In the center of Delhi, Right next to the India International Centre, there is a English-style garden is a small oasis of calm, in fact, key monuments are the twin tombs of Shish Gumbad Bara Gumbad and on both sides of a pond, and those of Sikandar Lodi sultans (s. XVI) and Shah Mohammed (s. XV). The place is known as Lodi Garden.
Are in total 90 hectares created in 1936 by the wife of Governor General of India under British rule, the Marquis of Willington, and so until 1947 was known as the Garden Lady Willington. Mohammed Shah was the third ruler of the Sayyid dynasty, its octagonal tomb is the oldest park and is organized around a central room has terraces and arch openings on each side.
It is also the most important of all those in the Lodi Garden. The twin tombs, For example, are square, domed, and appear on two floors. Have turrets at the corners and the interior walls are decorated with murals.
In the largest, Bara GumbadIt is believed that the remains of a senior officer, beside the tomb looks the mosque with a prayer room for five openings Mughal style. It was built in 1949 and is noted for its stylized minarets, colored tiles and Quranic inscriptions. Shish Gumbad is very similar, had a blue glass dome and hosts several coffins.
Sikander Lodi For its part was the builder of a city near Agra; call Sikandrabad, famous for housing the tomb of Akbar. Legend Sikander was a skilled spy, as was believed he had supernatural powers!
Another interesting structure in the Gardens is Athpula Bridge. It is the sixteenth century and in fact his name means "Eight Bridges", as it rests on eight pillars forming seven arches. The Garden is also home to Lodi National Bonsai Park, A delightful collection of thumbnails of various trees and plants.
Besides being a favorite of lovers, is popular with naturalists and amateur photographers, enthusiasts and morning walks and families picnic out in the winter. Impress your proportionality and aesthetic sense, the present design was done by a team of Japanese landscape in 1950 and the architect Joseph Allen Stein.
It is easily accessible from anywhere in the city with a subway or train will also walk down the street Lodi, a landscaped street exploded in colorful flowers between February and March, which marks the boundary with the residential south built by Lateens.