Qutub Minar
Seventy-three metres of carved sandstone begun in 1193, still the tallest brick minaret anywhere.
- Where
- New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 28.5245, 77.1855
Get the Qutub Minar stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Qutub Minar. 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 Qutub Minar
Adham Khan's Tomb 0.4 km
The Bhool Bhulaiyaa on the Mehrauli road.
Mehrauli Archaeological Park 0.4 km
A hundred monuments spanning a thousand years in one wooded park, most of them unlabelled and unvisited.
Rajon ki Baoli 0.5 km
A Lodi period stepwell in Mehrauli, named for the masons who later lived in it rather than for a king.
Qila Rai Pithora 1.7 km
Lal Kot, the earliest of Delhi's cities, whose walls still run through the ground around the Qutb.
Khirki Masjid 3.4 km
A fourteenth century mosque with a roof over most of it and latticed windows for the name.
Hauz Khas Complex 3.4 km
A royal reservoir, a madrasa and a tomb around a lake dug in the thirteenth century to water a new city.
Barakhamba 3.5 km
A Tughlaq tomb in Delhi whose name simply counts its pillars, twelve of them.
Siri Fort 4.8 km
The second city of Delhi, built by Alauddin Khalji against the Mongols, now a wall and an auditorium.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Delhi
Questions
Where is Qutub Minar?
Qutub Minar is in New Delhi, Delhi. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Adham Khan's Tomb (0.4 km), Mehrauli Archaeological Park (0.4 km), Rajon ki Baoli (0.5 km).
How do I get the Qutub Minar stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Qutub Minar 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 Qutub Minar 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.
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