India — Secretariat Buildings, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Visiting the Secretariat Buildings in New Delhi
May 2016
The Secretariat Buildings are a group of administrative buildings built in New Delhi between 1912 and 1931. The sandstone buildings are on Raisina Hill near the India Gate (इंडिया गेट) and are quite imposing.
Herbert Baker designed the Secretariat Buildings. The buildings incorporate neo-Renaissance features such as the domes and the columns. Added to the neo-Renaissance features are Indian elements such as chhatris (canopies), jalis (carved perforated screens), chhajja (dripstone), carved brackets, and elephant heads on Corinthian pillars.
Today, the buildings contain important ministries of the Indian Government.
One interesting feature of the Secretariat Building site are the four Dominion Columns.
The four red sandstone columns stand between the Secretariat blocks and were gifts from the four Dominion territories of the British Empire — Canada, Australia, New Zealand and…
