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Agra Tourist Places
Agra is the one of the prominent destinations of the World Tourism map with three heritage monuments -The Taj Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri & Red Fort. It is more just a dacadent city of graveyards and stones, but it is a vibrant centre of Culture, Art and Religious philosphies that have enriched mankind and shaped humen thought over centuries. Agra is famous for handicrafts products such as Inley work on Marvel, Leather work,Footwear, Brasswear, Carpets, Jwellery, Zari and Embroidery work. Agra is the city of the inimitable Taj Mahal. The story of agra beigns much earlier then the Taj, However it finds mention in the epic Mahabharata when it was called Agrabana are Paradise.
Taj Mahal, Agra
Completed in 1653 A.D., The Taj Mahal built by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan
as the final resting place for his favourite Queen, Mumtaz. Finished in
by Marvel, it is perhaps India most fascinating and beautiful monument.
This perfectly symmetrical monuments took 22 years (1630-1652) of hard labour
and 20,000 workers, Masons and Jewellers to built and is set amidst landscaped
gardens. Built by the Persian architect, Ustad Isa, The Taj Mahal the bank
of the Yamuna river. .: Click here for More Details
Agra Fort, Agra
The great Mughal Emperor Akbar commissioned the construction of the Agra
Fort in 1565 A.D., although additions were made till the time of his grandson
Shah Jahan. The forbidding exteriors of this fort hight an inner pardise.
The fort is crescent shaped, flattended on the east with a long, nearly
straight wall facing the river. It has a total perimeter of 2.4 k.m., and
is ringed by double castellated ramparts of red sandstone punctuated at
regular intervals by bastions. A 9 mt. wide and 10 mt. deep moat surround
the outer wall..: Click here for More Details
Fatehpur Sikri, Agra
Fatehpur Sikri is an epic in red sandstone. A city of yeasteryear, today
lost in the mists of time. Fatehpur Sikri was built by the Mughal Emperor
Akbar during 1564 A.D.. Mughal Emperor Akbar had no heir. He visited holy
men to enlist their prayers for his son. When he visited Sheikh Salim Chishti
who was living at the village of Sikri the saint foretold the emperor that
he would be blessed with a son. When is son was born, he is gratitude, constructed
his capital city and named it Fatehpur Sikri. Later, due to sortage of water
and unrest in North-West, Akbar has to abandon this city..: Click here for More Details
Sikandara, Agra
The mausolumn of emperor Akbar represent his philosphy and secular outlook,
combining the best of Hindu and Muslim architectures in a superlative region.
Completed in 1613 A.D. by his son Jahangir, it is one of the well preserved
monuments. This is the last resting place of the Mughal Empror Akbar..: Click here for More Details
Itmad-Ud-Daula, Agra
Mirza Ghiyas Beg was the son of Khawaja Muhammad Sharif who was the wazir
(Prime Minister) of Khurasan and then of Yazd under the Safawid Emperors
of Persia. After the death of his father, Mirza Ghiyas came to India and
was introduced to Akbar who enrolled him in the imperial service. Mirza
was an able man and rose high by the sheer dint of his merit. On Jahangir's
succession in 1605 he became Wazir and received the title of Itmad-ud-Daula
(Pillar of Government). Jahangir fell in love with his daughter Mehrunnissa,
better known as Nurjahan, and married her in 1611. It was Nur Jahan who
built the tomb for her father in 1628 AD, 6 years after his death..: Click here for More Details
Dayal Bagh, Agra
From the collectorate. It is the birth Swami', which was founded by Swami
is sect is headed by religious 'Gurus' and its follwers are spread in all
parts of at least North - India along with some followers throughout many
countries of the East and the West, but of course Indians by birth. .: Click here for More Details
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