Alai Minar
Alai Minar is a historic building in Mehrauli, South Delhi, Delhi. Alai Minar is situated nearby to Mughal Mosque, as well as near Mughal Garden.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Qutb Minar complex and 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 130 metres southeast of Alai Minar.
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 150 metres south of Alai Minar.
Iron pillar of Delhi
Monument
Photo: Pawan.kamrani, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The iron pillar of Delhi is a metal structure 7.21 metres high with a 41-centimetre diameter that was constructed by Chandragupta II, and now stands in the Qutb complex at Mehrauli in Delhi, India. Iron pillar of Delhi is situated 120 metres south of Alai Minar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mehrauli and Saket.
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.
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. Saket is situated 3 km east of Alai Minar.
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. Malviya Nagar is situated 3 km east of Alai Minar.
Alai Minar
- Type: Historic building
- Description: Alai Minar in Qutub complex
- Categories: unfinished building, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Mehrauli, South Delhi, Delhi, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
28.5258° or 28° 31′ 33″ northLongitude
77.18535° or 77° 11′ 7″ eastOpen location code
7JWVG5GP+84OpenStreetMap ID
way 476004365OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingWikidata ID
Q62915972
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Alai Minar” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “علاء منار”
- Bengali: “আলাই মিনার”
- Gujarati: “અલાઈ મિનાર”
- Hindi: “अलाई मीनार”
- Turkish: “Alai Minare”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mughal Mosque and Mughal Garden.
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