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Taj Mahal with Honeymoon: Delhi-Agra-Jaipur-Udaipur-Jodhpur-Delhi
Day 01 Delhi - Agra
Depart from Delhi to the ancient city of Agra where the symbol of eternal India - The Taj
Mahal.
Day 02 - Agra – Jaipur
Depart from Agra to the pink city of Rajasthan.
Day 03 - Jaipur
Depart for a full day tour to colourful city Jaipur. Hawa Mahal, Jantar Mantar, Birla Mandir, City Palace & Obserbatory / Museum / Albert Hall Museum, Aamer Fort, Ram Niwas Gardens.
Day 04 - Jaipur – Udaipur
Sahelion Ki Bari, Bharatiya Lok Kala Museum, City Palace, Lake Pichola ,Sunset Point, Jagdish Temple, Nathdwara & Eklingji (full Day Trip) Junagarh Fort, Jain Temples, Suraj Pole or Sun Gate, Lal Garh palace, Camel Research Farm, Ganga golden Jublee museum. After breakfast depart for Udaipur. On arrival transfer to hotel. Overnight stay at hotel.
Day 05 - Udaipur – Jodhpur
Mehragarh Fort, Jaswant Thada, Museum & Nakoda ji Temple (Full Day Trip). After breakfast depart for full day sightseeing. Overnight stay at hotel.
Day 06 - Jodhpur – Delhi
Arrive Delhi
PLACES OF VISIT IN AGRA:
A GLORIOUS HERITAGE-TAJ MAHAL (A Symbol of love) : Sheer poetry in marble. Majesty and magnificence, unrivalled. The Taj
Mahal, the one and only one of its kind across the world. The monumental labour of love of a great ruler for his beloved queen. The ultimate realization of Emperor Shahjahan's dream. One of the wonders of the world. from 1631 A. D., It took 22 years in the making. An estimated 20,000 people worked to complete the enchanting mausoleum, on the banks of the
Yamuna. for a breathtaking beautiful view of the Taj
Mahal, see it by moonlight. The construction of this marble masterpiece is credited to the mughal emperor Shah Jahan who erected this mausoleum in memory of his beloved wife, Arjumand Bano Begum, popularly known as Mumtaz
Mahal, who died in AH1040 (A. D. 1630). Her last wish to her husband was "to build a tomb in her memory such as the world had never seen before".
thus emperor Shah Jahan set about building this fairytale like marvel. The construction of Taj Mahal was started in A.D. 1632 and completed at the end of 1648 A. D.. For seventeen years, twenty thousand workmen are said to be employed on it daily, for their the deceased empress
Mumtazabad, now known as Taj Ganj, was built adjacent to it.
Amanat Khan Shirazi was the calligrapher of Taj Mahal, his name occurs at the end of an inscription on one of the gates of the
Taj. poet Ghyasuddin had designed the verses on the tombstone, while Ismail Khan Afridi of Turkey was the dome maker. Muhammad Hanif of turkey was the superintendent of Masons.
The designer of Taj Mahal was Ustad Ahmad Lahauri. The material was brought in from all over India and central Asia and it took a fleet of 1000 elephants to transport it to the site. The central dome is 187 feet high at the center. Red sandstone was brought from Fatehpur
Sikri, jasper from Punjab, jade and crystal from China, Turquoise from Tibet, Lapis Lazuli and Sapphire from Sir Lanka, coal and cornelian from Arabia and diamonds from
Panna. In all 28 kind of rare, semi precious and precious stones were used for inlay work in the Taj
Mahal. The chief building material, the white marble was brought from the quarries of
Makrana, in distt. Nagaur, Rajasthan.
Variously defined as "A Materialised vision of Loveliness; " A poem in Stone" A Dream in Marble; A noble Tribute to the Grace of Indian Womanhood. A Resplendent immortal of love and 'A wonder of the World', the Taj Mahal is representative of the glorious Mughal age and is a unique gift of the medieval period to the people of India.
AGRA FORT: (An Architectural Treasure)
Agra Fort, one of the most important forts of India, is located on the right bank of river Yamuna in the city of Agra in Uttar
Pradesh. The fort has a long history of its own. It is believed to have built over remains of an ancient site known as
Badalgarh. After the death of Sikandar Lodi in 1517, his son Ibrahim Lodi held the fort until he was defeated and killed in the battle of Panipat in 1526 by
Babur.
Babur sent his son to Agra who captured the fort and seized a vast treasure including the world famous
'Koh-i-noor' diamond. Humayun was coroneted here in 1530.After Humayun's defeat Sher Shah of the Sur dynasty occupied Agra Fort.
Most of the red sand stone rampart and buildings of the Fort were constructed by
Akbar, in in eight years ( 1565-1573). After Akbar, his son Jahangir mostly resided at Lahore and in Kashmir, but he visited Agra regularly and lived in the Fort. Though Shah
Jahan, the son of Jahagir, had transferred his capital to Delhi, formally in 1638, he continued to live here.
The above two successors of Akbar added to the architectural opulence they had inherited. Shah Jahan pulled down many of the sandstone structures in the fort and replaced them with beautiful white marble edifices. Aurangzeb imprisoned Shah
Jahan, his own father, in the Fort for eight years until he died in 1666. Auranggzeb remained busy in the conflicts in
Deccan. Yet, time and again, he lived here and held the Durbar here. Shivaji came to Agra in 1666 and met Aurangzeb in the
Diwan-i-Khas. Aurangzeb died in 1707 and 18th century history of Agra Fort is a saga of siege and plunder. It was intermittently held by the Jats and the Marathas. The British captured it from the Marathas in 1803. It was brought under the Central Protection in 1920 and was inscribed on the World Heritage List by the UNESCO in 1983.
The Agra Fort is semi-circular in plan with its chord lying parallel to the coursed of the river. It has double ramparts with broad and massive circular bastion at regular intervals. Its Fort walls are 70 feet high. There are four gates, one each in its four sides. The name of the gates, Delhi gate, Hathi gate and Khizri gate (the water gate). Now visitors enter the fort from Amar Singh gate. The fort, though a grand military structure where strength was the foremost consideration, it was embellished with beautiful edifices of both secular and religious nature. ITMAD-UD-DAULAH:
(A Magnificent Mausoleum)
This exquisite marble tomb was made by emperor Jahangir's queen, Nurjehan, in memory of her father Mirza Ghiyas Beg during 1622-1628 A.D.. The craftsmanship at Itmad-ud-Daulah foreshadows that of the Taj
Mahal. It was here that 'Pietra Dura' the inlay work on marble so characteristics of the Taj was first used.
The tomb of Itmad-ud-Daulah is noted for profuse ornamentation in polychrome and mosaic pattern over its whole surface.
Guldasta, rose-water vases, grapes, wine cups and flasks, Cyprus and other Persian motifs are freely employed in the scheme of ornamentation. The animal motifs have been depicted in painted designs mostly inside the jar shaped
guldastas. Interestingly human figures are also depicted in the scheme of painted panels. the main entrance to the tomb is on the east side, while ornamental gateways have been constructed on north and south sides. The west side has in its middle a multi storeyed and multi roomed pavilion over hanging the river
Yamuna. The shallow water channels, which originally took water from two tanks situated on the riverside, run all the sides of the garden and around the mausoleum. SIKANDRA:
(The Akbar Mau sole UM)
The mausolem of the Mughal emperor Akbar (1556-1605 A. D.). Stands in the center of a sprawling garden laid in Charbagh plan. It is square on plan and rises to give pyramid like impression. The first storeys was built by Akbar during his life time while the upper storeys were perhaps added immediately after him. The ground floor has spacious cloisters on all sides expect in the middle of the south side. The center of the southern side is occupied by a vestibule which is richly embellished with Quranic verses in gold over vibrant deep blue background. An inclined and descending passage leads from this vestibule to contrastingly simple and starkly plain walled cenotaph chamber encompassing a solitary. At Sikandra 10 km north of Agra, the tomb of Akbar lies in the center of the large garden. Akbar started its construction himself but it was completed by his son, Jahagir who significantly modified the original plans which accounts for the somewhat cluttered architectural lines of the tomb. Four red sandstone's gates lead to the tomb complex: one is Muslim, one Hindu, one Christian and one is Akbar's patent mixture.
The mausoleum of Emperor Akbar represents his philosophy and secular outlook, combining the best of Hindu and Muslim architectures in a superlative fusion. Completed in 1613 A.D., it is one of the well preserved monuments. Akbar's mausoleum is open from sunrise to sunset. RAM
BAGH:
One of the earliest Mughal Gardens, it was laid out by Emperor
Babar, the founder of the Mughal dynesty. It is said that Bahar was temporarily buried here before being permanently interred at Kabul in Afghanistan. The Ram Bagh is 2 to 3 km further north of the Chini Ka rauza on the riverside and is open from sunrise to sunset.
MEHTAB BAGH:
Mehtab Bagh is located on the left bank of river Yamuna opposite to the Taj
Mahal. The garden complex is a huge square measuring approximately 300x 300m and in straight alignment with the Taj
mahal. One of the letters of Prince Shah Jahan written to emperor Shah Jahan on his way to Deccan mentions the damage caused to the mehtab Bagh due to a flood. The excavation carried out at this garden site has put to an end the stories and fantasies floated by guides that Emperor Shah Jahan constructed a black Taj here. The excavation has revealed a huge octagonal tank on the southern periphery, baradaris or pavilion on the east west a small octagonal tank at the center and a gateway at the northern wall.
MARIAM'S TOMB: ( The Rauza Mariam-uz-zamani )
The tomb of Mariam-uz-zamani stands in the compound of the Christian Missionary Society at Sikandra in the neighborhood of Akbar's tomb. This unique tomb in red stands tone was built 1611 A.D. in memory of Emperor Akbar's Guan Christian wife
Mariyam. The tomb has some exceptional carvings. HOW TO REACH AGRA:
Air : Agra is one of the hottest tourist destinations in India and all facilities have been provided for the easy access to this place. It has its own airport has access to all chartered international airlines to this place of the
Taj.
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.
Road : Agra has the National Highway Numbers 2,3,11 passing through it. So the premier tourist destination of India, Agra is also well Linked by bus services to other places in the State as well as outside the state. The state transports have deluxe as well as ordinary bus services for the place. There are conducted tours which take tourist not only to Agra,but the near by tourist spots too.
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