Rail Museum

Tourists and Visitors coming to Delhi may include one nice place in their list of site visit, it is National Rail Museum. If you are with your family and children or you simply appreciate engineering marvel then visit to Rail Museum is a must.

Black Beauty

The National Rail Museum is located on Shantipath, Chanakyapuri. It is about 11 km from new Delhi Railway station. The visitors are allowed to the museum six days in a week. Do not visit on Monday as the museum remains closed on Monday.

This Rail Museum is a place of entertainment and fun. Simultaneously it is an excellent place of information on past and present of Indian Railways and its long journey.

As you move along you see your favorite child hood black beast, the steam engine. There are Diesel engines and modern high speed Electric engines. There are engines and coaches for broad gauge, meter gauge and of course narrow gauge Darjeeling loco. There are light weight engines and huge engines of different periods. Also on display are the saloon used by maharaja of Baroda, Maharaja of Mysore and prince of Wales. The other attraction is the monorail of king of Patiala.

Engineering Marvel

The huge steam engine lying dormant in the museum was once a big object of attraction of our childhood. The typical working principle and sound of the steam engine attracted and impressed many people in the past, including film industry. At that time it was also  nicknamed as black beauty. Perhaps one time, steam engine was the only such heavy engineering object on Earth which was open and free to observe.


In addition to real engines and coaches one can see different models of engines and coaches and their working principle nicely displayed.  Many historical articles, records and photographs will make you nostalgic.

Rail Companies Operating in British Era

The museum has other stuffs for you and your family. Ride the toy train for fun. Refresh at the restaurant, located in the middle of a small beautiful lake or simply enjoy the scenic beauty of the place.

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ISKCON Temple New Delhi

Tourists coming to New Delhi should visit this unique place of hindu religious belief, the ISKCON Temple. While many temples in India do not allow western people (claiming as hindu) to enter inside, here any hindu can enter the temple irrespective of his nationality, body color, caste etc.. One can visit the temple at any time of the year.

ISKCON Temple

ISKCON is the abbreviation for International Society of Krishna Consciousness. ISKCON was founded by Sri Srila Prabhupada. Mayapuri at West Bengal, India, is the headquarters of ISKCON. But this temple at Delhi is different in some ways. This ISKCON temple is located at East of Kailash, New Delhi. It is about 14 kilometer distance from New Delhi Railway station and about 5 kilometer from Nizamuddin railway Station. One can hire an auto-rickshaw to Iskcon temple which is near Lotus Temple.

Lord Krishna and Radha are worshiped in the temple. The temple compound has many beautiful statues and paintings of the characters from Mahabharata and Ramayana. At ISKCON temple regular shows are performed. The robot show is something special.  The gist of Mahabharata and Ramayana are shown in light and sound high-tech animation. Krishna is central to the animation and show.

Sri Krishna

The temple compound is itself very beautiful and peaceful. You can see many people including westerners chanting the maha mantra Hare Rama, Here Krishna for peace of mind.


Also there is a vegetarian restaurant, Govinda where you can puchase prasada for full lunch.

Although the food at Govinda is costlier still it is worth its value. There are shops for snacks and sweets. There is one book shop where you can purchase religious, philosophy and ISKCON related books.

Srila Prabhupada

If you visit in the evening then never miss the evening Kirtan  (Kirtana). Kirtan is a form of worship or love for god. Devotees gather in front of the lord and chant Hare Rama Hare Krishna with traditional music and dance with raised hands.  This form of Kirtana is a style which was started by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. The most beautiful form of Kirtana is performed at ISKCON Temples at Mayapuri in West Bengal and Bhubaneswar in Odisha . If you ever get a chance never miss it.

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