Cycling in Delhi

If shopping has always remained one of your favorite pastime hobbies, Janpath Market of Delhi is something you should never miss on. Being one of the most popular markets of the capital city of Delhi, Janpath Market is highly adored by tourists across the globe. Janpath Market of Delhi is known as a fun-frolic market where you see more foreigners than Indians. Gujarati and Tibetan Market are the two principal streets that combine to represent the whole of Janpath Market. Kashmiri stuff such as woolen scarves, Pashmina shawls, suit sets, handwoven kurtis, brass artifacts, Chinese lamps, wooden stationery items, mojris, and so on are the chief attractions here. Besides, you can even dig for ethnic dresses, decorative items, cotton garments, Rajasthani color paintings, Indian artifacts, blue pottery, leather footwear, and carpets.You will find both the shops here – the ones who tag their items with fixed price labels and the second one where you are free to bargain. So, if you possess a bargaining ability and want to buy stuff at reasonable prices, head towards the non-tagged shops. That’s not all that the Janpath Market has got for you.Just cross on the road, and you will find innumerable eateries lined up across the street. Both Indian and International Food Brands have rented their space there across the street. You can either munch in your favorite ‘sev’ varieties at the Haldiram or Bikaner outlets or simply sip a cup of espresso at the Café Coffee Day – the choice is yours. Westerners do not need to worry about running short of the local currency as Janpath Market has services like Western Union and MoneyGram to facilitate things for you.

Buddha Jayanti Park happens to be a truly beautiful and well-maintained park with sprawling lush gardens located in the capital of India, Delhi. Since its inception, the park has managed to gain a lot of popularity amongst the locals as well as tourists. This picturesque park includes multiple paved walkways with mesmerizing landscape and blooming flowers. It also has high trees with clear streams gushing through the terrain, complimenting the sheer elegance of the garden. The park is also privileged to shelter an 8-feet copper statue of Lord Buddha, positioned at one of its corners. Buddha Jayanti Park or Buddha Jayanti Smarak Park was established as a token to mark the celebration of Gautam Buddha’s 2500th birth anniversary. The significance of the park lies in the young sapling of the popular Bodhi tree planted here, which has been brought down from Sri Lanka. The Bodhi tree sapling was planted here in the year 1964 by the ex-Prime Minister of India, Lal Bahadur Shastri in the memory of Buddha’s attainment of Nirvana under the Bodhi tree. In the year 1933, Buddha Jayanti Park was dedicated affectionately to the fourteenth Dalai Lama. Each year the people of Delhi celebrate Buddha Purnima or Buddha Jayanti in this park in the month of May with great pomp and show. Buddha Jayanti Park is mostly visited by nature lovers, photo fanatics, and wanderers. It is also considered to be one of the major hubs for couples. So, if you are visiting Delhi with your loved one, do not forget to pay a brief visit to the famous Buddha Jayanti Park. That being said, the park also invites families and friends.

Deer Park is a vast land and preservation area built in Delhi. It is also referred to as the A. N. Jha Deer Park, after Shri Aditya Nath Jha, a veteran of the Indian Civil Services who was awarded a Padma Vibhushan for his immense contributions. There are various subsections to the park with flourishing flora and fauna. These sections include the Rose Garden, Rabbit Park, Duck Park, and Deer Park and interspersed picnic spots. The Park is also a reverend spectacle of tombs from the Mughal era.  There is a shimmering lake inside the park with bountiful vegetation around it, which makes it a mesmerizing destination to lay back and relax. Many tourists and localities alike visit the park for morning walks and immerse into the liberal and pollution-free atmosphere provided by the park. Others come here for bird-watching as spotting a rabbit, or a rise winged parakeet is not an uncommon sight.  Deer Park is one of the most sensitive green zones in Delhi that preserves an interdependent and nurturing relationship between flora and fauna. Thus, the park poses not only as a historical and cultural attraction but also provides a nurturing space for children to learn about codependent relationships between animals and their biodiversity.