Rashtrapati Bhavan
Rashtrapati Bhavan (Hindi: राष्ट्रपति भवन, Sanskrit : राष्ट्रपतिभवनम्) is the official home of the President of India, located in New Delhi, India.
| Rashtrapati Bhavan | |
|---|---|
| राष्ट्रपति भवन | |
| Forecourt, Rashtrapati Bhavan - 1.jpg | |
| Former names | Viceroy's House (until 1947) Government House (1947–1950) |
| Alternative names | Presidential House |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Delhi Order[1] |
| Location | Rajpath, Raisina Hill, New Delhi, Delhi, India |
| Coordinates | 28°36′52″N 77°11′59″E / 28.61444°N 77.19972°ECoordinates: 28°36′52″N 77°11′59″E / 28.61444°N 77.19972°E |
| Current tenants | |
| Construction started | 1912 |
| Completed | 1929[2] |
| Technical details | |
| Size | 130 hectare (321 acre) |
| Floor area | 200,000 sq ft (19,000 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Edwin Lutyens |
| Website | |
| rashtrapatisachivalaya.gov.in | |
Rashtrapati Bhavan Media
- View of Rashtrapati bhavan.webm
Short film about Rashtrapati Bhavan
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The sloping approach from the east, which obscures the lower part of the building, as Lutyens feared
- Rashtrapati Bhavan flank perspective1.jpg
Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, India. Snap taken self.
- Jaipur Column from west with north block at Rashtrapati Bhawan.jpg
Jaipur Column*There were also statues of elephants and fountain sculptures of cobras, as well as the bas-reliefs around the base of the Jaipur Column, made by British sculptor, Charles Sargeant Jagger. from west with north block at Rashtrapati Bhawan
- Rashtrapati Bhavan gate close up.jpg
Main gate of Rashtrapati Bhawan with Jaipur Column in background
- President Barack Obama is presented with a scarf by Rayapati Sambasiva Rao.jpg
Rayapati Sambasiva Rao, Member of Parliament, presenting U.S. President Barack Obama with a scarf during the State Dinner receiving line at Rashtrapati Bhawan, 2015
- Mughal gardens fountain .jpg
A fountain in the Amrit Udyan
References
- ↑ Kahn, Jeremy (30 December 2007). "Amnesty Plan for Relics of the Raj". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/30/arts/design/30kahn.html?pagewanted=all. Retrieved 26 June 2012. "He also invented his own "Delhi Order" of neo-Classical columns that fuse Greek and Indian elements.".
- ↑ "Rashtrapati Bhavan". The President of India. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
Bibliography
- Davies, Philip (1987). Splendours of the Raj: British Architecture in India, 1660–1947. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-009247-9.
- Gradidge, Roderick (February 1982). Edwin Lutyens, Architect Laureate. London: Unwin Hyman. ISBN 978-0047200236.
- Inan, Aseem, "Tensions Manifested: Reading the Viceroy's House in New Delhi Archived 2014-03-25 at the Wayback Machine", in The Emerging Asian City: Concomitant Urbanities and Urbanisms, ed. Vinayak Bharne, Routledge UK, 2012
- Irving, Robert Grant (May 1981). Indian Summer: Lutyens, Baker, and Imperial Delhi. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-02422-7.
- Nath, Aman; Mehra, Amit (2002). Dome over India: Rashtrapati Bhavan. India Book House. ISBN 978-8175083523.
