Lodhi Garden and Tombs
Situated in the heart of Delhi at an 80 acre expanse the Lodhi Gardens is the green heart of Delhi and a place of leisure for the elite Lutyens Delhi. A morning walk in the garden takes you to a different world. The garden they say is home to a myriad of birds including Cuckoos, Black Myna, Woodpecker, Hornbills and House Sparrows. The different sounds made by these birds combine for a early morning Raga to be enjoyed. You can see a group of middle aged Ladies and Gents practising yoga to commands from their master and a lonely old man laughing out loudly and continuously to relieve his stress.
The present Garden was once a village called Khairpur and home to Tombs of the 15th century rulers of Sayyid and Lodi Dynasties of Delhi. They erected beautiful tombs where the Sultans including Mohammed Shah Sayyid (1434-1445) Sikandar Lodi (1489-1517) and a host of their nobles are interred. The present gardens were developed around the Tombs by evicting the villagers of Khairpur in 1936 when New Delhi was being developed during the Governorship of Lord Willingdon. It was again redeveloped in 1968.
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