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Stop At: Taj Mahal, Dharmapuri, Forest Colony, Tajganj, Agra 282001 India
Today early morning visit of Taj Mahal (Sunrise view), The Taj was built by Shah Jahan as a memorial for his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who died giving birth to their 14th child in 1631. The death of Mumtaz left the emperor so heartbroken that his hair said to have turned grey virtually overnight. Construction of the Taj began the following year and, although the main building is thought to have been built in eight years, the whole complex was not completed until 1653. Not long after it was finished, Shah-Jahan was overthrown by his son Aurangzeb and imprisoned in Agra Fort where, for the rest of his days, he could only gaze out at his creation through a window. Following his death in 1666, Shah-Jahan was buried here alongside Mumtaz. In total, some 20,000 people from India and Central Asia worked on the building. Specialists were brought in from as far away as Europe to produce the exquisite marble screens and pietra dura (marble inlay work) made with thousands of semiprecious stones
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Agra Fort Rakabgani, Agra 282003 India
Later on visit Agra Fort, which is one of the finest Mughal forts in India. Construction of the massive& majestic red-sandstone fort, on the bank of the Yamuna River begun by Emperor Akbar in 1565. Further additions were made, particularly by his grandson Shah-Jahan, using his favourite building material – white marble. The fort was built primarily as a military structure, but Shah-Jahan transformed it into a palace, and later it became his gilded prison for eight years after his son Aurangzeb seized power in 1658. The Amar Singh Gate to the south is the sole entry point to the fort these days. Its dogleg design was meant to confuse attackers who made it past the first line of defence – the crocodile –infested moat.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Itmad-ud-Daula, Moti Bagh, Agra, Uttar Pradesh 282006, India
visit Itimad–Ud-Daulah nick named the Baby Taj, the exquisite tomb of Mizra Ghiyas Beg which is not to be missed. This Persian nobleman was Mumtaz Mahal’s grandfather and Emperor Jehangir’s wazir (chief minister). His daughter Nur-Jahan, who married Jehangir, built the tomb between 1622 and 1628 in a style similar to the tomb, she built for Jehangir near Lahore in Pakistan. It doesn’t have the same awesome beauty as the Taj, but it’s arguably more delicate in appearance thanks to its particularly finely carved jali (marble lattice screens). This was the first Mughal structure built completely from marble.
Duration: 1 hour