Delhi: India Gate
Operating Hours:Monday - Sunday: Open 24 hours
The Vibe:Delhi's front lawn, at its best after dark.
Designed by Edwin Lutyens and completed in 1931, this arch carries the names of more than 13,000 soldiers of the Indian Army who died in the First World War and the Third Anglo-Afghan War.
Ice cream carts and balloon sellers work the lawns as the light goes. The arch is floodlit after sunset and the crowd thickens rather than thins.
- A war memorial inscribed with over 13,000 names
- Designed by Edwin Lutyens and completed in 1931
- The National War Memorial was added alongside it in 2019
- Rated 4.6 across more than 280,000 Google reviews
Fit For
- 👨👩👧 Families: "Open lawns, ice cream and no ticket — the easiest Delhi icon with children."
- 💕 Couples: "Evening illumination and a long walk down Kartavya Path."
- 📸 Photographers: "Blue hour, when the floodlights come up and the sky still holds colour."
- 👵 Seniors: "Flat, paved and step-free, though distances along the axis are long."
- 🧳 Solo: "Somewhere to sit for an hour without needing a plan."
Highlights
- The arch itself, 42 metres high, inscribed with the names of the fallen
- The National War Memorial behind it, honouring post-independence casualties
- Kartavya Path — the ceremonial axis running west to Rashtrapati Bhavan
- Evening floodlighting, when the sandstone turns and the lawns fill
- The empty canopy east of the arch, which once held a statue of George V — Hidden Gem
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