A rest house for travellers, now in ruins, though the minarets still show what it once was.
This serai or rest house was built during the reign of Gyasuddin Khilji by Qazi ibn Mehran. It is in ruins today, but the towering minarets still 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.
The plan is the clearest surviving thing: an arched colonnade running around a central courtyard, which is the standard arrangement for a serai and tells you immediately how travellers used the building. Standing in the middle of the courtyard is the best place to read it.
Remains of three distinct gates can be made out, and possibly a fourth. The minarets are the tallest surviving elements and the reason the ruin still looks like something more than rubble.
The serai is a ruin without facilities, so the visit is short and self directed. Watch your footing among collapsed masonry.
October to March is the comfortable season, as the ruin is open and unshaded. Low morning or late afternoon sun gives the colonnade arches and the minarets more definition than the flat light of midday.
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