Day 7:
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After breakfast proceed to Bharatpur. Other than sanctuary and other
historical monuments Bharatpur is closest to have a tour of Fatehpur Sikri.
Fatehpur Sikri Click Here To See Gallery Around 40 km from the main city of
Agra
stands the ephemeral capital of Emperor Akbar, the Fatehpur Sikri or the city
of Victory. Built by Akbar in the 16th century, it is a beautiful city made in
brilliant red coloured sand stone that was available around. The city is built on
the ridge of a hill within 5 sq. km area, next to a lake which has now dried up.
The rapid construction of the city is mysterious and equally mysterious is its
desertion. It is said that Akbar decided to build a mosque for the Sufi saint
Salim Chisti on the spot where it stands now, as a gesture of gratitude. Akbar
did not have an heir to his kingdom and after the saints prophecy he was
blessed by three sons. As he started bui lding the palaces, harems,
courtyards, pools and places of public and private audience after the
construction of the huge mosque and the tomb, his ministers too started
building their houses around it; thus constructing a huge city within no time.
But this beautiful city which was fully operational was deserted soon. The
reason for desertion is not clear although it is said to be shortage of water in
the royal palaces. Was it a whim of an emperor to build a city and then
suddenly leave it or was it his unfulfilled dream, no one knows. A huge gate, a
unique piece of Mughal architecture, of around 40 meters in height, was
constructed after Akbars victory over Gujarat, which probably gave the city its
name of Fatehpur Sikri. Over night in Hotel in Bharatpur.
Day 8:
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Breakfast at hotel After an hours drive reach the best of Indo-Islamic
structure, Taj Mahal. The grandeur called the Taj is perhaps the most
photographed, filmed, described and sketched building of the world. Taj
Mahal is where
fantasy coincides with real ity in perfect harmony. An inspiration for
innumerous artists over the centuries, the Taj is an ode to love. An epitome of
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