Rashtrapati bhavan

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• Home • About Us • Making Of Rashtrapati Bhavan • Children's Section • President's Body Guard • Explore Rashtrapati Bhavan • The Main Building & Central Lawn: Circuit 1 • Forecourt • Central Dome • Jaipur Column • Iron Gate • Tuscan Pillars • Rampurva Bull • Reception • Navachara • Banquet Hall • Upper Loggia • Lutyens Grand Stairs • Guest Wing • Ashok Hall • North Drawing Room • Long Drawing Room • Library • Durbar Hall • Lord Buddha Statue • Central Lawn • Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum Complex - Circuit 2 • The Clock Tower • The Garages • The Stables • The Gardens - Circuit 3 • Amrit Udyan • Rectangular Garden • Long Garden • Circular Garden • Herbal Garden • Spiritual Garden • Musical Garden • Other Occasions • The Change of Guard Ceremony • Silver Trumpet Banner Presentation Ceremony • The President's Polo Cup • Media • Photo Gallery • Video Gallery • Reaching Rashtrapati Bhavan

Rashtrapati Bhavan Delhi Entry Fee • 50 per person per Circuit (if less than 30 persons) • 1200 for a group of 30 persons • 1200 + 50 per additional visitor for a group of more than 30 persons Rashtrapati Bhavan Delhi Phone 011 2301 5321 Quick Facts about Rashtrapati Bhavan Delhi • Former Name: Viceroy's House • Construction started: 1912 • Construction Completed: 1929 • Size: 130 hectare or 321 acre • Floor area: 200,000 sq ft or 19,000 m2 • Architect: Edwin Lutyens • No. of rooms: 340 • Housed by: The President of India • Nearest Metro Station to Rashtrapati Bhavan: Central Secretariat About Rashtrapati Bhavan, Delhi The Rashtrapati Bhavan houses the first citizen of the country, the President of India. Also known as the President House, Rashtrapati Bhavan is the perfect blend of the good old charm and modern zing. Being the home to the President of the country, Rashtrapati Bhavan truly stands for country’s secular character, its democratic traditions and the overall strength. Besides being a building of national importance, India’s Rashtrapati Bhavan is an exemplary creation of architecture. This H-shaped building was conceptualised by Sir Edwin Lutyens. However, Herbert Baker joined him for giving the architecture of the building a final shape. The palatial building is spread across a 330 acre estate, where only 5 acre is the covered area. Formerly known as Viceroy’s House, the Presidential residence comprises of 340 rooms, that include, president’s official residence,...

Took the tours of circuits 1, 2, 3 on same day. Its definitely an experience to visit these places once in a lifetime. The Circuit 1 is for the main building which is most difficult to get a booking as it opens 1-2 weeks before and has limited seats. Need to constantly monitor their website in order to book it. Took the metro to central secretariat and then rickshaw (30 pp) to gate 35. Its convenient to first visit the Circuit 3 (gardens) in the morning between 10-12 as it could become difficult to walk around this hugh gardens in hot sun later. On way out their is a cafeteria where you can take snacks and lunch. Later plan to visit the museum (Circuit 2) through gate 30 which houses nice artifacts from history and has a nice guided tour. Finally took another rickshaw to gate 38 for the main building tour at 3 pm which lasts for an hour and covers all main halls inside the rashtrapati bhavan. Overall a once in a lifetime experience which tooks around 6 hrs and lots and lots of walking! having visited Delhi previously and had an argument with the tour guide as to whether you could access the building i was determined to return and bought him a ticket just to prove the point!. it rather says much about how the building is marketed that even some of the tour guides don't know how to access it. The building is stunning and well worth visiting even to see the small number of rooms on the guided tour. I won't give a history lesson you can read all about it in more eloquent terms...

• › › Overview of Rashtrapati Bhavan Overview of Rashtrapati Bhavan The splendour of the Rashtrapati Bhavan is multi-dimensional. It is a vast mansion and its architecture is breathtaking. More than these, it has a hallowed existence in the annals of democracy for being the residence of the President of the largest democracy in the world. Few official residential premises of the Head of the State in the world will match the Rashtrapati Bhavan in terms of its size, vastness and its magnificence. The present day Rashtrapati Bhavan was the erstwhile residence of the British Viceroy. Its architect was Edwin Landseer Lutyens. The decision to build a residence in New Delhi for the British Viceroy was taken after it was decided in the Delhi Durbar of 1911 that the capital of India would be shifted from Calcutta to Delhi in the same year. It was constructed to affirm the permanence of British rule in India. This building gave the impression, in the words of a critique, the setting of a perpetual Durbar. The building and its surroundings were supposed to be 'an empire in stone', 'exercising imperial sway' and containing in it, "the abode of a disinterested elite whose rule was imposed from above". That 'empire in stone' and the perpetual Durbar was transformed to be the permanent institution of democracy on 26th January 1950 when Dr. Rajendra Prasad became the first President of India and occupied this building to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of India. It was from ...

• › Rashtrapati Bhavan Overview of Rashtrapati Bhavan The splendour of the Rashtrapati Bhavan is multi-dimensional. It is a vast mansion and its architecture is breathtaking. More than these, it has a hallowed existence in the annals of democracy for being the residence of the President of the largest democracy in the world. Few official residential premises of the Head of the State in the world will match the Rashtrapati Bhavan in terms of its size, vastness and its magnificence.