Kalkaji Mandir
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Nearby attractions
Lotus Temple
Delhi, Delhi
Twenty-seven marble petals unfold into a colossal lotus — the Baháʼí House of Worship where people of every faith sit in silence beneath a 34-m central hall. One of the world's most visited buildings, serene amid nine reflecting pools and gardens.
Chattarpur to ISKCON Temple, East of Kailash
New Delhi, Delhi
The Glory of India ISKCON temple — soaring shikharas, the animatronic Vedic-expo, robotic Gita show and the world's largest printed Bhagavad Gita.
Lajpat Nagar Central Market
New Delhi, Delhi
The trousseau-and-textile bazaar — suits, lehengas, mehndi lanes, home goods and a legendary street-food strip of chaat and momos.
Amar Colony & Defence Colony Food Circuits
New Delhi, Delhi
South Delhi's beloved eats — Defence Colony's Sweets Corner golgappe and chaat, Amar Colony's momo and roll lanes and the flea-market weekends.
Tughlaqabad Fort
Delhi, Delhi
The colossal 1321 stone citadel of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq — cyclopean sloping ramparts, cursed by a saint to lie 'inhabited by shepherds', and largely so still.
Tomb of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
Delhi, Delhi
A red-and-white sloping-walled fortress-tomb on its own islet, linked to Tughlaqabad by a causeway over a now-dry lake — the toughest, purest Tughlaq statement.
Khirki Masjid & Satpula
Delhi, Delhi
A fortress-like covered mosque of 1354 with latticed 'windows', beside the Satpula seven-arched water-weir of Firoz Shah's Delhi — in artsy Khirki village.
Sarai Kale Khan Bird Sanctuary & Yamuna Ghats
Delhi, Delhi
A quiet riverside patch of the Yamuna floodplain near the ISBT — waders, reed beds and one of central Delhi's few surviving riverbank walks.
Select Citywalk & Saket Malls
New Delhi, Delhi
South Delhi's premier retail-and-leisure cluster — Select Citywalk's brands and food court, the DLF Avenue, cinemas and the KNMA gallery beside.
Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA)
Delhi, Delhi
India's leading private modern-and-contemporary collection — Husain, Gaitonde and Sher-Gil among rotating shows — free, in Saket's mall district.
Waste to Wonder Park (Seven Wonders)
New Delhi, Delhi
Replicas of the world's seven wonders built entirely from industrial scrap — a floodlit Eiffel, Taj, Pyramid and Colosseum by the Nizamuddin flyover.
Nizamuddin Dargah & Qawwali
New Delhi, Delhi
The 14th-century shrine of Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya — a marble dargah wrapped in incense and Thursday-night qawwali, with Amir Khusrau and Jahanara beside.