Agrasen Ki Baoli & Hauz Khas – Lesser-Known Wonders Of Delhi!

While you are still in Delhi, you can visit some other places of tourist attraction like the Agrasen Ki Baoli and Haus Khas that are not visited by international as well as domestic tourists frequently. The Agrasen Ki Baoli that is dedicated to Maharaja Agresen is a step well with a rare architectural magnificence. A part of it remains immersed in water always. It is a 14th century structure built by the Agarwal community on what we know today as Hailey Road, on the very busy Connuaght Place. The rare Tughlaqi architectural structure consist of three levels of which one is submerged in water while the other two are made up of beautifully arched structures.

The Hauz Khas (Royal Tank) consists of some gorgeous monuments of the Mogul period. The Hauz-i-Alai Tank was originally built by Sultan Alaudin Khilji in the 13th – 14 th centuries B.C. to supply water to Siri which has the tomb of Firoz Shah Tughlaq, a mosque and a madrasa (college for Islamic studies) on its eastern and southern sides. At present, Haus Khas is the area around the tank and is considered to be one on the most posh areas of Delhi. You can get rare collections of ethnic wear and decorative items. The Hauz Khas Village is a designer’s haven. A restricted forest, know as Deer Park just outside the Hauz Khas monument is a walker’s delight. You should also visit the Haus Khas enclave, the Lotus, and the Kalkaji Temples, Chirag Dehli’s Dargah and the Nizamuddin Shrine that are located in the nearby areas.

You can always take a tourist cab to drive you through this stylish locality of modern Delhi. There are cabs that agree to ply you on a budget travel contract. You can cover the Hauz Khas Village market, Ansal Plaza, Panchseel Market, South Extension Part I & II Market, INA market, and Nehru Place Market among a lot of others for clothes, accessories, jewelry, electronic goods, household products, etc. You get to eat some really good cuisine from throughout India at some really good restaurants in Hauz Khas Village, Yusuf Sarai Market, and Green Park areas.

Delhi has got a lot of good hotels for you to stay. But you should be careful about making a good hotel deal for which you can take the help of your travel agency. You can also enquire your travel agent about a good motel if you are a couple on a vacation. You can land at the Indira Gandhi Inter national Airport to reach Hauz Khas conveniently. The nearest railway station is that of the Nizamuddin Railway Station and you can get a metro from the Central Secretariat.