18.02.2019
Agra trip:
I and Kala left
early in the morning @4.30 AM to Red Fort, Delhi for boarding the bus to Agra. We got into a local bus and the bus did not
move until it was full. Purpose of
leaving early in the morning was lost due to inadequate information. We earlier contemplated leaving for Agra by
Satabdi Express but couldn’t get the tickets.
Bus Ticket to Agra was not all that expensive but took more 5 hours to
reach Agra and we almost lost a valuable day.
We reached Agra
around 12.00 Noon and decided to go to Taj Mahal which is world heritage
site. I had gone to Agra some time
during 1993 . I remember having visited
Agra with my brother Venkat and my good friend Ayyappan.
There was a
sheer joy for kala and myself. It was a
magnificent sight and we couldn’t believe ourselves as we were in front of the
taj mahal. As we walked few meters from
the entrance, we could see the grand Taj Mahal
Mogul Emperor
had rich taste which is evident in the structure and architect of the Dargah. The entire structure is built with white marble
and could imagine the number of years it would have taken to construct such a
grandeur. Taj Mahal was built sometime
in the year 1632 by Emperor Shah Jahan. Emperor
Shah Jahan built the memorial for his wife Mumtaz.
As we were
facing time constraints, we decided to go Agra fort. Agra Fort is just about 5 Kms away from Taj
Mahal. It was believed that Mogul
Emperor Aurangzeb ruled the place from the Agra Fort and imprisoned his own
father Shah jahan who built the great Taj Mahal. In his last days of Shah Jahan he could see
Taj Mahal from the place where he was kept under imprisonment
We reached New
Delhi sometime in the night and had plans to go to Vrindhavanam and Govardhanam
by the next day. Please let me have your
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