LODHI MINAR
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This massive minar, situated adjacent to Usha Mandir is circular on plan having diameter of 8.2 m and height of 12.3 m. The minar is entered from the south-west through a small beautifully decorated gateway and sixty-nine steps arranged in circular fashion lead to the top of the minar where from the Muazzin would summon the faithful to prayer. The doorway has a painted arch, filled with inscriptions having Quranic verses in good preservation. An inscription gives the name of Shah Ibrahim Bin Sikandar Bahlul Shah, with the date of A.H. 926. The minar is built of stone rubble in lime mortar with outer veneering of red sandstone blocks joined by thin lime mortar and iron dowels.
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By Train : Bayana| Notification No. | Act No. LXXI of 1951 dated 28.11.1951 |
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| Ownership Status | Government |
| Topographical Features | Situated at the foot hills. |
| 1 | A. Cunningham, Archaeological Survey of India, Report of a Tour in Eastern Rajputana in 1871-72 and 1872-73, Vol. VI (Calcutta 1878) and |
| 2 | Chandramani Singh (ed.), Protected Monuments of Rajasthan (Jaipur 2002). |
| Locality | Tehsil | District | State |
| 26º 54’ 22” N, 77º 17’ 09” E | Bayana | Bharatpur | Rajasthan |
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