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Tughlaqabad Fort

The huge, wild ruins of a 14th-century fort city that was abandoned within years of being built.

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Open
Every day, sunrise to sunset
Price
Ticketed, with a higher fee for foreign visitors
Time Needed
1–2 hours
Address
Tughlaqabad Fort, Mehrauli-Badarpur Road, New Delhi, Delhi 110044Directions
Getting There
Metro to Tughlakabad or Govindpuri, then an auto.

Why Go

Ghiyath al-Din Tughlaq built it in just a few years in the 1320s, and legend says a Sufi saint's curse emptied it. His tomb stands across the road.

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