City of the Taj Mahal, Agra is perhaps India’s most visited
city by tourists. Once stronghold of the Mughal Empire, home
of its fabulous treasury, Agra was the most prominent capital
in a spectacular period of North India’s history. Today,
dominated by the imposing presence of Agra Fort and the Taj
Mahal, it is a city of nostalgia & memories, beautiful monuments
offering reminders of its glorious past around almost every
corner. In the city where the Mughals built like titans, and
decorated like jewellers, the ancient skills that helped create
the Taj Mahal are kept alive today by artisans producing gorgeous
inlays on marble from plates and boxes to table tops.
Agra is easily accessible by road from both, Delhi & Jaipur.
These three cities form the points of the ‘Golden Triangle’
of North India’s tourism holding the cream of its best
monuments.
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