Daryaganj - Faiz Bazaar

Darya means River, here it is referring to Yamuna River which was just outside the walled city DELHI. Yamuna river was used for transportation during earlier time and for enjoying as well ..In earlier days we didn't have water parks to enjoy but we had better clean Yamuna water. Yamuna river is also considered as a Goddess and is worshiped .

It was earlier known as Faiz bazaar till the partition .It was a commercial hub then and its still a comericial hub.A lot many publishers have there offices in Daryanganj.If you are visiting Daryanganj on sunday you can see the street full of hawkers and would be thinking that it is a book market.Actaully every Sunday the usual shops of daryaganj are closed and the street is covered with sunday market .The market start from Delhi gate and continues till Red fort .In the beginning that is Delhi gate you'll see the book market .You can buy old/new novels/course books etc at a very cheap rate ,don't forget to bargain.Some may not like that they have to bargain but you should try to enjoy it as it would be useful for rest of your journey in Delhi.

After walking a few hundred meter you'll see Golcha which opened just after 7 years of partition so that free Indian can start enjoying Cinema. It is renovated now.You can go and watch a Hindi Bollywood movie there but it would require 3 hrs of yours so plan your trip accordingly if you wanna watch a movie.

After Golcha you'll see Moti Mahal which is famous for it Indian cuisine .You can have your breakfast here.You can try Dal makhani and Butter chicken with a butter Naan .If you don't want to have proper breakfast and want to just have some indian snacks then few footsteps ahead you'll see a wooden footover bridge and there would be a shop just below it selling indian snack.You can have it and continue your journey.

You are actually standing at a red light and you have to go left and within five of walk you'll see JamaMasjid(Your Next Destination).

7 Days in Delhi

7 Days in Delhi
Every Morning just start your Day SaYing or you can sing as well "YEH DELHI HAI MERI JAAN" and starty your journey for the day.

For those who would like to spend 7 days in Delhi,here is the chart for you...

Day1
1st day is the day where you make an impression whether its a place or a person.So it should be nice and would surely be nice in this case.Delhi has a high historical significance and to see that one must start with OLD Delhi.One can plan to start with Delhi Gate.Sounds like this would be the entry gate for delhi...it's kinda right and kinda wrong :)...This was one of the gate of entrance around 300 years back and since then Delhi has grown and it's still growing.You can spend years and still places to visit would be left.But as one comes to visit a place and has to continue with his/her life ..I'll try to give u a super plan of visiting delhi in 7 day's..."7 Din Dilli K"..It's the movie name that you'll be capturing ....

Journey begins from Delhi Gate  and then you go through the narrow lanes of DaryaGanj to see JamaMasjid. You would be hungry by now :) . You could have a meal at Karim Hotel.

Jama Masjid,Kala Mahal ,kareem hotel,Red Fort, Gauri Shankar mandir,Church,Sis Ganj Gurdwara, Fatahpuri Masjid, Khari Bawli(Indian masala and dry fruit) ,old secratriat,Raj Ghat(gandhi Sangralaya),Shanti Van,Shakti Sthal,Vijay Ghat

Day2

CP,Hanuman Mandir,Pallika Bazar,Bangla Sahab,PVR,Gandhi Ashram,ShivajiStadium,India Gate,Queens way(jANPATH),Parikrama,Rashtrapati Bhawan,Mugal Garden,Jantar Mantar,Nehru Museum,National Museum

Day3
Humayu tomb, Lodhi Garden,Sai Baba temple,Indian Habitat center ,Khan Market,Sanskritik natak, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium,Nizamuddin Dargah


Day4
Nehru Place, Kalkaji Mandir ,Lotus Temple ,Iskon temple ,Tughlabad Dry Port,Greater Kailash (M block)

Day5
Qutab Minar, Chatarpur Temple,Saket Mall,Akshardham Temple,

Hauz Khas Village,Dilli Haat,Safdarjung Tomb

Delhi Gate-Begin Delhi Adventure

Dilli Gate as we call it in Delhi. It is one of the few gates that marked delhi in historic timeDelhi boundaries was considered within these few gates - Delhi Gate, Kashmere Gate, Ajmeri Gate and Lahore Gate around 300 years back.

The gate is an entry to old Delhi. It is in middle of Daryaganj road . The Gate was built by Emperor Shah Jahan around 500 years back as part to encircle the Shahajahanabad .The design of all the gates is thus similar.

 Transport

You could reach Delhi Gate taking Delhi-Metro till ISBT Kashmere Gate and then taking the bus till Delhi Gate or taking a local bus/Auto/Taxi. 

Below is the metro Map

******* DELHI METRO *******

if you want to go using Metro,then the best way would be to take Red Line Metro to Kashmere Gate Station and then take bus route  (901,729,62,246-Time table of DTC bus).

For other details please use google map provided below(Kashmere gate to end of NS Marg)
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After Visiting Delhi Gate .You can walk through the small lanes of Daryaganj Market and goto Jama Masjid.


After Visiting Jama Masjid,if you are fond of non veg then just ask for Karims and you'll be guided for a restaurant opened during time of british rule in india. Have the famous curries of delhi there and see busy streets of old delhi .

After this is also done take an rickshaw to Chandani chowk a place for foodies and shopping in wholesale. .Start your walk from Red fort till Sadar Bazar ,whole sale market of north India . Just walk this 3-4 stretch and you'll find bulk dealer of shoes,watches,spectacles ,paints ,clothes ,Dry fruits .Basically everything you want will be at best price .So if you want to buy anything in bulk it is the right place for you .