has two entrances, one at the  Lahore gate and another at the Delhi gate. Lahore gate is the main entrance point of red fort. This wall is assuming that a 2 km long which looks awesome in red stones. So friends this the great history behind the Red fort, which is constructed by the Mughal king Shah Jahan  in 1648. I must say that visit this place at least once in your life. Have a nice day.                 

 

Konark temple in Orissa

•           Konark is city of orissa which is well known historical place and tourist place in the world.Yes,I am talking about Sun temple of konark.It is also known as Black pagoda.Konark sun temple is built in 13th century by Narsimahadeva.In this Article I will tell you history about konark sun temple,Architecture of this temple and more interesting stories about it.

•         This sun temple is great example of orissian architecture.It is world heritage site in the world and also it is one of the seven wonders of india.Samba constructed this sun temple in honour of lord sun.Samba is son of lord krishna.The name konark is derived from two different sanskrit word 'kona' and 'arka' .'kona' means angle and 'arka' means sun.Now let me know you about the look of sun temple.The entire temple has been conceived as a chariot of the sun god with 24 wheels, each about 10 feet in diameter, with a set of spokes and elaborate carvings.Seven horses are dragging the entier temple and two lions guards the sun temple.

           So friends this is all history about konark sun temple,It's architecture and great look of this temple.Many people from rest of the world visits this place.Visit the konark sun temple and if you know more about it then write about it in comments.Have a nice day.

Historical Places of Kerala

HISTORICAL PLACES IN KERALA

Kerala is one of the beautiful state of India for Travel and Tourism. But here you will get travel information about only those places which have historical importance. Yes, I am going to deliver information about Historical Places of Kerala. There are many historical places in state Kerala. Its difficult to discuss about all places but the places which are famous are listed over here.

Historical Places of Kerala

Tellicherry Fort

Tellicherry Fort is a situated at Thallasery town of Kannur district in Kerala state. Tellicherry Fort was built by British east India company in 1708 to protract Malabar coast. Tellicherry Fort includes strong and massive walls, Secret tunnels to the sea and strong flanking bastions and intricately carved huge doors. It has an imposing structure. Right now Tellicherry Fort is a historical monument and preserved by Archaeological Survey of India. 

Chacha Nehru Children's Museum

It is a museum for Children located at Thycaud in Trivandrum. This museum includes Dalls, Stamps and Masks. In this museum, there are around 2000 dalls.There is also section which consists paintings of children from all over the world. A mini aquarium is also there in this museum. This museum is named after pandit Jawaharlal Nehru who loved the children most. Children were used to call him as Chacha and that's why this museum is also famous as Chacha Nehru Children's Museum.

Mattancherry Palace

It is a Portuguese palace which is also known as Dutch Palace. Dutch Palace is located at Mattancherry , Kochi. This Palace was gifted to raja of Cochin in 1555 by Portuguese. After one century in 1663 Dutch carried few extensions and renovations in this Palace. After that this palace became popular as dutch palace.

Bekal Fort

It is one of the largest forts of Kerala. It is situated at Kasaragod district, North Kerala. Shivappa Nayaka constructed this Bekal fort in 1650 AD. Though it was built by Shivappa, later on Bekal fort was passed in hands of Hyder Ali, Tipu Sultan and Britishers. Initially it was built in defensive structure and hence there is no palace inside Bekal Fort. 

So friends above are the famous Historical Places in Kerala. I hope this information is helpful to you. If anyone has already visited to any of the above places then must share your experience in comment box which can help others. Have a nice day. 

 

ST. ANGELO FORT

St. Angelo Fort is also famous as Kannur Fort or Kannur Kotta. Kannur is a city of Kerala state , South india. Just 3km away from this Kannur city near Arabian sea, St. Angelo fort is located. Dom Francisco de Almeida was the first Portuguese viceroy of India. Originally he built St. Angelo fort in 1505. local Indian ruler Zamorin and kolathiri attacked on this fort in 1507.

 

 

In 1509, Afonso de Albuquerque wanted to supersede himself from the post of Portuguese Governor. Almeida refused it and arrested him in this frort. He was released after six moth's custody. He became new governor in october 1509. In 1663, Dutch captured the fort from Portuguese and modernized the fort. The bastions Hollandia, Zeelandia and Frieslandia, are the major features of the present structure of St. Angelo Fort. This features were built by Dutch. In 1772, King Ali raja of Arrakal bought this fort from the Dutch. In 1790, Britishers seized this fort and used it as their chief military station in Malabar until 1947. 

Nowadays,  Angelo fort is a protected monument under Archeological survey of India. fascinating view of the Moppila Bay and Dharmadom Island is being offered by St. Angelo Fort. Dharmadom Island has only 5 acres area just 100 m away from the mainland in Arabian sea and Mophila bay is a natural fishing bay. 

So friends above are all the information about St. Angelo fort in Kannur. Ihope this article is helpful to all of you. If anyone has already visited this place then feel free to mention your experience about this fort in comment box. Personally i will suggest to visit this place if you are are in Kerala or will go in Kerala. Have a nice day.

BEKAL FORT KERALA

Bekal Fort - Most popular Place in Kerala

Bekal fort is around 300 years old and built in a shape of giant key hole located at Kasaragod district in Kerala. There are several forts in Kerala, among all of them Bekal Fort is the best preserved and Largest fort in Kerala. It is surrounded by an elegant beach.Few centuries ago On observation tower of Bekal fort huge cannons were placed. But now it is being used for superb view of Arabian sea. Nowadays Bekal fort , Hill stations and water sports facilities nearby bekal fort are famous for film shooting.   

 

Tourism of Bekal Fort

Bekal Fort is situated at 67 km from manglore at Kasaragod District of Kerala. Its spread over 40 acres.In 1992, Bekal Fort was declared as special tourism area by Government of India. Bekal Tourism development  corporation has been formed by Government to convert it into international tourism center. After that promotion activities has been done by Bekal resort Development Corporation. Many scenes and songs of film has been shot at Bekal Fort. Uyire song of Bombey has also been shot here and directed by Mani Ratnam.  The Mangrove Trail of Malabar is a day trippers visiting place about 45km from Bakel. It is a coastal Jungle trail offering birding, hiking, & boating. 8:00 am to 5:30 pm is the timing for bekal fort.

 

 

So friends above is the brief information about Bekal Fort which is one of the most popular tourist attraction of Kerala. I hope this article is helpful to all of you. If any one of you have already visited this fort then must share your experience with other readers in comment box. If you have not visited this place yet then put it into your wishlist. Have a nice day.

Historical Places of Delhi

 Delhi is a Capital of India. Tourists and Travelers like to visit Delhi. Do you know the reason why people like to visit Delhi mostly from all over the India. Reason is, In Delhi there are too many Historical places which enhance the beauty of Delhi. If we talk about Historical Places then people always say Historical Places of India are the best among all. But in Today's article we will talk about only Famous Historical Places of Delhi.

 1. Lotus Temple In Delhi

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 Lotus temple is one of attractions of New Delhi. As we all know that lotus temple has an awesome architecture and great historical importance. I know that everybody wants to know the history behind it. Here in this post I am going to tell you about historical importance of lotus temple and awesome architecture of it. Let us start with location of this temple.

 

lotus temple night view

 LOCATION

 

 Lotus temple road,
 Near kalkaji ,
 New Delhi

 BRIEF HISTORY OF LOTUS TEMPLE

 

          First let me tell you that it is also known as bahai temple. Before we start the history I must want to tell one thing about lotus temple that it is most visited monuments in India. Construction of bahai temple is completed in year of 1986. You must be interested why it is named lotus temple. Many of people are saying that this temple looks like a lotus in shape and because of it is known as lotus temple. But this is half-truth. Lotus is a symbol of love and purity. It gives the message of immortality. And because of this bahai temple is designed like a lotus flower and it is known as lotus temple.
 

lotus temple front view

          As I told you above that this temple is famous in world for its architecture.  This awesome architecture is built by Persian architect Fariborz Sahba from Canada. So it is the brief history of bahai temple. Now let us talk about great architecture of this temple.

 ARCHITECTURE OF LOTUS TEMPLE   

           Marble, cement, dolomite, and send were used in construction of lotus temple. If you look this temple from top view it looks like half opened lotus temple. Construction of this architecture takes 10 years to complete. There are 800 people who have worked in construction of this temple. This team includes engineers, technicians, and workers. Outside of this temple there are nine reflecting pools. This temple has nine doors. White marble is used in construction of this temple and because of this beauty of temple is increased. Height of lotus temple is 40 meters.
 

lotus temple top view

2. India Gate in Delhi 

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India gate night view

      India Gate is situated at Heart of delhi.In this article i will tell you history of India Gate.

 

India gate on independence day

 

         It is national monument of India.It is 42m high and it is popular area in evenings of summer.It was built in memory of 9,000 soldiers who becomes martyr in world war I.This Place is known for it's patriotic feelings.This place is considered as a tomb for all soldierswho becomes martyr for pride of India which is known as amar javan jyoti.This place is also known as all India war memorial and built in 1931.

India gate front view

          India gate is designed by Edwin Lutyens.If you look carefully then you will found that On wall of India gate India is written in bold encrypted letters on both sides.You will also find the sign of xIx in MCM.Walls of India Gate are scripted throughout from top to bottom with names of those soldiers who Becomes martyr and sacrifice their life for their country.There is a pedestal also which have rifal with cap of those soldiers as a tribute to all soldiers.

 

 3. Red Fort in Delhi

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            This article is about The great red fort which is located at Delhi and is also known as Lal qil'ha or Lal Qila.  Here in this article I will tell you great history about red fort (Lal Qila). Everybody says it looks awesome in red color. You may also visited to this place. But do everyone know what is the history behind the red fort? Who built the red fort? In this post I will tell you all history behind red fort.

LOCATION
    
          Red fort is located at the bank of the Yamuna river in Delhi. We know that it is known as old Delhi.
HISTORY OF RED FORT

           Red fort is one of the great historical monument of India. First of all we will start from its name. It is known as red fort because there is too much use of red stones in construction of red fort. And because of the extensive use of red stones in the great walls of the fort it is known as red fort (LAL QILA). In 1638 Mughal king Shah Jahan has decided to shift  his capital in Delhi from Agra and thus Shah Jahan started the construction of red fort at the bank of the Yamuna river in old Delhi. He assigns Ustad Ahmed and Ustad humid as an architect for constructing a royal palace. Construction of red fort was completed by Shah Jahan in the year of 1648. Red fort is originally known as 'Qila-I-Mubarak'. The reason behind this name is that it was the residence of the royal family.

 

          

        The attraction of red fort is the great and huge wall of red fort. The wall has two entrances, one at the  Lahore gate and another at the Delhi gate. Lahore gate is the main entrance point of red fort. This wall is assuming that a 2 km long which looks awesome in red stones. So friends this the great history behind the Red fort, which is constructed by the Mughal king Shah Jahan  in 1648. I must say that visit this place at least once in your life. Have a nice day.                 

 

           

 4. Jama Masjid in Delhi

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                  Jama Masjid or Masjid-i-jahan-Numa means a world reflecting mosque. This historical place is located in the central heart of old Delhi just opposite the famous red fort. Every people who has interest in historical places they must be wants to know history of jama masjid. They also interested in who built the jama masjid. Here in this article I will tell you brief history of Jama masjid and overview of architecture of jama masjid.

BRIEF HISTORY OF JAMA MASJID

 

                  It was known as central mosque of the old delhi in the time of shah jahan.He completed this mosque in the year 1656 and made it the biggest and best known mosque all over India.The name of Jama Masjid was put on the Friday noon prayer which used to given at this mosque. The capacity of this mosque is about 25000 people which are more than any other mosque in India. The history of Jama Masjid included the blood shielding work of about 5000 labours for making this mosque. The cost of this mosque at the time period of Shah Jahan was estimated to be about 1 million rupees.

                   Jama Masjid is also known as the Friday congregational mosque because Muslims turn up in large numbers to offer Namaz on Fridays, called as the yaum al-jum`a. Masjid-i-Jahan Numa popularly called as Jama Masjid, means the mosque commanding a view of the world. The mosque is a real example of great architecture that existed during the Mughal period. It has the blend of both Hindu and Mughal style of architecture.

         
              About the architecture of the Jama Masjid, it has two 40 meter high minarets made of pure red stone and white marble. It has three entry gates and four towers in the complex of the Masjid.The Jama Masjid can be seen from any region within 5 kiolmeter of its radius as it was located on a place which was on a higher ground in comparison to the other buildings of the area. The architecture of another mosque built by the son of Shah Jahan in Lahore is similar to Jama Masjid. There is a massive use of red stone in Jama Masjid which helped it standing all seasons of the year.

 

5. Qutub Minar in Delhi

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qutub minar

    Qutub Minar is one of the historical place in india which is located at 15 km in south direction from New Delhi.Qutub minar is one of the tallest minaret in India and It is made from red standstone and marbles. I told you that It is tallest minaret because It has 73m height.Here in this article i will told you history of qutub minar,when it was built and by whom it was built?

    One of the muslim ruler Qutub-ud-din got victory over last hindu kingdom in delhi.and built Qutub-minar in 1193.This minar has 14.3m diameter at the bottom and only 2.7m at Top.As i told you that Qutub - ud - din -aibak started construction in 1193 but it was not completed by him.He complete the only base storey of it.But His successor and Iltutmush created 3 more storeys on the base storey which is created by the first muslim ruler Qutub-ud din -aibak.And in 1368 Firoz Shah Tughlak added last storey of Qutub minar.So this is history that by whom and when Qutub minar is constructed.Now i will tell you importance of Qutub minar in Indian History.

 

     Qutub minar is made on afghan architecture.Now It is well known historical place not only in India but in the World.It is attraction of tourist in Delhi.Qutub minar is a charming structure of red marble and also it is known as marble tower of success.Qutub meanspole of justices and because of this It is known as symbol of islamic justice.It is finest mounment in World.

 

  So friends these are the Historical Places of Delhi. Apart from these places Tourists also like to visit Jantar Mantar, Humayun's Tomb and Chandni Chowk. I hope you enjoyed this article. Have a nice day.