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Short India Tour Package
DELHI – AGRA – DELHI TOUR PACKAGE
Morning start tour by road from delhi to agra after breakfast at hotel in delhi, with chauffeur and car drive to agra by road with English speaking chauffeur and air conditioned car.
On reach Agra – City of Taj – Agra in Uttar Pradesh state by road, after drive of 100 Kms from Delhi, have stop for 15 minutes to fresh up and use rest room or have coffee / tea if you like. Continue drive to Agra, on arrival Agra meet with our local company tour guide and start sightseeing tour of Taj City – Agra,
AGRA: Taj Mahal City of Taj – Agra, Agra is famous as being home to one of the 7 Wonders of the World-the Taj Mahal. The architectural splendor of the mausoleums, the Agra fort and the palaces is a bright residue of the capital in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. While its implication as a political centre ruined with the transfer of the capital to Delhi in 1634 by Shah Jahan, its architectural wealth has secured its place on the international map.
We offer exclusive information and details for your agra tour, Situated in Uttar Pradesh, city of Taj Mahal, agra a pleasant town with moderately slow pace, Agra is recognized for its superb hatch work on marble by craftsmen allegedly the descendants of those who worked under the Taj’s Mughals. The city is also famous for its carpets, gold thread embroidery and leather shoes. Agra was once the capital of the Mughal Empire and even today it seems to linger in the past. Not astonishing, for the Mughal emperors with their passion for building, endowed the city with some of the finest structures in the world. It is very easy to slip away here through the centuries into the grandeur and plotting of the Mughal court. Agra is an old city and it is said that its name was derived from Agrabana, a forest that finds mention in the epic Mahabharata. In more recent times Agra came into prominence when Sikandar Lodhi made it his capital city in 1501. The Lodi rule was to end very soon and Agra passed into the possession of the Mughals. It was during the time of the third emperor Akbar that Agra came into its own. He embarked on the construction of the massive Agra Fort in 1565.
With your local tour guide in Agra, first start sightseeing tour of agra with Taj Mahal - One of the seven wonder of world Taj Mahal is a tombstone which has been described as poem in marble' was construct by the Shah Jahan a Mughal emperor. He erected this mausoleum in the reminiscence of his much-loved wife Arjumand Bano Begum, commonly known as Mumtaz Mahal, who died in A.D. sixteen thirty. According to the history of Taj Mahal it is supposed that her dying wish to her husband was "to build a tomb in her memory such as the world had never seen before." Indeed, centuries later, no tomb has been able to even remotely equal the glory of the marvelous Taj. A learn of the history of Taj Mahal reveal that it was started in A.D. sixteenth thirty one and finished at the end of sixteenth fourty eight A.D. It is supposed that the Taj is a result of 20,000 workmen toiling night and day for 22 whole years. A small town was built for the laborers called 'Mumtazabad' - named after the deceased empress. The town is now known as Taj Ganj.
After sightseeing tour of Taj Mahal proceed to visit Agra Fort: with your local tour guide of agra, City of Agra is not recognized only about gorgeous mausoleum – Taj Mahal and Shah Jahan, he built taj mahal in memory of his wife name Mumtaz Mahal. In fact Agra is like a episode in Mughal history that needs to be enjoyed chapter by chapter. If Taj Mahal is the most charming lesson that every body needs to read and enjoy, it is finally the Agra Fort that makes an informative and attractive read. Enjoy learning more about Mughal history on tours to Taj Mahala in Agra, Agra. Fascinatingly, Agra Fort has the past that spans two generations of the Mughal emperors. In progress during the time in power of the Mughal emperor Akbar (1556-1605), the building work on the Agra Fort sustained till the reign of his grand son Shah Jahan (1627-58). Though started by Akbar in 1565, it was Shah Jahan, who constructed most of the buildings inside the fort. Situated on the bank of river Yamuna, the Agra Fort today, stands as a citadel of the past that has witnessed centuries slip by. Built in red stone, the Agra fort stretches almost two kilometres on the bank of the Yamuna. A huge wall that stands 69 ft in height encircles the crescent shaped fort. With only two main gates built to enter the fort, the impregnable stature of the fort becomes amply clear. The two gates are named the Delhi gate and the Amar Singh Gate.
And in the last visit Itmad-ud-Daullah: with you local tour guide in agra: Pillar of the state, Itmad-ud-Daullah, at first known as Mirza Ghiyas Beg, was the father of Nur Jahan, wife of Mughal Emperor Jahangir. Mirza Ghiyas Beg is also the grandfather of Mumtaz Mahal, the wife of the monarch Shah Jahan, The mausoleum of Itmad-ud-Daullah was specially made by his daughter Nur Jahan. Itmad-ud-Daullah's Tomb was built between sixteenth twenty two and sixteenth twenty eight. The building complex, along with the main building, consists of numerous outbuildings and gardens. The architectural importance of Itmad-ud-Daullah's Tomb in the evolution of Mughal style of architecture is immense, and given the extensive use of white marble and pietra dura inlay it can be regarded as the precursor of the magnificent Taj Mahal.
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