Honeymoon in Agra

Plunge into the depths of your heart and feel the intense love and passion that drove Shah Jehan to build Taj Mahal, a romantic poem in white marble and semi-precious stones as a tribute to his lost spouse. 22 long years and enormous amounts of money that went into its construction could not deter this lover from hiring the best of the best talents and almost 20,000 laborers and ensuring that it becomes the most beautiful building world has ever seen. Mumtaz Mehal, his beloved queen, had left for another world but Shah Jehan carved an eternal place in history for both of them by building this mausoleum at the banks of River Yamuna along with beautiful gardens with rare flowers and plants and attractive fountains adorning them, all around it. It is almost divine to see the changing colors of Taj Mahal in the full moon and no-moon nights as it casts its pearly reflection in the waters of the river.

Just imagine the turbulence and desperate longing of a lover's heart who so moved even his hard-hearted son, Aurangzeb, that when he captured and imprisoned Shah Jehan in the magnificent and gigantic Red Fort and mounted the throne, he made a little allowance for his father and allowed him to pass his last days in the area from where he could see the Taj Mahal even while lying on his bed. As you are guided through the Red Fort, you will see the place and can still feel the air of desolation and loneliness that haunts the area. Sikandra, the Akbar's mausoleum and Itmad-ud-daulah are other notable places that display the expertise of Mughal architectural style when it was at its zenith.