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GETTING
THERE
The
nearest
metro
station
is
Jahangirpuri
metro
station
on
Yellow
Line
of
Delhi
Metro.
From
the
metro
station,
you
can
take
an
auto
to
reach
Mukarba
Chowk.
THINGS
TO
DO
IN
AND
AROUND
Mukarba
Chowk
doesn’t
have
much
to
offer
to
tourists
but
you
can
explore
the
nearby
areas
of
Jahangirpuri.
OPENING
AND
CLOSING
TIME
The
monument
is
open
on
all
days
of
the
week
from
sunrise
to
sunset.
ENTRY
FEES
There
is
no
entry
fee
for
visiting
the
Maqbara
Paik.
BEST
TIME
TO
VISIT:
Although
you
can
visit
the
monument
throughout
the
year,
winters
are
the
best
time
to
explore
Delhi.
Every
day
thousands
of
people
travel
across
the
Mukarba
Chowk,
completely
unaware
of
the
fact
that
behind
those
glorious
flyovers
and
grade
separator
lies
a
glorious
Lodi
Era
monument.
Hidden
in
the
ever-growing
concrete
jungle
of
the
metro
city
that
Delhi
is,
the
monument
still
holds
to
its
former
glory.
The
meaning
of
the
word
Paik
translates
to
the
messenger,
hence
making
it
a
gravesite
for
a
messenger.
But
there
were
thousands
during
the
Lodi
era,
which
means
the
one
lying
there
must
be
an
important
figure
in
the
Lodi
court.
Like
the
usual
Lodi
design,
the
crypt
receives
a
small
portion
of
sunlight
from
all
four
sides,
courtesy
of
four
perforations.
The
monument
that
was
left
abandoned
was
later
restored
by
the
Archeological
Survey
of
India,
under
the
project
of
restoring
of
all
known
and
unknown
monuments
in
National
Capital,
prior
to
the
Commonwealth
Games
in
Delhi.
Today
the
monument
stands
tall
amidst
the
soaring
flyovers,
trying
to
establish
its
existence
in
the
lives
of
people
walking
around
it.
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