Monday, June 6, 2011

Walkway through Qutab Minar

Monday, June 6 2011 i was sitting in my apartment at Gurgaon, feeling lonely all day and doesn't know the reason why i am feeling low. I dropped my wife to her office and came back home. The entire afternoon i was sitting only watching some futile television show. At 5pm suddenly i had a click to do something which would kill my loneliness. I went straight drive to Qutub Minar situated at a distance of 15 km from my house. I parked my car and entered the Qutub Minar premises.


"Qutub Minar" the tall and ever gorgeous monument of Delhi. This extraordinary piece of architecture can be spotted from most parts of the city. The striking feature of this attractive monument is its unique structure and at the same time question arises "why Qutub Minar has such unique structure?". The reason may be "Qutub minar symbolizes Victory for Mughals.



It is the world's tallest brick minaret made up of buff sandstone with a height of 72.5 meters (237.8 ft). Construction was started by Qutb-ud-din Aibak who won Delhi from the Prithviraj under Muhammad Ghori as his commander in chief, and finished by Iltutmish, The Qutub Minar is notable for being one of the earliest and most prominent examples of Indo-Islamic architecture. It is surrounded by several other ancient and medieval structures and ruins, collectively known as Qutub complex.
Qutub minar comes under UNESCO World Heritage Site.





































Reference: Wikipedia.