Step into History: New Experiences Await!
Rediscover Heritage and Uncover Hidden Stories with ThisDay Experiences
Yes, we are back! As the season changes with the cooler breeze and the perfect weather to roam around Delhi, we are ready to sort out the weekend plans for you with our one-of-a-kind Heritage Waks.
Our first Heritage Walk with Chandrashekhar Tampi was a banger! While Nizamuddin in Delhi is known for the dargah, numerous famous poets throughout history are buried in the vicinity. There are stories, rhythm and a sense of poetry in Nizamuddin, well narrated by one of the best heritage walk leaders in Delhi!
Events by ThisDay Experiences for the Upcoming Week:
Chandni Chowk 101 by Aditya Worah
What was Mirza Ghalib’s favorite cocktail? What connects the narrow bylanes of Chandni Chowk’s Ballimaran to a drug that is used to treat a major heart ailment?
Who was the man who came back from the dead 150 years after being executed by Aurangzeb? Who were the cinema barons of Old Delhi? How did the Bhojpuri film industry take over a once-thriving Hollywood-Bollywood culture here?
Join Aditya Worha for a walk across Chandni Chowk, where we discuss hakims, faqirs, and lalas—stories of the men and women who lived and died in Shahajahanabad.
The walk focuses on historical landmarks as well as urban legends—stories and myths that have risen around these people and places over centuries.
Register HereOasis of Harmony, a Heritage Walk in Mehrauli by Dushyant Singh
Did you know that Mehrauli was initially known as Mihirawali and only with time it got twisted and was called Mehrauli? It was the OG Purani Dilli and as the first city of Delhi, Mehrauli narrates a unique story. Can you imagine, that it has housed an unbroken settlement for a thousand years and is a rare oasis of harmony and peaceful coexistence of all major religions in a small area?!
Explore this oasis of harmony with us as Dushyant Singh walks us through the age-old monuments and the dynamics of religious tolerance that has always been India’s identity.
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Other Walks
1. Victory Skulls: Exploring Kashmere Gate and Nicholson Cemetery by Nitika from Darwesh
How better to spend the pre-Halloween weekend than going to a cemetery?!
The Revolt of 1857, a momentous struggle against colonial rule in the Indian subcontinent, was not an isolated event. It was the culmination of a lot of small acts of resistance against the East India Company. Eventually, while it was crushed brutally by the British, it left a massive impact on the city of Delhi and its people. This heritage walk examines the events that resulted in the 1857 rebellion through the important historical landmarks of the time.
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2. Partition Diaries- A heritage walk in Purana Qila by Nitika from Darwesh
Join us on a walk-cum-baithak where we will attempt to comprehend the experiences of Partition through facts, poetry, literature, and personal belongings in order to understand this significant event that changed the subcontinent in every possible sense of the word. We will look at how Partition defines Delhi's culture and internal geography more than anything else, at the Purana Quila, which was used as a refugee camp for many years.
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