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Teen Murti Bhavan Introduction

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In my last post I talked about my topic Nizamuddin Railway Station, but because of some inconvenience I had to change my topic. Now my new topic is Teen Murti Bhavan.

Teen Murti Bhavan



Teen Murti Bhavan
The residence of our first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Teen Murti Bhavan. Teen Murti Bhavan is a really peaceful place which has plenty of greenery along with knowledge.Teen Murti Bhavan has a neo-classical infrastructure with a military base.

3 statues

Teen Murti Bhavan is originally named after the three lifesized statues that stands infront of Teen Murti Bhavan. These statues were made my Leonardo Jennings in 1922, to show respect to our brave soldiers who died in World War 1.

These statues are made after 3 of our brave soldiers which traditionally belonged to Jodhpur, Mysore and Hyderabad. They served the Brtitish Indian Army.

Location

Teen Murti Bhavan is located in Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi↓. Tenn Murti bhavan is located South to Rashtrapati Bhavan. Nearest metro🚇 is Race Course / Lok Kalyan Marg (On the yellow line).
Location of Teen Murti Bhavan
Teen Murti Bhavan consists of:
  • Nehru Memorial Museum.
  • Nehru Memorial Library.
  • Nehru Planetarium.
  • Kushak Mahal.
  • Parks.

Teen Murti Bhavan has a whole lot of history which I will be discussing breifly in my next post. I hope you will all enjoy it. :) You can check out my blog about resist dyeing too resistdyeing.blogspot.com

Refrences:
  • Wikipediaorg. 2017. Wikipediaorg. [Online]. [18 March 2017]. Available from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teen_Murti_Bhavan
  • Hindustantimescom. 2013. Http://wwwhindustantimescom/. [Online]. [18 March 2017]. Available from: http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/steeped-in-history-a-three-statue-salute-to-erstwhile-princely-states/story-sbsI8NvwOdp8aSSsVUjT3M.html

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