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Diwan-i-Aam

Opp Chandini Chowk, Lal Qila, Old Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi 110001, India

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Detailed Information

Place Types Tourist attraction
Address Opp Chandini Chowk, Lal Qila, Old Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi 110001, India
Coordinate 28.6557639,77.242283
Website http://asi.nic.in/
Rating 5
Compound Code M64R+8W New Delhi, Delhi, India

Openning hours

Monday Closed
Tuesday 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Wednesday 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Thursday 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Friday 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Saturday 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Sunday 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM

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Reviews

Ajit Prasad (08/30/2020)

It is one of the part of Red fort

Amit (05/02/2021)

Shah Jahan's built-in throne in the Diwan-i-Am is one of the glories of the Red Fort. Miraculously surviving the waves of unrest with remarkably little damage, it gives m taste of the original extravagance and supremely high quality of all the Fort decoration. Built of white Makrana marble quarried near Jaipur, the platform walls are carved in relief with clumps of flowers set in decorative borders. The Emperor sat beneath 3 baldachin whose columns and canopy are entirely inlaid with delicate pietra dura flowers, wAi/7e his ministers stood on the similarly inlaid dias to hand papers up to him. The Emperor arrived and left through the marble-panelled doors set into a marble wall coated with a great pietra dura inlay design of bird and flower panels, set among blossoming trees and floral arabesques.

Arbab Khan (04/27/2021)

The inner main court to which the Nakkar Khana led was 540 feet (160 m) wide and 420 feet (130 m) deep, surrounded by guarded galleries.[69] On the far side is the Diwan-i-Aam, the Public Audience Hall. This was a place for the official affairs of commoners who sought after legal matters such as tax issues, hereditary complications, and OuQhaf (in Arabic: اوقاف) (in Islam, when a person leaves a piece of land for the charitable uses for the common good usage such as hospitals, schools, libraries, etc. and no one can ever buy or sell this building ever again. It remains belonging to serve that purpose forever).nnThe hall's columns and engrailed arches exhibit fine craftsmanship, and the hall was originally decorated with white chunam stucco.[69] In the back in the raised recess the emperor gave his audience in the marble balconynnThe Diwan-i-Aam was also used for state functions.[62] The courtyard (mardana) behind it leads to the imperial apartments.