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{{Short description|City park in New Delhi}}
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{{Infobox park
| name = Lodi Gardens
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| photo_caption = The Bara Gumbad within the Lodi gardens
| type = Public park
| location = [[New Delhi]], India
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| map_caption = Location within New Delhi
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| area = {{convert|90|acre|m2}}
| created = Lodi Dynasty, Delhi Sultanate
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| status = Open year round
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'''Lodi Gardens''' is a city park situated in [[New Delhi]], [[India]]. Spread over {{convert|90|acre|m2}},<ref name="asi">{{cite news | url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/10/16/stories/2002101608260400.htm | title=ASI have included the remaining unprotected monuments of Lodhi Garden under the Delhi Circle protection umbrella | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | date=16 October 2002 | access-date=31 December 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090802215938/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/10/16/stories/2002101608260400.htm | archive-date=2 August 2009 | url-status=usurped }}</ref> it contains [[Muhammad Shah (Sayyid dynasty)|Mohammed Shah]]'s Tomb, the [[Tomb of Sikandar Lodi]], the [[Shisha Gumbad]] and the [[Bara Gumbad]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Heritage walk marks 75th anniversary of Lodi Garden|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-09/delhi/29400272_1_lodi-garden-lodi-garden-heritage|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402065653/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-09/delhi/29400272_1_lodi-garden-lodi-garden-heritage|url-status=dead|work=[[The Times of India]]|archive-date=2013-04-02}}</ref> [[architecture|architectural]] works of the 15th century by [[Lodi dynasty|Lodis]] - who ruled parts of [[northern India]] and [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] and [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] province of modern-day [[Pakistan]], from 1451 to 1526. The site is now protected by the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] (ASI).<ref name="asi" />

[[File:Lodi Gardens is popular for exercise and walking enthusiasts.jpg|thumb|250x250px|Lodi Gardens is popular for exercise and walking enthusiasts]]
The gardens are situated between [[Khan Market]] and [[Safdarjung's Tomb]] on [[Lodi Road]] and is a popular spot for morning walks for the [[Delhiites|Delhites]].

==Architecture==
In the middle of the gardens is the ''[[Bara Gumbad]]'' ("Big Dome"), it consists of a large rubble-construct dome and is not a tomb<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lodhi Garden {{!}} all the information you need about Lodhi Garden {{!}} Area around Lodhi Garden |url=https://schoolnearheart.blogspot.com/2022/07/lodhi-garden-all-information-you-need.html |access-date=2022-07-22 |website=schoolnearheart.blogspot.com}}</ref> but was constructed as a gateway to either the attached three domed ''[[masjid]]'' ([[mosque]]) or a large walled enclosure. Both the Bara Gumbad and the mosque were built in 1494 during the reign of Sikander Lodi, there is also a residence surrounding a central courtyard, where the remains of a water tank can be seen. Opposite the ''[[Bara Gumbad]]'' is the ''[[Shisha Gumbad]]'' ("mirror dome") for the glazed tiles used in its construction, which contains graves, whose occupants are not clearly identifiable (either an unknown family of Sikandar Lodi's court or [[Bahlul Lodi]]).<ref>[[Simon Digby (oriental scholar)|Simon Digby]], ''The Tomb of Buhlul Lodi'', The Bulletin of SOAS, Vol. 38, No. 3, 1975, pp. 550–61.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indinewz.com/lodhi-garden-in-delhi-travel-guide/|title=Lodhi Garden in Delhi – Travel Guide|website=Indi Newz|date=27 September 2019|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-22}}</ref>

[[File:Athpula aka Khairpur ka Pul, Lodi Gardens, New Delhi.jpg|left|thumb|250x250px|The ''Athpula'' (eight piers) bridge in Lodi gardens]]
To the north of the garden are the remains of a stream which may once have run as far as the [[Yamuna River]], and by its side is the [[Tomb of Sikandar Lodi]]. This structure still has the battlements enclosing it. Visible from [[Tomb of Sikandar Lodi|Sikander's tomb]] is the ''Athpula'' ("Eight Piered") Bridge, one of the few monuments in Delhi that were built during the reign of [[Mughal Emperor]] [[Akbar]],<ref name="sai">[https://web.archive.org/web/20110811073018/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-08-14/delhi/27859949_1_lodhi-garden-tomb-monuments SAIL to make Lodi Garden ‘stainless'] [[The Times of India]], Saurabh Sinha, TNN 14 August 2005.</ref> it contains seven arches, amongst which the central one being the largest.
The tomb of Mohammed Shah, the last of the Sayyid dynasty rulers, the earliest of the tombs in the garden, was built in 1444 by Ala-ud-din Alam Shah as a tribute to Mohammed Shah. The tomb is octagonal in shape, with numerous ornamental Hindu-style chhatris around the central dome, numerous arches, verandahs and sloping buttresses. There are turrets at each corner. The main tomb is supported by a 16-sided drum. It is of a flattened type and is surrounded by [[chhatris]], which make it look diminutive compared to its substantially larger base. Several years later, the [[Tomb of Sikandar Lodi]] seems to have been copied from this Sayyid tomb.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=JaJfPgAACAAJ Bhalla, A.S. Royal Tombs of India: 13th to 18th Century]</ref>

As there is little architecture dating to the Sayyid and the Lodi periods still standing, Lodi Gardens is an important archaeological site. The tomb of Mohammed Shah is visible from Lodi Road, and is the earliest structure in the gardens. It is a good example of a combination of the Hindu and Islamic styles of architecture. The Hindu features include eight chhatris, each of them capped by a lotus finial with a decorative band around the base; corner ornamental pinnacles (guldastas)and [[chhajja]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://competentauthoritydelhi.co.in/MonumentViewer.aspx?ID=14 |title=Muhammad Shah Sayyid Tomb |website=competentauthoritydelhi.co.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120630124025/http://competentauthoritydelhi.co.in/MonumentViewer.aspx?ID=14 |archive-date=2012-06-30}} </ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Shisha Gumbad at Lodhi Garden, New Delhi.jpg|[[Shisha Gumbad]], Lodi Gardens
File:Bada Gumbad, a three domed masjid (mosque), Lodhi Gardens, Delhi.jpg|The three domed mosque, adjacent to [[Bada Gumbad]], Lodi Gardens.
File:Athpula (eight piered) Bridge in Lodi gardens.JPG|The eight piered bridge in Lodi gardens
File:Lake at Lodhi Gardens.jpg|A goose stands beside the lake at Lodi Gardens
File:Walled enclosure of the Sikander Lodi's Tomb.jpg|Walled enclosure of the [[Sikander Lodi]]'s Tomb
File:Sheesh Gumbad and Bara Gumbad.jpg|[[Shisha Gumbad]] in front and [[Bara Gumbad]] with Mosque at back
File:Tomb of Mohammad Shah.jpg|The tomb of [[Muhammad Shah (Sayyid dynasty)|Mohammed Shah]] known as Mubarak Khan- Ka-Gumbaz
File:Tomb of Sikandar Lodi (1 of 1).jpg|[[Tomb of Sikandar Lodi]] Built 1494 A.D.
File:Lodi Garden Mosque, a heritage building in the Lodi Garden 04.jpg|A Mosque including four walls of an enclosed garden
</gallery>

==See also==

* [[The Lodhi]]
* [[Delhi Sultanate]]
* [[Sunder Nursery]]
* [[List of Monuments of National Importance in Delhi]]
* [[Bara Gumbad]]
* [[Shisha Gumbad]]
* [[Sikandar Lodi]]
* [[Tomb of Bahlul Lodi]]
* [[Ibrahim Lodhi's Tomb]]
* [[Tomb of Sikandar Lodi]]
* [[Khwaja Khizr Tomb]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
* ''Sunday at the Lodi Gardens'', by Vinay Dharwadker. Published by Viking, 1994.
* ''Lalkot to Lodi Gardens: (Delhi of Sultans)'', by Ranjit Sinha. Published by South Asia Books, 1996. {{ISBN|81-7167-237-X}}

==External links==

* [http://wikimapia.org/6527181/de/Lodhi-Gardens Lodi Gardens] at ''[[wikimapia]]''

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[[Category:Parks in Delhi]]
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[[Category:Architecture in India]]
[[Category:Architecture of the Delhi Sultanate]]
[[Category:Monuments and memorials in Delhi]]
[[Category:Gardens in India]]
[[Category:Burial sites of the Lodi dynasty]]
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Ajay Kumar at 15:15, 7 September 2023