New Dehli - We booked a private car for 2,500 Rupee (S$ 44) for 8hrs and first went to Qutub Minar, this is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in South Dehli. Qutub Minar is a minaret which is a slender tower, typically part of a mosque, with a balcony from which a muezzin calls Muslims to prayer.
Foreign tourist pays Rp600 and local Indians pay Rp 40 - that's 15x. The whole area which is essential an ancient Sultan tomb is a big area.
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| The unfinished Alai Minar |
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| Ruins around the Qutub Minar |
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| Lesley pushing the Qutub Minar |
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| In front of Qutub Minar |
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| Qutub Minar |
The Qutb Minar is 72.5 metres (239 ft) high, making it the tallest minaret in the world built of bricks. It has five distinct storeys, each marked by a projecting balcony carried on muqarnas (it is a type of corbel, used as a decorative element in traditional Islamic architecture) and tapers from a diameter 14.3 metres at the base to 2.7 metres at the top, which is 379 steps. |
| Iron Pillar |
On this famous 'Iron Pillar' bears a Sanskrit inscription.
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| Translation on the Iron Pillar |
We spent about an hour walking around the huge Qutub Minar compound.
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| Architectural marvel |
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