Top 10 Places to Visit in Agra | 10 Best Places to Visit in Agra
Top 10 Places to Visit in Agra
10 Best Places to Visit in Agra
Agra is famous for is architectural brilliance. It is the home for one of the Seven Wonders of the World – Taj Mahal. Other than this the city has two more UNESCO world heritage sites Agra Fort and Fatehpur Sikri
Most Visited sites in Agra:
Taj Mahal: The Taj Mahal was made by the famous Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in 1631 in the loving memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal. The principal mausoleum was completed in 1643 and the surrounding buildings and garden were finished about five years later. The design of Taj Mahal mainly follows the traditional Persian and earlier Mughal architecture. In 1983, The Taj Mahal was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Agra Fort: Agra Fort is a historical fort in the city of Agra in India. It was the main residence of Mughal emperors till 1638, when the capital was shifted from Agra to Delhi. The Agra fort is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Fatehpur Sikri: Fatehpur Sikri is a town in the Agra District of Uttar Pradesh, India. The city was founded in 1571 as the capital of Mughal Empire by Akbar, the Great. It was the capital of Mughal Empire from 1571 to 1585. During 1585, Akbar abandoned it due to a campaign in Punjab and was later completely abandoned in 1610.
Akbar’s Tomb: The tomb of the Mughal emperor Akbar is a Mughal architectural masterpiece. It was built in 1604–1613. It is situated in 119 acres of grounds in Sikandra, a suburb of Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Jama Mosque: Jama Masjid in Agra is opposite the Agra fort. It overlooks the Agra Fort Railway Station. The Jama Masjid is popularly known as the Jami Masjid or Friday Mosque. It is one of the largest mosques in India.
Jahangir Palace: Jahangir Palace is the most important building inside the Agra Fort of India. The Palace was the principal zenana (palace for royal women), and was used mainly by the Rajput wives of Akbar. It is a form of Islamic architecture. Mughal empress Nur Jahan used this magnificent palace as her residence until her death on 17 December 1645 .
Delhi Gate: Delhi Gate is the southern gate of many in the historic walled city of (Old) Delhi. The gate links the New Delhi city with the old walled city of Delhi.
Sikandra Fort: Sikandra Fort is the place where the Tomb of the great Mughal Emperor stands. The Sikandra Fort is a vast edifice, significantly representing the Emperor's broad and enriched mind.
Mehtab Bag: Mehtab Bagh is a charbagh complex in Agra, North India. It is in north of the Taj Mahal complex and the Agra Fort on the opposite side of the Yamuna River, in the flood plains.
Taj Museum: Taj Museum was established in 1982 in the ground floor in western Naubat Khana, also known as Jal Mahal inside the Taj Mahal complex. The museum comprises of three galleries and a main hall. Taj Museum displays various exhibits mostly related to the construction of the Taj Mahal and to the period of its builders.
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Agra, India: Places to visit : 6 day Tour
There are lot of Monuments and mausoleums in Agra, normally we think of Agra and what strikes first is Taj Mahal. I spent 6 days in Agra, visited couple of places, this can video can serve as guide for travellers.
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I also covered some of the food joints in Agra, which has been shown in a separate video.
Within the 6 day time frame, i tried covering as much as possible, but i am sure there is much more to Agra than what has been shown in this video.
Given below is a list of Mausoleums and monuments i visited during 6 day trip in Agra:
1.Taj Mahal: Most popular tourist destination of Agra, lacs of visitors travel here every day. This Mausoleum was built by Mughal emperor Shah jahan in memory of his wife- Mumtaz Mahal.
Taj Mahal closed day: Friday.
2. Agra fort: It was residence of Mughal emperors until the Mughal capital was shifted from Agra to Delhi in 1638. Also called as Lal Qila, It is about 3 kms from Taj Mahal. It was made by Akbar in its present state, construction was completed in 1573. Agra fort is the place where Mughal emperor Shah jahan was put under house arrest by his son Aurangzeb during 1658 to 1666.
3. Guru Ka Tal Gurudwara: Dedicated to 9th Sikh Guru: Guru Tegh Bahadur ji. This is the place from where the Guru offered voluntary arrest to Aurangzeb. Water of Agra is salty but water of Gurudwara is sweet by the blessings of Guru. Langar in the Gurudwara is served 24 hours.
Distance from Agra cantt: 11 kms.
Distance from Sikandra: 2 kms
4. Sikandra: It is the Mausoleum of Mughal emperor Akbar. Construction of this tomb was completed by Akbar’s son - Jahangir between 1605 and 1613. Sikandra is name of the place, while the tomb is called - Akbar’s tomb.
Distance between Taj Mahal and Sikandra fort: 19 kms.
5. Fatehpur sikri: This city served as capital of Mughal emperor Akbar during the period 1571 to 1585. Some of the important buildings in the city: Buland Darwaza, tomb of salim chishti, Jama masjid, Diwan-i-aam, Diwan-i- khas, Ibadat khana, plus there are many more covered in the video.
Distance from taj Mahal: 45 kms, takes about 2 hours to travel on taxi.
Suggestion: Take a ASI guide along, who is available near ticket counter, you will not get officla guide at Buland Darwaza. There fee is about Rs 450 but it’s worth it.
Caution: You will notice many people there who will try to get some money offering guide services at cheaper cost, you will need to avoid them.
6. Sri Mankameshwar Temple: One of the ancient temples devoted to Lord shiva, Temple is situated at Rawatpara near Agra fort railway station. Lord Shiva wished Darshana of lord Krishna in child form for which he stayed here at this place.
7. Tomb of Itmad-Ud-Daulah: This is the tomb was commissioned by Nur Jahan, wife of Jahangir for her father Mirza Ghiyas Beg .Built during 1622-1628 A.D, sometimes also called as Baby Taj.
Distance from Agra cantt: 9 kms.
Distance from Taj Mahal: 5 kms
8. Kalakriti: Theatre show about making of Taj Mahal, why it was built. Interesting to watch, if you love theatre, good performance by artists.
3 categories of tickets: Rs 1200, Rs 1500, Rs 1800.
Show timings: 7.45 pm to 8 pm, can be heard in multiple languages by use of ear phones, state of the art theatre experience at Agra. In particular i liked the small Taj that was shown towards the end of the program.
9. Ram bagh: Built by first Mughal emperor Babar for the purpose of relaxation.
Distance from Agra cantt: 9 kms
Good garden, well maintained , can be visited to spend good time with nature, lot of greenery around.
There are many other places as well but the ones visited by me attract lot of tourist interest.
You may also watch other videos on Agra, details below:
Agra food part 2, contains best petha of Agra:
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Agra Tourism | Famous 10 Places to Visit in Agra Tour
Visit the famous Agra tourist places and sightseeing spots for a wonderful Agra tour experience.
Top 10 Points of Interest in Agra City for Tourism Visit are:
1. Taj Mahal 2. Agra Fort 3. Fatehpur Sikri 4. Sikandra
5. It-Mad-Ud-Daullah 6. Keetham Wildlife SOS
7. Gurudwara Guru ka Taal 8. Kalakriti Cultural Centre
9. Mariam's Tomb 10. Mehtab Bagh
Other than Tajmahal there are various other monuments which are a must visit on a tip to Agra. Usually people plan only a day in Agra but if one want to see all the top monuments then it is better to plan for a 2 day visit.
Make the most of you tour with this Agra Trip Guide. You may also be interested in:
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Agra city is on the banks of river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is 363 kilometres west of the state capital, Lucknow and 200 kilometres south of the national capital New Delhi. so top 10 places to visit are-
1) Tajmahal & mahetab bagh
2) agra fort
3) Sikandra Fort
4) fatehpur sikri,
5)Jama Masjid
6)akbar's tomb
7) Itmad-ud-Daulah's Tomb
8) jodha Bai ka Rauza
9) SHEESMAHAL ,
10) wildlife SOS-Elephant sanctuary & Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity
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Tāj Mahal, Attractions Agra - India
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The Taj Mahal is one of the most famous buildings in the world, the mausoleum of Shah Jahan's favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. It is one of the New Seven Wonders of the world, and one of the three World Heritage Sites in Agra.
Completed in 1653, the Tāj Mahal was built by the Mughal king Shah Jahan as the final resting place for his beloved wife, Mumtāz Mahal. Finished in marble, it is perhaps India's most beautiful monument. This perfectly symmetrical monument took 22 years (1630--1652) of labour and 20,000 workers, masons and jewellers to build and is set amidst landscaped gardens. Built by the Persian architect, Ustād 'Īsā, the Tāj Mahal is on the south bank of the Yamuna River. It can be observed from Agra Fort from where Emperor Shāh Jahān gazed at it for the last eight years of his life, a prisoner of his son
Aurangzeb. It is an acknowledged masterpiece of symmetry. Verses of the Koran are inscribed on it and at the top of the gate are twenty-two small domes, signifying the number of years the monument took to build. The Tāj Mahal was built on a marble platform that stands above a sandstone one. The most elegant dome of the Tāj Mahal has a diameter of 60 feet (18 m), and rises to a height of 80 feet (24 m); directly under this dome is the tomb of Mumtāz Mahal. Shah Jahān's tomb was erected next to hers by his son Aurangzeb. The interiors are decorated with fine inlay work, incorporating semi-precious stones.
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Agra Fort (sometimes called the Red Fort), was commissioned by the great Mughal Emperor Akbar in 1565, and is another of Agra's World Heritage Sites. A stone tablet at the gate of the Fort states that it had been built before 1000 but was later renovated by Akbar. The red sandstone fort was converted into a palace during Shāh Jahān's time, and reworked extensively with marble and pietra dura inlay. Notable buildings in the fort include the Pearl Mosque or Motī Masjid, the Dīwān-e-'Ām and Dīwān-e-Khās (halls of public and private audience), Jahāngīr's Palace, Khās Mahal, Shīsh Mahal (mirrored palace), and the Musamman Burj.
The forbidding exteriors of this fort conceal an inner paradise. The fort is crescent shaped, flattened on the east with a long, nearly straight wall facing the river. It has a total perimeter of 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi), and is ringed by double castellated ramparts of red sandstone punctuated at regular intervals by bastions. A moat 9 metres (30 ft) wide and 10 metres (33 ft) deep surrounds the outer wall.
Chhatrapati Shīvajī visited the Agra Fort, as a result of the conditions of the Treaty of Purandar entered into with Mirzā Rājā Jaisingh to meet Aurangzeb in the Dīwān-i-Khās (Special Audience Chamber). In the audience he was deliberately placed behind men of lower rank. An insulted Shīvajī stormed out of the imperial audience and was confined to Jai Sing's quarters on 12 May 1666. Fearing the dungeons and execution he escaped on 17 August 1666. A heroic equestrian statue of Shīvajī has been erected outside the fort.
The fort is a typical example of Mughal architecture, effectively showing how the North Indian style of fort construction differed from that of the South. In the South, the majority of forts were built on the seabed like the one at Bekal in Kerala.
Attractions Agra - India
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1 Tāj Mahal
2 Agra Fort
3 Fatehpūr Sikrī
4 I'timād-Ud-Daulah
5 Akbar's Tomb, Sikandra
6 Mankameshwar Temple
7 Indrabhan Girls' Inter College
8 Gurudwara Guru ka Taal
9 Jamā Masjid
10 Chīnī kā Rauza
11 Rām Bāgh
12 Mariam's Tomb
13 Mehtāb Bāgh
14 Keetham Lake
15 Mughal Heritage Walk
16 The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
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Agra is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is 363 kilometres (226 mi) west of the state capital, Lucknow, 200 kilometres (124 mi) south of the national capital New Delhi and 125 kilometres (78 mi) north of Gwalior . With a population of 1,686,976 (2010 est.), it is one of the most populous cities in Uttar Pradesh and the 19th most populous in India. Agra can also refer to the administrative district that has its headquarters in Agra city. It is a major tourist destination because of its many splendid Mughal-era buildings, most notably the Tāj Mahal, Agra Fort and Fatehpūr Sikrī, all three of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Agra is included on the Golden Triangle tourist circuit, along with Delhi and Jaipur.
The city is mentioned in the epic Mahābhārata, where it was called Agrevaṇa (the border of the forest). Legend ascribes the founding of the city to Raja Badal Singh, a Sikarwar Rajput king (c. 1475), whose fort, Badalgarh, stood on or near the site of the present fort. However, the 11th century Persian poet Mas'ūd Sa'd Salmān writes of a desperate assault on the fortress of Agra, then held by the Shāhī King Jayapala, by Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni. Sultan Sikandar Lodī was the first to move his capital from Delhi to Agra in 1506. He died in 1517 and his son, Ibrāhīm Lodī, remained in power there for nine more years, finally being defeated at the Battle of Panipat in 1526. Between 1540 and 1556, Afghans, beginning with Sher Shah Suri ruled the area. It achieved fame as the capital of the Mughal Empire from 1556 to 1658.
Places of interest
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1 Tāj Mahal
2 Agra Fort
3 Fatehpūr Sikrī
4 I'timād-Ud-Daulah
5 Akbar's Tomb, Sikandra
6 Mankameshwar Temple
7 Indrabhan Girls' Inter College
8 Gurudwara Guru ka Taal
9 Jamā Masjid
10 Chīnī kā Rauza
11 Rām Bāgh
12 Mariam's Tomb
13 Mehtāb Bāgh
14 Keetham Lake
15 Mughal Heritage Walk
16 The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Agra Fort - rare aerial view of landmark Mughal era monument
Flying over Itmad-ud-Daula which is surrounded by Agra city on the bank of river Yamuna. Itmad-ud-daula has a special place in the chronicles of both history as well as architecture. This is precisely because Itmad ud Daula is the very first tomb in India that is entirely made out of Marble. This is actually a mausoleum that overlooks the River Yamuna and is a tomb of Mir Ghiyas Beg, a minister in the court of Shah Jahan. A railway bridge can be spotted from air. Agra Fort which is also known as Red Fort can also be seen.
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Agra Sikandra
Photo montage of Agra's Sikandra, the mausoleum of the third Mughal emperor, Akbar the Great, who ruled over north India between 1542-1605.
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Mariam tomb | Agra | Sikandra | Monument Exploration | Tomb of Mariam-uz-Zamani | mugal buildings
The Tomb of Mariam-uz-Zamani is the mausoleum of Mariam-uz-Zamani, the Hindu consort of the Mughal Emperor Akbar.The tomb was built by Jahangir, in memory of his mother Mariam-uz-Zamani. The tomb is located in Sikandra, a suburb of Agra. Kohinoor diamond and vikramadhityans chair was taken away during this time
Heer Kunwari was born a Rajput princess and was also the eldest daughter of Raja Bharmal of Amer. She was married to Emperor Akbar in 1562 CE. She was honoured with the title Mariam-uz-Zamani (Mary of the Age) after she gave birth to Jahangir. She died in Agra in 1623 and her son Jahangir built a tomb for her in between 1623 and 1627 CE.The tomb is only a kilometer away from the Tomb of Akbar the Great, the only nearest of all the tombs of his other wives.
The structure was originally an open baradari (pleasure pavilion) under Sikander Lodi, who built it in 1495 AD. It was adopted by the Mughals in 1623 AD and was converted into a tomb by making a crypt below the central compartment and remodeling it substantially.
The mausoleum contains three tombstones: one in the underground mortuary chamber, which is the grave itself; the cenotaph above it; and another cenotaph on the terrace.
The ground floor consists of some forty chambers built by Sikander Lodi, which bears faint traces of paintings on plastered walls. The centre of the ground floor houses the cenotaph of Mariam.
This square tomb stands in the centre of the Mughal garden. It is built on a raised platform with stairs on its northern and southern sides. The two corridors running from east to west and from north to south divide the structure into nine sections that are further subdivided into smaller compartments. The largest one is at the centre, four smaller square ones at the corners and four oblong ones in their middle. Massive piers have been used to support the broad arches and vaulted ceilings. The tomb is built of brick and mortar, and finished with stucco.
The facades (exterior) of the building were reconstructed with red sandstone panels and a chhajja with the addition of duchhati (mezzanine floors) at the corners by the Mughals. On each facade there is a rectangular structure which projects forward and has a pointy arch in it. It is flanked on either sides by wings, which consists of three arches and a set of double arches, one over the other, thus accommodating a duchhatti at each corner of the building. The wings are protected by chhajjas. The duchhatti are accessible by stairways.
The tomb also contains the work of the Mughals, who remodelled them by adding chhatris and chhaparkhats. The tomb has four massive octagonal chhatris on its four corners, and four oblong chhaparkhats in the centre of the four sides. Each chhatri is made out of red sandstone with a white dome and stands on a square platform. The domes are crowned with an inverted lotus or 'padma kosha'. Brackets have been used to support the internal lintels and external chhajja, five on each pillar, making a total of 40 brackets in one chhatri. Each chhaparkhat is rectangular and has eight pillars with a similar cluster of brackets and a white roof. These chhatris and chhaparkhats are the most important ornament of the whole composition. The rectangular chhaparkhats with eight pillars and a cluster of brackets resemble the corner cupolas.The tomb doesn't have a dome. The mausoleum is of architectural importance in the category of Mughal tombs without a dome.
Another important aspect of the tomb is that it is identical both in the front and the rear. Unlike other Mughal era structures, the back entrance is not a dummy but an actual entrance.