Rashtrapati Bhavan - At Home With the President of India

Built in the back drop of creating a perpetual durbar, an empire of stone, the architecture of the residence of Indian President is much inspired from Hindu temples and architecture. This permanent institution of Democracy was preserved to protect the Constitution of India and was hence renamed as Rashtrapati Bhavan – the President’s House. The erstwhile residence of British Viceroy, the current home of President of India took over 17 years to complete construction as against the planned four years.

Spread over four floors with 2,00,000sft using 700 million bricks, the architecture marvel of Rashtrapati Bhavan is inspired from the Sanchi Stupa (the dome above the structure and the encircled railings). The structural designs of chajjas, chhatris, jaalis, and delicate floral and geometric designs, use of bells with Hellenic Style in the pillars are typically Indian with a blend of European style to enhance the aesthetics and utility. The building also includes the Moghal gardens and service quarters. Visitors are allowed to view the building on specified dates with prior booking at nominal fee.

The rooms where Chakravarty Rajagopalachari the first Governor General of India resided, is currently converted to the family wing of the President and the erstwhile Viceroy’s apartments is now the Guest Wing where representatives of other countries stay during their visit to India.

This is one of the largest residences of any Head of State across the world and the architecture fascinates every person across the globe. Rashtrapati Bhavan is a vast mansion with breath-taking architecture, the existence of which is registered as the Home of President of India.