Qutub Minar A Peak Into The Delhi Sultanate

On my adventures through Delhi, this location was my final destination. Having pushed through some ridiculously congested streets of Chandni Chowk, the Minar was a wide open space which I could navigate around without the fear of being pick-pocketed or rammed from every direction. Miles from the tremor and the hustle of the unstoppable crowd, Qutub Minar was like a weekend getaway to some hill station without the actual hills.

The Qutub complex was huge, most of it in undeniable ruins. Stories have arisen claiming that the Qutub Minar was built over a location which at a time was home to 27 Hindu and Jain temples. These temples were destroyed by the Muslim invaders for stone and raw materials. Eventually, they would use the materials gathered to build mosques and other religious places important to Islam. The Qutub is one such beautiful tribute to the Muslim faith coming to existence due to the invaders.