India Gate

Location	South of New Delhi
Significance	A War Memorial
Architectur	Simple Arch Shaped
Built By	Lutyens

A majestic high arch, India Gate is war memorial, built in the memory of the Indian soldiers killed in the World War I. Rising high to 42 metres, this huge arch is located just opposite to the Rashtrapati Bhawan and gives a clear view of the same.


The Highlights
The Amar Jawan Jyoti or the Eternal Flame lies beneath this huge memorial gate, which is major attraction of the area. India Gate is a monument of its kind amidst the expanse of sprawling green lawn. There is one famous boat club and a children's park. The India Gate area becomes lively in the evening with locale people with family and friends taking strolls. Children are seen playing around in the Children's Park and eating ice creams. The monument looks more extravagant during the night than in the daytime for the extensive use of lights

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The Architecture
This majestic building stands on a low base of red Bharatpur stone, which rises in stages to a huge archway. On the top is inscribed INDIA, flanked by MCM and to the right, XIX. There is a shallow domed bowl at the top that was expected to be filled with burning oil on anniversaries (that is rarely done).