Qila Rāi Bithora
Qila Rāi Bithora is a fort in Mehrauli, South Delhi, Delhi. Qila Rāi Bithora is situated nearby to the park Qila Rai Pithora, as well as near the suburb Mehrauli.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Qila Rai Pithora and Qutb Minar complex.
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 120 metres southwest of Qila Rāi Bithora.
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 1 km northwest of Qila Rāi Bithora.
Qutb Minar
Monument
Photo: Akbarzoda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Qutb Minar is situated 1 km northwest of Qila Rāi Bithora.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mehrauli and Saket.
Mehrauli
Suburb
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.
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.
Qila Rāi Bithora
- Type: Fort
- Also known as: “Qila Rai Bithora”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Mehrauli, South Delhi, Delhi, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
28.5204° or 28° 31′ 13″ northLongitude
77.19536° or 77° 11′ 43″ eastElevation
245 metres (804 feet)Open location code
7JWVG5CW+54GeoNames ID
10262996
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