This serai or rest house was built during the reign of Gyasuddin Khilji by Qazi ibn Mehran. Although in ruins today, the towering minarets betray the structure’s majestic past. The building consists of an arched colonnade surrounding a central courtyard with the remains of three distinct gates and possibly a fourth one.

Originally a stepwell which has now submerged, the Lal Bawdi is actually a pond. Surrounded by shady trees, it is a popular picnic spot for the locals. In a hill near the pond is the tomb of a Muslim saint which is referred to as the Lal Bawdi Takia. Located near the tomb is another […]

Located at the peak of Mahma Shah’s Tekri, a standalone hill to north-west of the town, the mausoleum is that of saint Hazrat Mahma Shah. An inscription dated to 1462 mentions that the mazaar is roofed by magnificent dome but this is no longer extant. On the first of every month the devotees of the saint […]

Located in the northern part of the town, near the Rajghat colony this Bawdi is currently in a pitiful state. Two inscriptions one in Sanskrit and the other in Persian reveal that the stepwell was built by one Chand Bakkal and his brothers in the memory of their mother.

Situated to the north-west of the city, near the Idgah the tomb is of Qazi Khatmuddin. An inscription tells us that it was built in the year 1455.