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Rashtrapati Bhavan
Rashtrapati Bhavan: Amrit udyan Rashtriya pati bhawan
Rashtrapati Bhavan: Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi (29473875920)
Rashtrapati Bhavan: Dome of Rashtrapati Bhavan

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Palace · New Delhi, India

Rashtrapati Bhavan

On the globe
Dated
Dated 1912–29
Declared purpose
Viceroy's House
Today
Survives, President of India's residence
Build time
About 17 years (1912–29)
Region
India
Architect of record
Edwin Lutyens, architect: about 43 when credited (1912, born 1869). Build time on record: about 17 years (1912–29).All architects of record →
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Documented

Hidden history

Found, Not Built

A vast domed palace by Edwin Lutyens on Raisina Hill, with about 340 rooms.

  1. Lutyens' city

    Lutyens planned the whole new capital around it.

  2. A Buddhist dome

    Its dome is based on the Sanchi stupa.

Questions worth asking

  • Why a stupa dome?

Possible original uses

  • Palace

What the photos show

Sources

Further viewing

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