Now tickets to Qutub Minar is available at discounted prices

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

In order to encourage night-time tourism at Qutub Minar and assist visitors keep away from queues at the entry ticket counter at the same time, the ministry of culture is currently providing considerable discount on tickets. However, discounted tickets are available through online booking or by scanning the QR code through their mobile phones only.

It is being presumed that the ministry will provide discounted tickets for other monuments located in Delhi as well. In the meantime, the discounted price for a ticket to enter Qutub Minar to Indian visitors will be INR 35 as an alternative of INR 40, whereas foreigners can get their ticket at INR 600 which is INR 50 less than the previous cost.

In addition, the ministry has lighted up the Qutub Minar from 7 PM to 11 PM with architectural LED lights. It costs about INR 16615. This plan has been taken to support night tourism, and has cost approximately four crore rupees to the government.

To boost up tourist visits at monuments all over Delhi like the Red Fort, Humayun’s Tomb and Safdarjung Tomb have been increased to up to 9 PM.

In Delhi, Qutub Minar is one of the oldest surviving monuments. It dates back to the year 1192. It was constructed by Qutb ud Din Aibak, the founder of Delhi Sultante.

The uppermost storey of the minar was damaged by lightning in 1369, and was reconstructed by Firuz Shah Tughlaq, who got another storey added to the existing minaret. Over the years, the Qutub Minar has suffered damage due to the natural elements such as earthquake.

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