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An Afternoon in Qutab Minar.

November 2009

Qutab Minar located in Mehrauli in Delhi is a World Heritage monument. A beautiful place to visit one can spend half a day here with the beautiful minarets built in 1193 AD. Being a relatively quite Satuday we planned to just visit our neighbour which we always cited in journeys as a lofty pillar from afar, making vague promises of visiting it soon. The day just came in and a quick desicion drove our spirits to fulfill our long last promise which took 10 years to fulfill.

Qutab Minar was crowded as we expected (both local and tourists) some curious with audio guides paying keen attention at each audio point to grasp information and others were in for just a picnic posing around relics for photographs and others who just wanted to spend their time outside and it just so happened that Qutab Minar is the place.

Delhi is perhaps the most important metropolitan city in India. Being the capital city of the country it is the seat of power. Through the annals of history, Delhi has been the most coveted place for the Indians as well as the foreign invaders. The city has a large population and it is a melting pot for people all over the country who have come here and made it their own.

Well the imposing standstone pillar is beautiful Indo-Islamic architecture. It is said that the qutab complex had 27 temples which was later converted to the Qutub Minar by the Muslim rulers. There is the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque which was probably the earliest mosque by the muslims in Delhi. There is also a tower of victory which has many controverseys sorrounding it, the iron pillar which is now protected otherwise we could embrace our backs and place a wish. The pillars has writings on it in urdu which has been interpreted in a picture below.

A little away is the Alai Minar which was planned to be built much loftier than the Qutab Minar but was never completed. The complex is well maintained and neat. Posting some pictures