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6 National Gallery
of Modern Art
Jaipur House, near India Gate. Tel (011)
2338 6111. Open 10am–5pm Tue–Sun.
Closed Mon & public hols. = m
∑ ngmaindia.gov.in
Jaipur House, the former
residence of the maharajas
of Jaipur, is one of India’s
largest museums of modern
art, covering the period from
the mid-19th century to the
present day. Its excellent
collections include works by
modern Indian painters such
as Jamini Roy, Rabindranath Connaught Place, the British-built shopping complex in New Delhi
Tagore, Raja Ravi Varma and
Amrita Shergil, as well as libraries and display galleries Connaught Place (CP) has now
contemporary artists such that sell reproductions. Regular been renamed Rajiv Chowk, and
as Ram Kumar and Anjolie exhibi tions of photo graphy and the outer circle Indira Chowk. Its
Ela Menon. Also on display ceramics are also arcades and pave-
are works by British artists held here. In addition, ments spill over with
such as Thomas Daniell and Kamani Auditorium, paan kiosks, book
his nephew William Daniell, the Shri Ram Centre stalls and shoe-shine
and an interesting group and the National boys, while the
of “Company Paintings” – 18th- School of Drama are eclectic mix of shops
and 19th-century works by vibrant centres for is interspersed with
Indian artists commissioned theatre, music and eateries and cinema
specially for the British market. dance performances. Mirrorwork skirts on sale halls. Efforts to give
at Janpath CP, as it is known, a
facelift for the 2010
7 Mandi House 8 Connaught Commonwealth Games only
Complex Place ended in 2013. Though no longer
Delhi’s premier shopping area,
q Mandi House. Triveni Kala Sangam: q Rajiv Chowk. Shops: Open 10:30am–
205 Tansen Marg. Tel (011) 2371 8833. 8pm Mon–Sat. Closed public hols. its shaded arcades are pleasant
Open 11am–7pm Mon–Sat. Closed to stroll through, and there are
public hols. = - Rabindra Bhavan: Opened in 1931, and named bars and eateries. The nearby
35 Ferozeshah Rd. Tel (011) 2338 1833 after the Duke of Connaught, Central Park features an amphi-
(Sahitya Akademi). = Kamani this shopping complex, with theatre, 21 fountains and plush
Auditorium: 1 Copernicus Marg. its Palladian archways and lawns. Nearby popular shopping
Tel (011) 4350 3351. Shri Ram Centre: stuccoed colonnades, was centres include the state emporia
4 Safdar Hashmi Marg. Tel (011) 2371 designed by Robert Tor Russell at Baba Kharak Singh Marg
4307. - National School of Drama: as a deliberate contrast to the and the stalls along Janpath.
Bhagwan Das Rd. Tel (011) 2338 9402. noises and chaos of an Indian Cottage Industries (see p101) is
For Tickets: see Entertainment: p100.
bazaar. The central circle of also located on Janpath.
Mandi House, today the offices
of the state-owned television
centre, lends its name to this Republic Day Parade
cultural complex encircling Ever since 1950, when India
the roundabout. Triveni Kala became a republic, this
Sangam has contemporary parade on 26 January has
art galleries, an open-air amphi- attracted large crowds
theatre for concerts and plays, despite the often chilly
a popular café and a bookshop weather. Soldiers and
specializing in Indian arts sailors, war veterans and
publications. The state-sponsored school children, and even
Rabindra Bhavan arts complex elephants and camels, The annual Republic Day Parade
houses the national academies march smartly down
of literature (Sahitya Akademi), Rajpath. Especially popular are the folk dancers and the
fine arts and sculpture (Lalit Kala inventive floats representing each state of the country. A
Akademi), and the performing ceremonial flypast by the Indian Air Force signals the end of
arts (Sangeet Natak Akademi) in the unfailingly colourful parade.
separate wings. All three have

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