Humayun's Tomb The Best Place to Visit in Delhi

Besides known as the capital of India, Delhi is an abode of sites of historical significance such as Red Fort, Qutb Minar, Lotus Temple, and Jama Masjid. Delhi has always been on top in the list of best tourist place in India.

Qutub Minar, a Place to Visit in Delhi

Qutub Minar is also written as Qutab Minar is one of the tallest Minars and popular historical place in India. It is an Islamic monument and is added among the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Qutub Minar is one of the best places to visit in Delhi made of red sandstone and marble. Qutab Minar is five storeys Minar and each Minar has separate balcony. The base of the Qutub Minar is about 15 meter and reaches up to top level it decrease to only 2.5 meter. Adjacent to Qutb Minar there is also a small mosque, called Ul- Islam Mosque which is the first mosque to be built in India.

Qutub Minar Photos

Qutub Minar History and Height

The foundation of Minar was laid by Qutbuddin Aibak who considered the very first Muslim Sultan of Delhi in 1193. It got completed by Shams –ud-din lltutmish, the founder of the Delhi Sultanate. The total  

Height of Qutab Minar is approximately 73 meter, second highest Minar in India after Chappar Chiri, Mohali, that is 100 meter high. The history of Qutb Minar is very controversial; some people believe Qutab Minar was built as a tower of victory in the beginning of Muslim rule in India. The architecture of Qutab Minar describes the intricate carvings and verses from the Quran, a holy book of Muslim Community.

Qutb Minar Timmings and Tickets

Today, Qutb Minar has been converted into most popular tourist place in India which is visited by thousands of tourist across the globe every day. Apart from this, Qutab Minar is the first monument in India offers E-ticket facility. Qutb Minar is located in Mehrauli, New Delhi and is very close Delhi Metro station. Qutb Minar remains open from Monday to Saturday morning 10 am to 5 pm. The phone number of Qutub Minar is 91-11-24647005.

Chandni Chowk Historical Places in India

It is quite true that your visit to Delhi is incomplete until you give your stay to its most popular market Chandni Chowk. It is adjacent to world famous Lal Qila (Red Fort) and Fathepuri Mosque. The market is one of the oldest markets falls in the area of Old Delhi, also referred to as Central Delhi. Old Delhi is one of the top places to visit in India, because of its historical importance, as Old Delhi is encircled with numerous historical monuments.

Brief History of Chandni Chowk

Chandni Chowk is the one of the worth seeing historical places in India that dates back to 17^th century, when ‘Jahan Ara’ daughter of ‘ShahJahan’, the great Mughal Emperor who ruled over the India near the 17^th century, laid it; Chandni chowk was developed in 1650 to accomplish this fort. Today, this market has turned into the largest trading center in North India which is divided in various galis (lanes) like Jewelry lane, textile lane, and most popular Paranthe wali gali, (Fried Indian bread lane).

 

Paranthe Wali Gali, Chandni Chowk, Delhi

Famous Shops around the Chandni Chowk Delhi

Old Delhi is surrounded with many popular shops which attract thousands of visitors every, and make notable among the north India tourism sites.

Paranthe Wali Gali: It is one of the lanes in Chandni Chowk, known for its variety of vegetarian paranthas (fried bread).  This lane is consists of few shops engaged in selling paranthas (fried bread). These shops are world famous in Delhi, and have been glorified by published in many local-national newspapers and journals.  They serve pure vegetarian paranthas and do not add onion and garlic in them, as shop owners are ‘Brahmin’, an Indian caste. Varieties of paranthas are made here that includes cauliflower parantha, potato parantha, mix parantha, cheese parantha, almond parantha, cashew parantha etc. This lane was earlier used to known as silverware shop lane, until these bread shops were setup here. First parantha shop was established in 1872, these shops are so famous even country’s first prime minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru also ate parantha here along with Indira Gandhi.

Street Food, Delhi

Ghantewala Halwai Chandni Chowk: It is one of the oldest and most popular confectioner in area who has been catered Mughal Emperors. The shop was setup in 1790 quite famous for its Sohan Halwa, a kind of sweet.

Chaatwala: It is other famous shop at Chandni Chowk , known for its delicious fruit chart. The shop was setup in 1923.

More Shops at Chandni Chowk: There are many shops here which are quite famous among the few are Natraj’s Dahi Bhalle, Gianiji ka Falooda, Meghraj and Sons, Kanwarji Bhagirathmal Dalbijiwallah, Annapurna Bhandar etc.

Places to visit near Chandni Chowk 

Delhi is epicenter of historical places in India, there are many worth visiting places are near the market among the few are

Jain Lal Mandir: It is beautiful Jain temple built in 1656; there is also a bird hospital inside it which was setup in 1929

Sis Ganj Gurudwara Shahib: It is beautiful gurdwara built in 1783, in the memory of 9^th Sikh Guru, Guru Teg Bahadur ji.

Fathepuri Mosque: It is other one of the historical places in Delhi set up by Fathepuri Begum in 1650.

How To Reach Chandni Chowk

Delhi is easily accessible through all mediums of transport (road, air and railway) from any part of India. You can reach here easily through bus, flights and rail, and local transport is easily available to make you reach Chandni Chowk.