Sunday 29 June 2014

Agra and Fatehpur

17 November, 2013. Huhahh, I still remember it, second class sleeper coaches in train left from bandra terminus. 75 students from our college. Leaving for a beautiful trip which we had never imagined how wonderful it was going to be to explore three new cities of India. Agra,Fatehpur-Sikri & Rajasthan. Okay, first day at Agra was quite awesome, My visit to Agra was god's gift to me, that I could go to such a trip. Agra is magnificent in its own way. I visited the Taj Mahal, and even I saw the Diwan-e-aam and Diwan-e-khas as shown in the movie Jodha akbar. Believe me, standing there I imagined the whole scene of Akbar's reign. And that feeling is that really I can't express it but I felt so great in standing one the greatest places of Indian subcontinent. The walls, the pillars looked so alive that I felt that Akbar would come out of somehwhere suddenly with his bodyguards, the word "Diwan-e-Aam" means, the court for common people. I went to Taj Mahal and frankly to say, There's nothing much exciting about Taj Mahal, yes Indeed it is mysterious and secondly people aren't allowed to enter the basement of Taj Mahal.

Fatehpur and Sikri are the places where we find Jodhabai palace, the begum of Akbar. Jodhabai's kitchen, Jodhabai's temple her bedroom all is still there. You must visit Fatehpur once in your lifetime.
Alright now people gonna think I visited Rajasthan that means I must have visited Jodhpur, Jaipur, Bikaner, Bundi, Jaisalmer, Udaypur. haaha enough of it. I visited Bharatpur.A small village which is famous for Bharatpur bird sanctuary. Declared as the world heritage site. Do visit these three lovely places if you can!
My next experience will soon be posted. Stay tuned!