Sightseeing Catalog
253 forts, temples, ghats, havelis and heritage sites across ten cities — browse by category, or search for something specific.
City
Category
Fort/Palace
Old Delhi
The red sandstone imperial citadel of Shah Jahan's Delhi, once the centre of Mughal power and still one of the city's defining landmarks.
Temples
A vast, intricately carved modern temple complex on the banks of the Yamuna, Akshardham pairs traditional stone and wood craftsmanship with exhibitions on Indian culture and spirituality.
Tomb/Garden
Nizamuddin East
A monumental garden tomb whose geometry and double dome helped establish an architectural language that later reached its finest expression in the Taj Mahal.
Mosque
One of India's largest historic mosques, commissioned by Shah Jahan and still surrounded by the energetic streets of Old Delhi.
Minaret/Archaeological Complex
Mehrauli
A spectacular archaeological complex spanning several centuries of Delhi's history, centred on the soaring Qutb Minar and surrounded by early Indo-Islamic monuments.
Other Sacred Sites
Shaped like a blooming lotus in white marble, this Bahá'í House of Worship welcomes visitors of every faith into a vast, silent hall built purely for quiet reflection.
Memorial
Kartavya Path
Delhi's best-known war memorial, standing at the heart of the capital along the ceremonial avenue leading towards the presidential district.
Heritage & Archaeological Sites
A simple black marble platform marks the spot where Mahatma Gandhi was cremated — an eternal flame and quiet lawns make it one of Delhi's most contemplative memorials.
Fort
Mathura Road
A formidable old fort associated with the layered history of Delhi, with massive gateways, walls and surviving Mughal-era structures.
Tughlaqabad
The massive ruins of Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq's ambitious capital create one of Delhi's most dramatic fortified landscapes.
A smaller companion fort built near Tughlaqabad, preserving another chapter in Delhi's Sultanate-era defensive landscape.
Fort/Archaeological Site
ITO
The remains of Firoz Shah Tughlaq's fourteenth-century city include a palace-fort, mosque and ancient Ashokan pillar.
Lodhi Road
An elegant eighteenth-century garden tomb often described as one of the last major monuments of the Mughal architectural tradition.
Tombs/Garden
Lodhi Garden
A peaceful garden of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century tombs where monumental architecture sits among lawns, trees and old pathways.
Tomb
Nizamuddin
An elegant marble tomb with a forest of slender pillars, creating a strikingly quiet space within the historic Nizamuddin area.
A graceful pre-Mughal garden tomb with octagonal form, decorative canopies and a strong sense of symmetry.
Humayun's Tomb complex
A small but atmospheric structure within the Humayun's Tomb precinct, part of the rich collection of monuments surrounding the imperial tomb.
A distinctive blue-domed tomb standing near the Nizamuddin area, offering a glimpse into Delhi's varied pre-Mughal and Mughal funerary architecture.
A lesser-known historic tomb whose simple name refers to its distinctive multiple-columned form.
A landmark of Delhi's early Sultanate architecture, traditionally associated with one of the first surviving true arches and domed forms in the city.
A compact, fortified marble-and-stone tomb set apart from the city, showing the austere architectural character of the Tughlaq period.
Malviya Nagar
A striking red sandstone tomb with a strong geometric profile, representing the architectural language of the Delhi Sultanate.
Tomb/Mosque/Reservoir
Hauz Khas
A beautiful medieval ensemble of a reservoir, madrasa, mosque and royal tombs, now set within one of Delhi's most vibrant neighbourhoods.
Chirag Delhi
A simple but historically important tomb associated with the founder of the Lodi dynasty and the development of Delhi's late Sultanate architecture.
Dargah
One of Delhi's most important Sufi shrines, centred on the tomb of Nizamuddin Auliya and surrounded by centuries of devotional tradition.
Mosque/Tomb
A compact Mughal-era mosque and tomb complex that rewards visitors interested in the quieter architectural details around Humayun's Tomb.
A richly decorated early Mughal-period mosque and tomb complex associated with the poet Jamali, with fine ornamental details.
A large fourteenth-century mosque associated with the Tughlaq period, notable for its broad courtyard and monumental scale.
A revered Sufi shrine associated with Nasiruddin Mahmud Chiragh-i-Delhi, continuing a long tradition of spiritual life in the capital.
A small historic mosque whose restrained form reflects the intimate scale of many Mughal-period religious buildings.
Garden/Monuments
A beautifully restored heritage landscape near Humayun's Tomb, combining Mughal garden design, historic monuments and a thriving urban green space.
Stepwell
Connaught Place area
A dramatic stepwell hidden among modern Delhi, descending through long symmetrical flights of stone steps into the earth.
A beautifully proportioned stepwell in Mehrauli, descending into the earth through galleries and stone steps.
Gate
One of the surviving gateways of the old British-era city walls, strongly associated with Delhi's history during the events of 1857.
A surviving historic gateway of Shahjahanabad, once forming part of the defensive wall around Old Delhi.
Red Fort
The ceremonial principal gateway of the Red Fort, opening towards the historic heart of Shahjahanabad.
Astronomical Observatory
Connaught Place
An eighteenth-century observatory where monumental instruments were built to measure celestial movements with the naked eye.
Church
Kashmere Gate
Delhi's oldest surviving church, built in the nineteenth-century colonial period and closely connected with the history of Kashmere Gate.
Gurudwara
Chandni Chowk
A major Sikh shrine in Chandni Chowk marking the place associated with the martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur.
New Delhi
An important Sikh shrine in central Delhi associated with the memory of Guru Tegh Bahadur and the history of the Sikh community.
Canopy
A small nineteenth-century structure built into the Mehrauli landscape, reflecting the romantic garden culture of colonial Delhi.
Heritage Structure
A picturesque historic structure that forms part of the unusual mix of medieval ruins and colonial-era interventions in Mehrauli.
Pillar
Feroz Shah Kotla
An ancient Mauryan pillar transported to Delhi centuries later, linking the Sultanate capital with India's much older imperial past.
Archaeological Site
A fascinating group of ruined Sultanate structures associated with the royal complex of medieval Delhi.
Historic Building
A historic building associated with Dara Shikoh, the intellectually inclined Mughal prince, and the scholarly life of seventeenth-century Delhi.
Northern Ridge
A nineteenth-century memorial connected with the events of the 1857 uprising, standing on Delhi's historic Northern Ridge.