Mesmerizing Agra Tour ….

How exciting it is to go on picnic! Since the day you come to know about touring Agra, day-dreamer begins. Fascination of seeing ‘The Taj’ strengthens into passion. Finally, the day-dream comes true. It’s one of the seven wonders in front of your eyes! OUTSTANDING, STUNNING & many more adjectives appear dwarf before its vivid elegance. 

Marvelous beauty of that ivory monument can arrest anyone’s eyes. It took four hours in covering 210 km from Delhi by drive to me. A guide picked me under Agra Tour Packages in A/c car.

It was spell bounding experience when I saw it with my own eyes.  Truly, “It’s magnificent”, as exclaimed I. This beautiful craftsmen’s masterpiece was appearing as if the milky white marble are carved to create incredible architecture. 

‘Who made it’ spat out of my mouth to the guide who was standing beside me. He was mighty Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, he responded within seconds. The king ordered it to build in the memory of his loving wife in 1630. It was a heart touching news that period Queen Mumtaz is resting there in grave for years. Witnessing it, I understood ‘How a mortal becomes an immortal’.

The astounding beauty of ‘The Taj’ stuck my eyes as if it hypnotized me. The intricate inlay interiors with the intelligent blend of Turkish, Islamic & Persian elements of architecture were gluing not only my eyes but of all who were onlookers.  The majestic view of the Taj has been staying ‘evergreen’ in my heart. Tourists can’t catch it on Friday as it’s off day.

Anyhow, as the clock struck ‘1’, we had lunch. With chewing my last morsel, I asked if our next venue will be Itmad-ud-Daula’s tomb, to my guide. His nodding stamped ‘Yes’ it was.  Excitement was soaring high to watch what’s thrilling it hid. My excitement was not wrong as this tomb was one of the finest tombs of Medieval Period.  It is not more than one & half km from the Taj. It paints the picture of Jehangir’s ruling era. One of the prominent queen of Mughal empire was Nur Jahan. Her parents Mirza Ghivas & Asmat Begum were buried in cenotaphs here in peace after their ‘goodbye’ to mundane world. Well, the want to more from the pages of history was doubling in me. But the tour wrapped up & I returned with the desire to hit these places once more.