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This estate is the site of Mahatma Gandhi's martyrdom. Includes a museum celebrating his life and the room he lived in during his final days. It had been the house of the Birla family, Indian business tycoons. Outside the house stands a pillar that contains a swastika symbol, which is used as a visual example of the way the ethical meaning of the swastika symbol has changed in the Western world in the 20th century.
Gandhi Smriti, formerly known as Birla House or Birla Bhavan, is a museum dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi, situated on Tees January Road, formerly Albuquerque Road, in New Delhi, India. It is the location where Mahatma Gandhi spent the last 144 days of his life and was assassinated on 30 January 1948. It was originally the house of the Birla family, Indian business tycoons. It is now home to the Eternal Gandhi Multimedia Museum, which was established in 2005.
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इंदिरा गांधी स्मृति Indirā Gāndhī Smr̥ti
A museum dedicated to the said person who served as India's only female Prime Minister. She lived in the building during her premiership till 1984, when she was assassinated there. The museum contains material remains of Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv Gandhi.
A museum dedicated to the said person who served as India's second Prime Minister after Jawaharlal Nehru. He lived at 10 Janpath, next to the present memorial, during his premiership till his death in 1966. As of 2026, his original residence is occupied by Sonia Gandhi, widow of Rajiv Gandhi, and her son Rahul Gandhi.
The Tomb of Sikandar Lodi is similar in structure to the Muhammad Shah's Tomb, but is housed in side a walled complex. The tomb is octagonal with triple arched entrance on all sides and sloping buttress at the corners, however there are no chatris round the giant dome.
The Athpula, literally meaning eight bridge, consists of seven arches supported by eight pillars. The bridge spans over a water body and is still in use. Visitors entering the Lodi Gardens from the north east gate uses the bridge.
Glazed Dome
Sheesh Gumbad, was a similar structure to Bara Gumbad and is located just south of it. It literally meaning glazed dome, and the structure was once covered with glazed tiles, but majority of it has gone missing. The interior of the Sheesh Gumbad houses several graves but the occupants can lo longer be traced. The western wall of Sheesh Gumbad has a mihrab, so the tombed doubled up as a mosque.