In 1936 Lady Willingdon, wife of the then–Governor-General of India, had two villages demolished to landscape a park containing a collection of Lodhi-era tombs. Today, lush, tree-shaded Lodhi Garden – a favored getaway for Delhi’s elite, local joggers and courting couples – helps protect more than 100 species of trees and 50 species of birds and butterflies, as well as half a dozen captivating 15th- and 16th-century tombs from the Sayyid and Lodhi Dynasties.
The twin tombs of Bada Gumbad and Sheesh Gumbad, both built in 1494, the bulbous Mohammed Shah's Tomb (1450) and the fortress-like walled complex of Sikander Lodi's Tomb (1518) are the park’s most notable structures, but also look for Athpula, an eight-pier bridge spanning a small lake, which dates from Emperor Akbar’s reign.
