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Lal Qila - Indian Restaurant - Tandoori and Balti (488 words) |
 | The Lal Qila restaurant has won some prestigious awards during the last few years. |
 | The biggest accolade was being voted the top regional restaurant 1999/2000 by the readers of the journal newspaper. |
 | Lal Qila gets its name from the red sandstone that has been used to build it. |
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Red Fort (239 words) |
 | The largest of old Delhi's monuments is the Lal Quila, or the Red Fort, the thick red sandstone walls of which,bulging with turrets and bastions, have withstood the vagaries of time, and nature. |
 | Lal Qila (Red Fort) is actually a series of individual pavilions, each with a specific purpose. |
 | The prayer-hall of the mosque is inlaid with outlines of 'Musallas' (small carpets for prayers) in fl marble, and it stands at a higher level than the courtyard.Shahjehan completed the Red Fort, which is known as “Lal Qila” in Hindi, in 1648. |