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Begumpuri Masjid & Bijay Mandal

Delhi, Delhi, India

4.1 (0)

Overview

A vast, empty 14th-century congregational mosque in Jahanpanah, and the ruined Bijay Mandal palace-mound where Ibn Battuta watched Muhammad bin Tughlaq hold court.

Why visit: Grand, ghostly Tughlaq Delhi with almost no one else there.

Things to do

›Arcaded courtyard
›Bijay Mandal mound
›Jahanpanah walls
›Kalu Sarai lanes

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Mar

Entry fee

Free

Est. budget

₹100–300

Duration

1–2 hrs

Nearby attractions

Within

1.2 km

🍲 Local Experience

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Hauz Khas to Green Park Café & Design Trail

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South Delhi's boutique belt — Shahpur Jat's designer studios and murals, Hauz Khas galleries and the SDA-Green Park café-and-bookshop lanes.

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📍 Nature

4.3

Deer Park & Rose Garden, Hauz Khas

New Delhi, Delhi

A green sprawl of spotted-deer enclosures, a rabbit-and-peacock corner, a rose garden and old tombs — the calm counterpart to Hauz Khas Village above.

Oct–Mar; mornings1–2 hrsExplore

1.6 km

🍲 Local Experience

4.4

Hauz Khas Village & Deer Park

Delhi, Delhi

Firoz Shah's 14th-century madrasa and reservoir edge where boutiques, rooftop bars and galleries pack a medieval village above a lake and deer park.

Oct–Mar; sunsetHalf dayExplore

2.2 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Museum

4.4

Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA)

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India's leading private modern-and-contemporary collection — Husain, Gaitonde and Sher-Gil among rotating shows — free, in Saket's mall district.

Year-round (closed Mon)2 hrsExplore

2.3 km

📍 Shopping

4.3

Select Citywalk & Saket Malls

New Delhi, Delhi

South Delhi's premier retail-and-leisure cluster — Select Citywalk's brands and food court, the DLF Avenue, cinemas and the KNMA gallery beside.

Year-roundHalf dayExplore

2.3 km

💎 Hidden Gem🏛️ Historical

4.1

Khirki Masjid & Satpula

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A fortress-like covered mosque of 1354 with latticed 'windows', beside the Satpula seven-arched water-weir of Firoz Shah's Delhi — in artsy Khirki village.

Oct–Mar1–2 hrsExplore

3.1 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Nature

4.3

Sanjay Van

Delhi, Delhi

A 780-acre wild forest-reserve on the south-central ridge — jackal-and-peafowl trails, a lake, Sufi shrines and 'haunted' lore beloved of trail-runners.

Oct–Mar; morningsHalf dayExplore

3.1 km

📍 Heritage

4.6

The world's tallest brick minaret — 73 m of fluted red sandstone and marble rising in five carved storeys over the ruins of the Qutb complex, beside the rust-proof 1,600-year-old Iron Pillar that still baffles metallurgists.

Oct–Mar2–3 hrsExplore

3.1 km

📍 Festival

4.3

Qutub Festival & Delhi's Cultural Season

Delhi, Delhi

The winter arts calendar — classical music under the Qutub, the Sunder Nursery festival, Jahan-e-Khusrau Sufi nights and the Ananya dance festival at Purana Qila.

Nov–Mar (festival dates vary)EveningsExplore

3.2 km

💎 Hidden Gem🛕 Religious

4.1

Yogmaya Temple, Mehrauli

Delhi, Delhi

One of Delhi's few surviving pre-Sultanate temples — Krishna's sister-goddess, tied by legend to the Mahabharata and the Phoolwalon ki Sair unity festival.

Oct–Mar; Phoolwalon ki Sair1 hrExplore

3.2 km

📍 Shopping

4.3

Dilli Haat, INA

New Delhi, Delhi

A permanent crafts village-bazaar — rotating state stalls of handloom and handicraft and a food court of every region's thali under thatched roofs.

Oct–MarHalf dayExplore

3.6 km

💎 Hidden Gem🏛️ Historical

4.5

Mehrauli Archaeological Park

Delhi, Delhi

A 200-acre green sprawl of a thousand years — Balban's tomb, Jamali-Kamali's jewel mosque, Metcalfe's follies and Rajon ki Baoli among the Qutub's shadow.

Oct–MarHalf dayExplore