Cross section of the Qutub Minar framed within an archway in foggy weather. The archway is a broken stone structure.
The Qutub Minar is a historic structure near South Delhi, built more than 700 years back. This is a photo of the Minar framed within an arch of the remains of a nearby structure, in foggy weather. The Qutb Minar is a historical monument (a central minaret surrounded by other structures, including a very famous Iron Pillar) located in the southern half of the city of Delhi. It is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage monument, with the construction of the minaret having been started in the year 1192, started by the Delhi Sultan Qutub-ud-din and completed some years later by the Sultan Iltutmish. The minaret is meters tall, and has a total of 379 stairs. The minaret is much wider at the bottom and thinner at the top, with the base having a diameter of meters and a diameter at the top of meters at the top. The structure of the minaret is made of red sandstone, and the entire structure has intricate carvings with verses from the Muslim holy book, the Quran. The Qutub Minar is located in a complex having many other structures, and was actually constructed over the remains of the structures built by the Tomar and Chauhan kings (who were the last Hindu rulers of the city of Delhi, before Delhi started to be ruled by the sultans). Over the centuries, the minaret has suffered damage, with earthquake and lightning damaging the upper storeys of the building, and repairs have been carried out over the centuries, although some of the repairs and restorations were not exactly the same as the original. Before 1981, tourists were allowed to climb the steps of the minaret, but in that year, a combination of school children and a power cut caused a deadly stampede in the narrow staircase, and this caused the death of around 45 people, among them a large number of children. After this tragedy, the entry of tourists inside the minaret was prohibited.
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Location: Qutub Minar, New Delhi, India
Photo credit: © Ashish Agarwal / Alamy / Afripics
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