Hello Everyone,this weekend my friends decided to visit Chandni Chowk and try some Street food. Chandni Chowk situated in Delhi is India's most busiest market and is famous for its Clothes, Spices and Electronics.
Chandni Chowk is a part of Old Delhi and was built by the Shah Jahan in 17th century.
We decided to start early in the morning and took the first metro at 8:30 am in the morning.
We reached Kashmere Gate the most famous metro station of Delhi at 9:30 and then took the yellow line to go to Chandni Chowk metro station.
Kashmere Gate is famous for its Bus terminal known as ISBT Kashmere gate which is one of the biggest bus terminal of India
Kashmere Gate has India largest escalator and it look amazing to see from the top. More than 1000 intercity buses depart from here on daily basis to different states of the country.
Finally we reached Chandni Chowk known as the heart of Delhi. One of the famous attractions of Chandni chowk is Red Fort.
As we reached early and the market was not opened fully we decided to visit the Red Fort also known as Lal Qila.
The Red Fort, also known as Lal Qila in Hindi the national language of the country.
Red fort is famous for its iconic Lahori Gate. The gate was named after the city of Lahore, which was the capital of the Mughal Empire at the time the fort was built. Red Fort is now a UNESCO world heritage site and is open for visitors.
The fort is made of red sandstone, which gives it its distinctive color and name each wall is 30 metre in height.
The Red Fort was constructed between 1638 and 1648 by the Famous Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and covers an area of 250 acres.
Chandni Chowk is also known as The Moonlight Square of Delhi. Just look at the narrow lanes of Chandni Chowk. Just have a look at the old houses contructed more than 100 years ago.
Then we visited Sis Ganj Sahib a famous Sikh temple in Chandni Chowk. It was built by Guru Tegh Bahadur, the 9th Guru of Sikhs.
Chandni chowk is known for Paranthe wali gali where we decided to have some Parantha with some Indian sweets.
After searching for the best Parantha wala on the internet we found Babu Ram Paranthe wala is the best, as the make Parantha in a very different way.
The person fries the Parantha but Paranthas are usually made on a pan.
Then we were in search of some sweets after having our Lunch and went to the best sweet shops of Chandni Chowk. We even purchased some snacks.
The shopkeeper said that he had more that 30 varieties of snacks and I told to pack all of them in small quantities as I wanted to try them.
India is known for its sweets and we give sweets to our guests in every occasion. India has a culture of having sweets in every festival.
Then we decided to visit the ancient clock tower of Chandni Chowk which is known as Ghantaghar. The clock tower was built by Britishers in the year 1860.
Then I decided to click some photos of Chandni Chowk with its ancient heritage buildings .Here are some pictures that I clicked from my camera.
That's all for today.
Hope you enjoyed.
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