Rashtrapati Bhavan
Rashtrapati Bhavan (Hindi: भारतीय राष्ट्रपति भवन, Bengali: রাষ্ট্রপতি ভবন ; Sanskrit for Presidential House) is the official home of the President of India, located in New Delhi, India. The present president (now Ram Nath Kovind) stays there.
| Rashtrapati Bhavan | |
|---|---|
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| 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
Short film about Rashtrapati Bhavan
The sloping approach from the east, which hides the lower part of the building, as Lutyens feared.
Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, India. Snap taken self.
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
Main gate of Rashtrapati Bhawan with Jaipur Column in background.
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
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", 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.
