Delhi Metro Rail app provides the customers of metro services with lot of useful information that helps in using the Metro Services. Following are the different sections in the app and the information available in them.
Route Between Stations- Selecting the starting and destination stations will display the user the Fares, Distance, Approximate Travel time, stations in between with change over station and the route map with plotting of the route on the map.
Station Info – Selecting a station will give you various useful information about the station like First and Last train timings, Platforms, Gates and directions, contact numbers, Tourist spots near that station, parking, feeder services etc.
Nearest metro station – This section will show you the nearest metro stations from your current place. Other sections i.e. Tour guide, Metro Museum, Lost and found and Other info will give various other useful information to the user.
Are you visiting Delhi to celebrate Holi in March?
Are you curious to know, what to expect and what not to miss to make your Holi-Celebrations one to remember ?
How is Holi Celebrated in Delhi.
– in other words Make your Holi in Delhi a special one!
HOLI as we all know is Festival of colours and its played in different parts of India in different ways. Delhi has its own fashion to celebrate it.
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How is Holi Celebrated in Delhi?
Holi in Delhi is nothing short of "Madness, Carnival, Circus, Festival, Naughtiness" all bundled together!
Festivities starts in the morning. It is free for all amusement of colours, where every body plays, run behind each other and colours each other with dry powder ( Gulal) and coloured water.
You will find mostly children carrying water guns and water-filled balloons waiting at their Home's Gates for their water fight.
The merriment, pranks and fights with colours happens in the open streets, open parks, terrace of building in Delhi.
In Love, War & Holi everything is Fair! It does not matter if you are Well-off or poor, man or woman, children or elders, friend or stranger. So expect many water balloons launched on you ..you got to be watchful and dodge them if you can!
In Delhi the sights are common where Groups carry drums and musical instruments, go from one place to another, singing and dancing.
People visit families and friends and even foe (if you have one, do you?), they first play with colours on each other, giggle, laugh and scream in frenzy(specially youngsters) and people Hug and smear each other with Gulal and do chit-chat.
The Festival in Delhi is incomplete without Hindi Film Songs. And this one plays in all Get-Together!
It's a sweet dumpling made with suji or Maida and stuffed with khoya, grated and roasted dry fruits, khoya. Tastes Awesome ! "No one can eat just one", that's How I describe it !
Sweet Savoury Drink with leaves and flowers (buds) of the female cannabis plant.
Holi is a festival of colours and merriment. Take the following precautions. Holi is meant to be a rough festival and following some do's and don't will help you bear the harshness of the festival.