Hello my dear readers,
I hope you all are rocking and enjoying life. I know i have been really lost these days and i am really sorry
about it, well i just wanted to share my last trip to Agra.
Last summer i went to Agra with my friends, it was a sudden plan and
we went on Sunday, so we booked our train tickets and thankfully seats were
available.
It took 3.5 hrs to reach Agra; I was very excited as it was my first trip with my school friends. When we reached railway station we booked our taxi and our first stop was Fatehpur Sikri.
You must be wondering what is Fatehpur Sikri?
The city was founded by the Mughal Emperor Akbar. After his military victories over Chittor and Ranthambore, Akbar decided to shift his capital from Agra to a new location, to honour the Sufi saint Salim Chishti. Here, he commenced the construction of a planned walled city, which took the next fifteen years in planning and construction, with a series of royal palaces, harem, courts, a mosque, private quarters and other utility buildings. He named the city Fatehabad, with Fateh, a word of Arabic origin in Persian, meaning "victorious." It was later called Fatehpur Sikri. It is at Fatehpur Sikri that the legends of Akbar and his famed courtiers, the nine jewels or Navaratnas, were born. Fatehpur Sikri is one of the best preserved examples of Mughal architecture in India.
It took 3.5 hrs to reach Agra; I was very excited as it was my first trip with my school friends. When we reached railway station we booked our taxi and our first stop was Fatehpur Sikri.
You must be wondering what is Fatehpur Sikri?
The city was founded by the Mughal Emperor Akbar. After his military victories over Chittor and Ranthambore, Akbar decided to shift his capital from Agra to a new location, to honour the Sufi saint Salim Chishti. Here, he commenced the construction of a planned walled city, which took the next fifteen years in planning and construction, with a series of royal palaces, harem, courts, a mosque, private quarters and other utility buildings. He named the city Fatehabad, with Fateh, a word of Arabic origin in Persian, meaning "victorious." It was later called Fatehpur Sikri. It is at Fatehpur Sikri that the legends of Akbar and his famed courtiers, the nine jewels or Navaratnas, were born. Fatehpur Sikri is one of the best preserved examples of Mughal architecture in India.
It was quiet far so it took 3 hours to reach there. when we reached there, we took one special bus to get there, it hardly took 10-12 minutes to reach the entrance, private cars or taxis were not allowed there. It is a humongous place as you can see the place in the below pictures. You can see the beautiful designs and architectures. Inside the fort there was a "darga" , both Hindus and Muslims worship there of the great saint. King Akbar had no kid, he along with his Queen Jodha went there for have blessings of the Saint for having a child. Later on with the blessings of the Saint, queen Jodha gave birth to Prince Salim.
After enjoying this beautiful ancient architects,
we headed straight to Taj Mahal.
i was excited to see Taj mahal and i literally changed my clothes,
because i always wanted to wear long dress whenever i visit Taj Mahal. i know so cheesy haha.
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. Agra is commonly identified as the
"City of Taj". It took 22 years to build this beautiful
building , opposite to Yamuna bank, made of fine white marbles, written in Urdu
sculpture’s .I just cant define the beauty and the aura of Taj Mahal and the
garden, the whole area, it was breath taking. If you haven’t been to Agra
please you have to visit agra once. If you love history , then this is the
right place to explore.
