Qutb Minar
The Qutb Minar, also spelled Qutub Minar and Qutab Minar, is a minaret and victory tower, built during the Delhi sultanate, and comprising the Qutb complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mehrauli, South Delhi, India.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Garden of Five Senses and Qila Rai Pithora.
Garden of Five Senses
Park
Photo: Sanskari, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Garden of Five Senses is a park in Delhi, India. Spread over 20 acres, the park is located in Saidul Ajaib village, opposite Saket, near the Mehrauli heritage area. Garden of Five Senses is situated 340 metres south of Qutb Minar.
Qila Rai Pithora
Park
Photo: Roboture, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Qila Rai Pithora or Lal Kot is a fortified complex in present-day Delhi, which includes the Qutb Minar complex. It was constructed in the reign of Tomar Rajput ruler Anangpal Tomar between c. Qila Rai Pithora is situated 600 metres northwest of Qutb Minar.
Qutb Minar complex
Photo: Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GFDL.
The Qutb Minar complex are monuments and buildings from the Delhi Sultanate at Mehrauli in Delhi, India. Construction of the Qutub Minar "victory tower" in the complex, named after the religious figure Sufi Saint Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki, was begun by Qutb-ud-din Aibak, who later became the first Sultan of Delhi of the Mamluk dynasty. Qutb Minar complex is situated 1½ km northwest of Qutb Minar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saket and Mehrauli.
Saket
Suburb
Photo: Amartyabag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saket is a residential colony and the administrative headquarters of the South Delhi district of Delhi in India. The local district headquarters are also situated on M.B.
Mehrauli
Suburb
Mehrauli is a neighbourhood in South Delhi, Delhi, India. It represents a constituency in the Delhi Legislative Assembly. The area is close to Gurugram and next to Vasant Kunj.
Malviya Nagar
Suburb
Malviya Nagar is a residential locality in South Delhi. Situated between Saket and Hauz Khas, its namesake is the freedom fighter Madan Mohan Malviya. Malviya Nagar was initially a part of the Shahpur Jat village, in which after partition was populated in the 1950s by refugees from Pakistan, after the Partition of India.
Qutb Minar
- Type: Monument
- Also known as: “Kutb” and “Qutb”
- Location: Hauz Khas, South Delhi, Delhi, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
28.51667° or 28° 31′ northLongitude
77.2° or 77° 12′ eastElevation
240 metres (787 feet)Open location code
7JWVG58X+MXGeoNames ID
1259089
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In Other Languages
“Qutb Minar” goes by many names.
- Tamil: “குதுப் மினார்”
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