Agra
is located on the banks of River Yamuna, in the North direction of Uttar
Pradesh. It is a wonderful place and a very famous for tourist stopover. Reveals
that the Agra city was founded in the year 1475 by Badal Singh. The Agra city
was the capital of Lodhis and Mughals, it is shows as “Agrraba”, in the Mahabharata.
Agra has been developed as center of art learning, culture and commerce in the
sixteenth and seventeenth century, especially with the help of the Mughal
rulers like Shah Jahan, Akbar and Jehangir.
Agra
is a home of several historic honorable places, monuments as well as buildings
which upholds the culture and tradition of the Agra city. Besides being home to
UNESCO Heritage Sites like the famous Taj Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri and Agra Fort.
Agra is also loaded with other tourist attractions such as Mariam's Tomb, Itmad-Ud-Daulah's
Tomb, Jama Masjid, Akbar's Tomb in Sikandra, Chini Ka Rauza etc.
The
city of Agra with its composed style of living, jewelry, treasured architecture
and handicrafts, is one of the remarkable cities all over the world. There are
many more celebration of different festivals, takes place with all the zeal, irrespective
of caste distinction and excitement.
Taj Mahal:
The
Taj Mahal in Agra is a bright poetry in Marble. A wonderful piece of Pietra Dura
(the stone inlay work) and this monument devoted to eternal love or the eighth
wonder in the World. The beautiful Taj Mahal is located in Agra, it not easy to
express in words about this wonder of the world. Taj Mahal was built by
Shahjahan, who was the fifth Mughal ruler of India in 1631 AD, the trance is a
tribute to Mumtaz Mahal his second wife, advisor as well as soulmate.
An
architectural and geometrical miracle, the Taj Mahal in Agra is a dissolution
of Mughal and Islamic architecture. There are many more independent structure are
in Taj Mahal such as tombs, mosques, gardens, fountains and gateways. The Taj
Mahal is one of the finest monuments across the country. It is the 1st
rank on the all wonders of the world. The City of the Taj, Agra is houses to
different historical monuments that you can visit on your tour to Agra.
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