Metroji clue #4

New Delhi in five emoji

India

New Delhi is the planned capital built by the British in the 1910s, sitting inside the much older Delhi. The clue covers both halves.

What each emoji refers to

Jama Masjid was finished in 1656 and is still one of India's largest mosques.
Akshardham and the Lotus Temple both draw millions of visitors a year.
Delhi cooking runs hot. The chaat stalls of Chandni Chowk are the shorthand for it.
Elephants run through Mughal-era carving, court records and the city's older iconography.
The National Gallery of Modern Art sits on the Rajpath axis.

New Delhi at a glance

Country
India
Coordinates
28.61° N, 77.21° E
First played
Also accepted
Delhi

Nearest cities in the game

Distances are great-circle, the same measure the game reports after a wrong guess. The arrow is the direction you would need to travel from New Delhi.

City Distance Direction
LahorePakistan 420 km
IslamabadPakistan 690 km
KathmanduNepal 800 km
KabulAfghanistan 1,000 km
KarachiPakistan 1,100 km
MumbaiIndia 1,150 km

Nearest cities we have written up

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