TAJ MAHAL.... beauty in the world!!!

Hello!

There we are... When you ask someone about India, they can tell you probably a lot of things... from saris to Hindouism to ganges and spirituality...
But one thing that everyone knows about India, is that the most famous building there is the Taj Mahal!

So we arrived in Agra from Jaipur... happy to leave the business of the capital of Rajasthan... On the first afternoon, we haven't done much, we just had a lunch on a

rooftop restaurant, looking at the top of the Taj and watching monkeys jumping fom one roof to the other and having fun (with the peoples' clothes!!).

We also went around the area to see where the different entrances for the Taj are, and when it opens...

On the next ay, we got up very early, to be at the Taj Mahal at 6am and see the sunrise

on the building... apparently it is a beautiful sight but we were not lucky and it was far too cloudy that day to see anything at all!!

But that doesn't matter, wether it was sunny or not, we cold discover the Taj Mahal... and it wasn't disappointing.

We entered the site through big ochra gates and little by little the Taj was visible...
I don't think that it is necessary to actually tell you how it looks, I will simply tell you that it is a very beautiful building, looking like a fairytale Castle from the middle east, all made in white marble, which makes it look extremely pure.

We were very impressed of its beauty with Ola... and we stayed for hours just looking at it.

The inside of the Taj Mahal is actually a mausoleum built by Sha Jahan for his wife, when she died... amazing to see what love does...
The light is very minimal when you enter and it takes time to adjust to the dark... Once you do, you discover all the decorations and beautiful details...

No pictures were allowed in the inside, but we could at least enjoy all the details and writings around the main entrance of the Taj.

We stayed a few more moments looking at the outside before leaving the site, still very much impressed by it.

Once out, we decided to go and visit the other attraction of the town: the Red Fort.

And we were very happily surprised too as it was very interesting to walk and wander around the fort, where architecture here as well was pretty impressive, with some very old parts made of red bricks only, and some other, more "royal" made of white marble...

From the Fort, further away, you can see the Taj.

Inside the Fort, are also many green spaces, which makes it even nicer to enjoy...

The rest of the afternoon, we had pretty much only to wait for our next train... so we went top a restaurant and watched movies while it was raining outside! Lovely!

So we left Agra, for Varanasi, our heads still full of images from one of the most well-known site in the world!

Loads of kisses

Agnes and Ola

written by

agnesola on March 15, 2008 from Agra, India

from the travel blog: Baby and Baby's around the world travel...

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Hello! I say this only once! Påsk: frestelse, köttbullar,gravlax, löjrom, sill, skagentoast and we wish you were here!!!!!Claes och Titti!!!!!!!! Love you!!

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