Taj Mahal with Sacred Ganges

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Tour Duration: 11 day(s)
Specialty Categories: Cultural Journey Archeology/History
Season: January - December
Tour Customizable: No

Agra Tour Packages The most beautiful building in the world. In 1631 the emperor Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal in memory of his wife Mumtaz, who died in childbirth. The white marble mausoleum at Agra has become the monument of a man's love for a woman. Shah Jahan came to power in 1622 when he seized the throne from his father, while murdering his brothers to ensure his claim to rule. He was known as an extravagant and cruel leader. But he redeemed himself by his generosity to his friends and the poor, by his passion in adorning India with some of its most beautiful architecture, and by his devotion to his wife Mumtaz Mahal - "Ornament of the Palace." He had married her when he was 21, when he already had two children by an earlier consort. Mumtaz gave her husband 14 children in eighteen years, and died at the age of 39 during the birth of the final child. Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal as a monument to her memory and her fertility, but then relapsed into a life of scandalous behavior. This tomb was only one of hundreds of beautiful buildings that Shah Jahan erected, mostly at Agra and in the new Dehli that came into being under his planning. Passing through a high wall, one comes suddently upon the Taj - raised upon a marble platform, and framed on either side by handsome mosques and stately minarets Tour to Agra.

Agra Tour Packages , the city of the Taj Mahal and once the capital of the Mughal empire, has several monuments which display the splendor of Mughal architecture. It was here that Babar, the founder of the dynasty, had the first formal Persian garden laid out on the banks of the river Yamuna. Akbar, his grandson, raised the towering ramparts of the great Red Fort, within whose walls Jahangir built rose-red palaces, courts and gardens, and which Shahajahan embellished with marble mosques, palaces and pavilions of gem-inlaid white marble. Tour to Agra is mentioned in the ancient epic Mahabharata as Agraban, the sister city of the more prominent Mathura. Agra was established in 1475 by Badal Singh and came into its own when Sikander Lodhi of the Lodhi dynasty chose it for his capital because of its proximity to the Yamuna. Babur defeated the Lodhis to capture not only Agra but also to lay the foundation of the Mughal empire. In the mid-16th and earlier 17th centuries, Agra witnessed a frenzied building activity and it was during this time that the symbol of love, the Taj Mahal, was built. The buildings made during this era were purely in the contemporary Mughal style and of very high quality. Besides the monuments, Agra is worth a visit for the masterpieces of craftsmen recreating the glory of the Mughal period and for the Mughlai cuisine, the aroma of which fills the narrow lanes of Tour to Agra.

Tour Itinerary:

Day 1: Arrival at Delhi - Delhi Tour
Company Representatives will receive you on arrival at the international airport in Delhi late in the evening. Transfer to your hotel. Relax. Overnight will be at Delhi Tour.

Day 2: Delhi - Delhi Tour Packages
Breakfast will be at Delhi. Proceed for a full day tour of Old & New Delhi. Enjoy the dances of India in the evening. Overnight will be at Delhi.

Day 3: Delhi - Jodhpur - Jaisalmer - Tour to Delhi
Early morning transfer for flight to Jodhpur. Reach and proceed to Jaisalmer by surface. Reach and check in at hotel. Overnight will be at Jaisalmer.

Day 4: Jaisalmer - Jaisalmer Tour
After a relaxed breakfast proceed for full day sight-seeing tour of The Golden City - Jaisalmer Tour. It is in the heart of the Great Indian Desert. Stay overnight at Jaisalmer.

Day 5: Jaisalmer - Jodhpur - Jaisalmer Tour Packages
Proceed in the morning after a leisurely breakfast and reach Jodhpur.Relax in the hotel and visit the museum of Umaid Bhawan Palace. Overnight will be at Jodhpur Tour.

Day 6: Jodhpur - Udaipur - Jodhpur Tour
Transfer to airport in the morning for flight to Udaipur. Reach and check in at hotel. Relax in the evening. Overnight will be at Udaipur Tour.

Day 7: Udaipur - Jaipur Tour
Proceed for sight-seeing tour of Udaipur after breakfast, stopping first at City Palace. Here you will marvel at rooms with mirrored walls and ivory doors, colored glass windows and inlaid marble balconies and the Peacock Courtyard. Overnight will be at Jaipur.

Day 8: Jaipur Tour Packages
Breakfast will be at hotel.Proceed for excursion to Amber Fort in the outskirts of Jaipur. Elephant ride ascent to the fort. Overnight will be at Jaipur Tour.

Day 9: Jaipur - Agra - Tour to Jaipur
Proceed for Agra after breakfast. Spend the night at Agra.

Day 10: Agra - Varanasi - Varanasi Tour
Proceed for sight-seeing of Taj Mahal after breakfast. Overnight will be at Varanasi Tour.

Day 11: Varanasi - Delhi - Varanasi Tour Packages
Drive very early morning to The Daswamedh Ghat and take a boat ride on the sacred river Ganges. See the cremation Ghats and witness the living traditions of one of the world's oldest and most important religions. Transfer to airport for flight to Delhi. Proceed for the farewell dinner before reaching the airport for flight home with sweet memories of holidays in India.