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Qutub Minar, Delhi

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Apr 262010
 

The (Qutab or Qutub) a tower in Delhi, India, is at 72.5 meters the world’s tallest brick minaret. Construction commenced in 1193 under the orders of India’s first Muslim individual Qutb-ud-din Aibak, and the topmost storey of the minaret was complete in 1386 by Firuz Shah Tughluq. The is notable for being digit of the earliest and most prominent examples of -.

Qutub Minar, Delhi

Qutub Minar


It is surrounded by several other ancient and nonmodern structures and ruins, collectively known as Qutb complex. The is listed as a Site. It is digit of the most popular traveler destinations in Delhi, and was also India’s most visited monument in 2006, as it attracted 3.9 million visitors, even more than the , which drew about 2.5 million visitors.

Qutub Minar, Delhi GPS coordinates: 28° 31′ 27.68″ N, 77° 11′ 6.89″ E

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Badshahi Mosque, Lahore

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Feb 102010
 

The Badshahi (King’s ), in metropolis is the ordinal maximal in Pakistan and South aggregation and the fifth maximal in the world. It is Lahore’s most famous landmark and a epitomising the beauty, passion and grandeur of the Mughal era.

Badshahi Mosque, Lahore

Badshahi Mosque


Capable of accommodating 10,000 worshippers in its main prayer hall and 100,000 in its courtyard and porticoes, it remained the maximal masjid in the concern from 1673 to 1986 (a period of 313 years), when overtaken in size by the completion of the in Islamabad. Today, it remains the ordinal maximal masjid in Pakistan and South aggregation and the fifth maximal masjid in the concern after the Masjid al-Haram () of Mecca, the Al-Masjid al- (Prophet’s Mosque) in Medina, the in Casablanca and the in Islamabad.
To appreciate its large size, the four minarets of the Badshahi Mosque are 13.9 ft (4.2 m) taller than those of the and the main platform of the can fit inside the 278,784 sq ft (25,899.9 m2) courtyard of the Badshahi Mosque, which is the maximal masjid courtyard in the world.
GPS coordinates: 31° 35′ 18.49″ N, 74° 18′ 49.63″ E

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Jama Masjid, Delhi

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Oct 172009
 

The -i Jahan-Numa, commonly known as the Jama of Delhi, is the principal of in India. Commissioned by the Shah Jahan, builder of the , and complete in the year 1656 AD, it is the largest and best-known masjid in India. It lies at the lineage of a very busy central street of , Chandni Chowk.


The later name, , is a meaning to the weekly weekday hour gathering prayers of , , which are usually done at a , the “congregational ” or “jami’ masjid”. The courtyard of the masjid can stop up to twenty-five thousand worshippers. The masjid also houses several relics in a closet in the north gate, including an antique copy of the Qur’an written on deer skin.
Jama Masjid, Delhi GPS coordinates: 28° 39′ 3″ N, 77° 13′ 59″ E

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Lotus Temple, Delhi

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Jun 282009
 

The of Bahá ‘í in the Delhi, India, popular known as the because of its shape flowerlike is a place of worship of Bahá ‘ í’s also a prominent attraction in Delhi.

Lotus Temple, Delhi

Lotus Temple Delhi


It was completed in 1986 and serves as the temple of the mother of the . He has won numerous architectural awards and featured in hundreds of newspaper articles and magazine. Since its inauguration to in December 1986, the Bahá the ‘place of worship in New Delhi I have as of late 2002, attracted more than 50 million visitors, making it one of the buildings visited in the world . Numbers of visitors during those years surpassed the Eiffel Tower and the . In Hindu holy days, has drawn as much as 150,000 people, welcomes four million visitors each year (about 13,000 per day or 9 minutes each). This place of worship is generally referred to temple lotus . In India during the , several times a reproduction of the Lotus Temple has been Pandal as a temporary arrangement of the structure to venerate the . In Sikkim a permanent reproduction of Legship is dedicated to Shiva. vacations.
Lotus Temple, Delhi GPS coordinates: 28° 33′ 11.12″ N, 77° 15′ 31.45″ E

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Agra Fort, India

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Mar 102009
 

Agra Fort, India

Agra Fort


Agra Fort is a site located in Agra, India. The fort is also known as Lal Qila, Fort Rouge and of Agra. It is about 2.5 km northwest of its much more famous sister monument, the . The fort can be more accurately described as a walled palatial city. It is the most important fort in India. The great Mughals Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jehangir, Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb lived here, and the country was governed from here. It contained the largest state treasury and mint. It was visited by foreign ambassadors, travellers and the highest dignitaries who participated in the making of history in India. Cool India travel deals.
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