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Herein lies a king: A day in the life of Alauddin Khilji’s tomb

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The visitors this Saturday bear the impressions of Khilji from Padmaavat to his tomb.
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The visitors this Saturday bear the impressions of Khilji from Padmaavat to his tomb.
The visitors this Saturday bear the impressions of Khilji from Padmaavat to his tomb.

NEW DELHI:

It is a sunny Saturday winter afternoon, and Qutb Complex is teeming with people, including Indian and foreign tourists, photographers and a new breed of Instagrammars, travel bloggers, children, love-struck couples, families, and young boys and girls celebrating their birthdays.

Walking past the towering corbelled arched gateways of Quwwat-ul-Islam Masjid, considered North India’s first mosque and built by Iltutmish nearly 800 years ago, in the shadow of the 238-ft-tall Qutb Minar, a young woman nudges her husband, pointing to a red sandstone block, supplanted on a green cover.

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Credits: indianexpress.com

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