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7th WONDER TOUR (TAJ MAHAL)
SAME DAY
TRIP TO AGRA
(EXCEPT FRIDAY)
Duration: 1 Day
Places Covered: Delhi - Agra
 TAJ MAHAL
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. It
can be observed like a Mirage from the Agra Fort from where Emperor
Shah Jahan stared at it, for the last eight years his life as a
prisoner of his son Aurangzeb.
It is a masterpiece of symmetry,
Seeming to be floating in the air from a distance, and each revealed
as an illusion experienced as one enters through the main gate. The
verses of Holy Koran as inscribed on it and at the top of gate 22
small domes, signifying the number of years the monument took to
built. The Taj Mahal has been built on a Marvel Plateform that stands
above a standstone one. The most elegant dome of the Taj, with
diameter of 60 feets, rises 80 feets, over the building and directly
under the dome is the tomb of Mumtaz Mahal. Shah Jahan's tomb has been
irected next to her's by his son Aurangzeb. Fantastic Inley works
using semi-precious stones decorate and interiors.
Open Time : 6 A.M. to 7.30 P.M. (Friday is closed)
AGRA FORT
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.
There are number of exquisite building like the Moti Masjid-a white
marvel mosque akin to a perfect pearl, Diwan-e-Am, Diwan-e-Khaas,
Jehangir's Palace, Khaas Mahal, Shish Mahal and Musamman or Samman
Burj-where Shahjahan was held captive in 1666 A.D.
Open Time : Sunrise to Sunset.
FATEHPUR SIKRI
 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. The beautiful marvel
tomb of Sheikh Salim Chishti still attract thousands who seek
blessings of the revered saint. Other renowned places are Dewane-e-Am,
Dewane-e-Khaas, Buland Darwaja, Panch Mahal, Jodha Bai Palace and
Birbal Bhawan. Fatehpur Sikri is about 39 K.M. from Agra.
Open Time : Sunrise to Sunset.
By Rail
Agra is a major railway station with almost all the trains to south
India, Mumbai and many trains to Calcutta stopping here. Agra city is
visited by the "Palace on Wheels" .The Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains
have also their stoppage in Agra. The city is well connected by trains
to almost every corner of the nation.
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