The magnificent Qutub early morning on a holiday.

It was a holiday this last Friday and I reached the magnificent Qutub very early in the morning. The Qutub has been attracting me for so many years. I distinctly remember my being awe struck when I saw it for the first time in early 1987. 

The elegant and beautiful Qutub Minar.

Ever since I have been coming again and again. The massive and beautiful tower is visible from a distance and as you reach nearer you gasp in wonder how they could build this masterpiece nearly a thousand years ago.

The eastern Gate to Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque with Iron Pillar seen.

The Iron Pillar and the screens of Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque.

The Pillar of the mosque are all from the temples of the time.

The five storeyed structure is fabulously beautiful. Admire its different storeys each having different pattern. If you love photography you can shoot it from different places and angles within the Qutub complex.

The beautiful Qutub Minar as seen amid screens of the mosque.

The incomplete Alai Minar and the Qutub.

The beautiful Qutub, Alai Darwaza and Tomb of Imam Azim.

The Madarasa of Alauddin Khilji.

Chaumukha Darwaza near MetCalf's Follies.

One of the MetCalf's Follies in the Qutub Complex.

You can also admire the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque, its pillars from the destroyed temple structures, the magnificent Iron Pillar which has not rusted for nearly 2000 years, the beautiful screens of the mosque, beautiful tomb of Iltutmish who completed the Qutub, beautiful Alai Darwaza, Alai tomb and Madarsa, Tomb of Imam Azim, Smith's Folly which used to be at the top of Minar for some years and the incomplete Alai Minar which Alauddin thought would be double the size of the Qutub but could not complete even the first storey of the structure. Near the entrance of the Qutub is the Mughal time mosque, serai and the garden. Also one can see the MetCalf's follies in the form of a spiral and pyramid.

Overall the most important monument and most magnificent in Delhi.