Incredible India (New Delhi) - city tour

Today's tour will be around the city of New Delhi.

a short info about New Delhi, from a dear Friend, Mr. Wiki,

New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the center of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
It is situated within the metropolis of Delhi and is one of the fastest growing cities in the world and home to a population of 14 million. New Delhi is one of the nine districts of Delhi.

Calcutta was the capital of India until December 1911 during the British Raj. However, Delhi had served as the political and financial centre of several empires of ancient and medieval India, most notably of the Mughal Empire from 1799 to 1849. During the early 1900s, a proposal was made to the British administration to shift the capital of the Indian Empire from Calcutta to Delhi. Unlike Calcutta, which was located on the eastern coast of India, Delhi was located in northern India and the Government of British India felt that it would be easier to administer India from Delhi rather than from Calcutta. On December 12, 1911, George V, the then Emperor of India along with Queen Mary, during the Delhi Durbar, made the announcement that the capital of the Raj was to be shifted from Calcutta to Delhi, while laying the foundation stone for Viceroy's residence in the Coronation park, Kingsway Camp.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Delhi

Today's Agenda is that we only have until 6pm to see the city of New Delhi.
our Ittenary,
Humayun's Tomb
Qutab Minar
Gurdwara Bangla Sahib Sikh temple

We used the time well using a tour guide and a minibus to take us around.
our first stop is Humayun's Tomb, which is a complex of buildings built as the Mughal Emperor Humayun's tomb.
Humayun was the second Mughal Emperor (indian-Islamic imperial power) who ruled present day Afghanistan, Pakistan, and parts of northern India from 1530–1540 and again from 1555–1556.
It was the first garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent and was also the first structure to use red sandstone at such a scale. The complex was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993, and since then has undergone extensive restoration work, which is still underway.

we spent around 40mins to see the tomb and the environment of the building.

As we walked out the area, our eyes were caught by a local street vendor selling ice cream. The day was so hot, it was like seeing mirage in the middle of hot sunny day. Before we even realize it, our hands were already fishing which one we wanted to buy, until the tour guide stopped us and warned us the risk because the hygienic of it.

so we listened to him and back to the bus to continue for our next stop, Qutab Minar.

The Qutab Minar tower in Delhi, India, is at 72.5 meters (237.8 ft) the world's tallest brick minaret. Construction commenced in 1193 under the orders of India's first Muslim ruler Qutb-ud-din Aibak, The Qutb Minar is notable for being one of the earliest and most prominent examples of Indo-Islamic architecture.
It is surrounded by several other ancient and medieval structures and ruins, collectively known as Qutb complex.

we were a bit exhausted by the heat, so we spent some time on the green grass still in the area.
we saw a lady selling water but not the sealed bottle ones. She boiled the water and sell it per cup. I saw it as quite interesting.

We then went to eat at 2 story complex building.
shoot!! i forgot the name of the place, but it's an indian cuisine restaurant.
They served Erdenger, German beer that has very excellent taste of sweetness. Just enough sweet for a beer.

Our lost stop is to learn about Sikhism.
Sikhism is a monotheistic religion founded in fifteenth century Punjab on the teachings of Guru Nanak Dev and ten successive Sikh Gurus.
It is the fifth-largest organized religion in the world.This system of religious philosophy and expression has been traditionally known as the Gurmat (literally the counsel of the gurus) or the Sikh Dharma. Sikhism originated from the word Sikh, which in turn comes from the Sanskrit root śiṣya meaning "disciple", or śikṣa meaning "instruction".

Sikhism advocates the pursuit of salvation through disciplined, personal meditation on the name and message of God. A key distinctive feature of Sikhism is a non-anthropomorphic concept of God, to the extent that one can interpret God as the Universe itself. (wikipedia)

In Indonesia, around 6pm, we will hear beautiful voices from a Moslem mosque calling out to do the sunset prayer of Magrib. We call it adzan.
Same as in the sikh temple, people were coming in when they hear the so-called adzan too, to do praying.

Visiting Gurdwara Bangla Sahib Sikh temple was an eye opening. It wonders us. Seeing the praying methods they use, are very similar like the Moslems.

my camera was in love with this place, many human interest for me to capture.
This is where i found so many expression in one place compare to other places i saw in India.
So somehow the colorful dresses and faces will be unforgettable and stays forever in my mind.