Purana Qila
Sher Shah Suri's fort on ground that has been continuously occupied for two and a half thousand years.
- Where
- New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Grade
- National monument
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 5 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 28.6096, 77.2437
Get the Purana Qila stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Purana Qila. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Delhi volume with your photos and a note.
Near Purana Qila
Qila-i-Kuhna Mosque 0.1 km
Sher Shah's mosque inside the Purana Qila, five arches in marble and red sandstone.
Khair-ul-Manzil 0.5 km
A mosque and madrasa opposite the Purana Qila built by Akbar's wet nurse, and where he was nearly assassinated.
National Zoological Park Delhi 0.6 km
A hundred and seventy six acres of zoo in the middle of New Delhi.
National Gallery of Modern Art 0.9 km
Jaipur House in New Delhi, holding more than seventeen thousand works of modern Indian art.
Sunder Nursery 1.4 km
Ninety acres of Mughal tombs turned into a park.
India Gate 1.4 km
A war memorial to the Indian soldiers who died in the First World War, with more than thirteen thousand names cut into its stone.
Humayun's Tomb 1.9 km
The first great Mughal garden tomb in India, and the rehearsal for everything the dynasty built afterwards, the Taj included.
Nizamuddin Dargah 2.0 km
The shrine of a Sufi saint who died in 1325, where qawwali has been sung every Thursday evening since.
More national monuments in Delhi
Questions
Where is Purana Qila?
Purana Qila is in New Delhi, Delhi. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Qila-i-Kuhna Mosque (0.1 km), Khair-ul-Manzil (0.5 km), National Zoological Park Delhi (0.6 km).
How do I get the Purana Qila stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Purana Qila and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Delhi volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Purana Qila before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Delhi volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
LOQAH is free on iPhone and Android, in India and 20 more countries, with more countries on the way. Stand at a place, collect its stamp, and keep every trip in a passport that grows.