Missed the view from the top of the Qutub MinarIJ You can now see what it looks like
The Qutub Minar along with the Taj Mahal and the Red Fort are the three most searched destinations online..What is interesting about the view from Qutub is that the vista changes from every floor. The stretch of greenery juxtaposed with construction changes as you go higher.
Qutub Minar is a minaret that forms part of the Qutub complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mehrauli area of Delhi, India. Made of red sandstone and marble, Qutub Minar is a 73 metre tall tapering tower of five storeys, with a 14.3 metre base diameter, reducing to 2.7 metre at the peak. It contains a spiral staircase of 379 steps. Its design is thought to have been based on the Minaret of Jam, in western Afghanistan.Qutub Ud-Din-Aibak, founder of the Delhi
Sultanate, started construction of the Qutub Minar’s first storey around 1192. In 1220, Aibak’s successor and son-in-law Iltutmish completed a further three storeys. In 1369, a lightning strike destroyed the top storey. Firoz Shah Tughlaq replaced the damaged storey, and added one more.
The Minar is surrounded by several historically significant monuments of the Qutub complex, including Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque, which was built at the same time as the Minar, and the much older Iron Pillar of Delhi. The nearby pillared Cupola known as “Smith’s Folly” is a remnant of the tower’s 19th century restoration, which included an ill-advised attempt to add a sixth storey.