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AGRA

Agra is the city of the Taj Mahal the historic mosque, in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, some 220 km from Delhi.it is 240 KMS from Jaipur and is famed across the globe for it's large legacy of monuments,old heritage, colourful bazars and tourist friendly behavior of the localites.

Taj Mahal :- The Taj Mahal is one of the three World Heritage Sites in India “The embodiment of all things pure”, said Rudyard Kipling on Taj Mahal’s beauty and that is no wordplay as the Taj is undoubtedly a pure epitome of beauty. It is an immortal poem in white marble and is the finest expression of love of an emperor for his queen. Located on a bank of River Yamuna, it was built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his beloved wife and Queen Mumtaz Mahal in 1631, who died giving birth to his child and whose last wish to her husband was “to build such a tomb in her memory which the world has never seen before.” It took over 17 years, 22000 workers and 1000 elephants to build the wonderful mausoleum.

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