📍 Heritage🏛️ Historical📍 Nature

Rashtrapati Bhavan & Mughal Gardens (Amrit Udyan)

New Delhi, Delhi, India

4.6 (0)

Overview

Lutyens' 340-room presidential palace crowning Raisina Hill, its terraced Mughal-Edwardian gardens opening each spring in a riot of tulips and roses.

Why visit: Imperial-scale grandeur and the finest spring gardens in Delhi.

History: Built 1912–29 as the Viceroy's House; the dome echoes Sanchi's stupa.

Things to do

›Amrit Udyan tulips
›Durbar Hall tour
›Raisina Hill views
›Change of guard

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Travel Information

Best time

Feb–Mar (Udyan Utsav; book online)

Entry fee

Free (registration)

Est. budget

₹100–300

Duration

2–3 hrs

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0.9 km

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