The walk begins at the Lal Jain Mandir, the Digambar Jain Mandir dating back to the time of Shahjahan and the Shiv Mandir built by Appa Gangadhar Rao, a Maratha chieftain on the late 18th century.
After a short introductory about Chandni Chowk and Landmark events at this busiest market in all of Asia if not in all of the world, talk about Moti Cinema, the venue of many crucial conferences during our struggle for freedom, when Moti Cinema was a Hall that doubled up as a Parsi Theatre Auditorium.
We carry on to Begum Samru’s Palace, now known as Bhagirath Palace, walk past the Central Baptist Church built 1814, the oldest Church in Delhi, Gurudwara Sheesh Ganj The site of the beheading of Guru Tegh Bahadur and three of his disciples on the orders of Aurangzeb.
Next to the Gurudwara is the Sunehri Masjid, built by one of the nobles of Aurangzeb for a wandring sifi who began living next to the Kotwali, it is from the Steps of this mosque that Nadir Shah ordered the massacre of Dilliwallahs in 1739, right opposite is the Fountain built on the orders of Lord Northbrook, the location for heated debates between Arya Samajists and Christian missionaries and this is just the beginning we have Katra Shahenshahi, Punjab opticals, Ghantewala, Annapurna, Natraj Dahi Bhalle Waala,Town Hall, Chhunnamal’s Haveli, Gali Qasim Jaan, Ghalib’s Haveli and much more the walk takes upwards of three hours, time taken to eat the large number of delicacies on offer not included.
Delhi Heritage Walks with Sohail Hashmi 