North India tour

Agra Jaipur Ranatambhore Delhi simla Amritsar Delhi

April 11th : journey to Agra in Ap express. April 12th : reached Agra. Local sightseeing Taj mahal, Agra fort, Sikandara fort. April 13th : journey to Jaipur via Fatehpur sikri, Bharatpur bird sanctuary. April 14th : local sightseeing of Jaipur Hawamahal, Amber fort, Jantar mantar, city palace. April 15th : journey to Ranatambhore safari at ranatambhore wild life sanctuary. April 16th : journey to Delhi. April 17th : half day local sight seeing of Delhi Birla mandir, India gate, Raj ghat and proceeded to simla. April 18th : sight seeing of kufri, journey to kalka in toy train, overnight journey to Amritsar. April 19th : local sight seeing golden temple, jallianwala bhag, wagah border and over night journey to Delhi. April 20th : local shopping and return journey to Hyderabad in Ap express.

April 12th : we reached Agra at 5.40 am and were transferred to hotel Priya by one 40 seated a/c bus and a 25 seated a/c bus. All the students were ready by 8.45 am and we proceeded for local sightseeing. One km prior to Taj mahal we had to get down from our buses and we were transferred to Taj mahal in a battery operated bus which exceeded its carrying capacity, most of us were standing inside the bus. Tourists can also go by walk or on camels. cost for transportation in a battery bus : 25 rs/person cost for transportation on a camel : 30rs/person we went through the security check before entering into the premises of Taj mahal and after that we clicked pictures near the main gateway of Taj mahal. The Gateway to the Taj Mahal is a unique piece of architecture in itself and separates the gardens from the forecourt. Rising approximately 93 feet and with a width of 150 feet. Arabic inscriptions in a calligraphic scheme guided specifically by Qur'anic quotations appeared around the south door of the gateway. As soon as we got a glimpse of Taj mahal which is a UNESCO world heritage site and one of the seven wonders of the world, we were all overwhelmed by the beauty of it. The Taj Mahal, an immense mausoleum of white marble, built in Agra between 1631 and 1648 by order of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, is the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage. It no doubt partially owes its renown to the moving circumstances of its construction. Shah Jahan, in order to perpetuate the memory of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who died in 1631, had this funerary mosque built. The monument, begun in 1632, was finished in 1648; unverified but nonetheless, tenacious, legends attribute its construction to an international team of several thousands of masons, marble workers, mosaicists and decorators working under the orders of the architect of the emperor, Ustad Ahmad Lahori. Situated on the right bank of the Yamuna in a vast Mogul garden of some 17 ha, this funerary monument, bounded by four isolated minarets, reigns with its octagonal structure capped by a bulbous dome through the criss-cross of open perspectives offered by alleys or basins of water. The rigour of a perfect elevation of astonishing graphic purity is disguised and almost contradicted by the scintillation of a fairy-like decor where the white marble, the main building material, brings out and scintillates the floral arabesques, the decorative bands, and the calligraphic inscriptions which are incrusted in polychromatic pietra dura. The materials were brought in from all over India and central Asia and white Makrana marble from Jodhpur. Precious stones for the inlay came from Baghdad, Punjab, Egypt, Russia, Golconda, China, Afghanistan, Ceylon, Indian

Ocean and Persia. The unique Mughal style combines elements and styles of Persian, Central Asian and Islamic architecture.