Delhi's Architecture

Each successive invader supplants the existing, and brings their own style. Below is a cross section of British, Mogul and local Indian indigenous. Hitler had his style through Speer.

I have avoided any detail, that in itself is another project, especially with Mogul design.

These pictures are the result of having rented a tuk tuk and driver for two days to get about in.

                                           An interior within the Red Fort

                                    Jama Masjid. Commissioned by Shah Jahan in
                                    about 1650. The largest mosque in India.

                                     Kalkajimandir. A very large Hindu temple

                                     Part of the Red Fort

                                     India Gate. Designed by Sir Edward Lutyens to
                                     commenorate the 70,000 Indian soldiers who died in
                                     the First World War

                                             Qutub Minar. At 73 m it is the tallest brick
                                             minaret in the world.
                                         

                                     Hanuman's Tomb. An early Mughal Emperor
                                    from the 16c. Predating the Tag Mahal

                                    Birla Mandir. A Hindu Temple, with an Indian
                                    colour scheme.

                                     Bahai's Lotus Temple. One of the new religions
                                    founded in 19c Persia. Built in 1986.
   

                                     The Viceroy of India's HQ in British Colonial Times
                                    Designed by Sir Edward Lutyens.