Qutab Minar Visit

Qutab Minar is a soaring, 73 m high tower of victory, built in 1193 by Qutab-ud-din Aibak immediately after the defeat of Delhi's last Hindu kingdom. The tower has five distinct floors, each marked by a projecting balcony and tapers from a 15 m diameter at the base to just 2.5 m at the top. The first three floors are made of red sandstone; the fourth and fifth floors are of marble and sandstone. At the foot of the tower is the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque, the first mosque to be built in India. An inscription over its eastern gate provocatively informs that it was built with material obtained from demolishing '27 Hindu temples'. A 7 meter high iron pillar stands in the courtyard of the mosque. It is said that if you can encircle it with your hands while standing with your back to it your wish will be fulfilled. 

Its an amazing structure to think it was built so long ago.  The photos don't really do it justice (I'm not a professional photographer) as you can't appreciate the sheer scale.  I was convinced that the structure was leaning to one side slightly but everyone assured me that it is perfectly straight.  However if you look at my photo to the left it really does look tilted to me.

The big advantage of this attraction is that it is right in Delhi (so no long coach/taxi rides) and it’s not far from the Metro which runs through Delhi so it’s very inexpensive to get to.

The pricing for this, in line with other major Indian attractions, is 250 Rupees for foreigners and 10 Rupees for Indians.  I think £2.50 for seeing this amazing site is well worth it

In one of the pictures below you'll see a "stump" this is where one of the previous Indian rulers tried to make a second tower but failed miserably but it makes for a impressive pile of stones.  On the photo on the right below you will also see the 7 m high iron pillar I mentioned above.