subject: Nearby Places From Taj Mahal [print this page] Fatehpur Sikri Fatehpur Sikri
A majestic town entirely conserved, Fatehpur Sikri presents a wonderful and a spectacular escape into the history. Akbar decided on the building of a fresh capital here when a prediction of the birth of a male royal successor, by the Sufi Saint Salim Chisti of Sikri, became correct.
Impressive gateways and beautiful palaces were constructed in red sandstone inside this fortified city only to be neglected and deserted a few years later. Agra Fort
The creation of the Agra fort commenced approximately in 1565 when the original structures were built by Akbar. Shah Jahan reinstate most of these with his marble formations. Some nevertheless live to tell the tale, amongst them are- Amar Singh Gate, Delhi Gate, Akbari Mahal and the Jahangiri Mahal. Agra fort is too one of them
Sikandra
An outstanding and a fabulous monument of Agra, just about 13 km. from the Agra Fort, the final sleeping place of the Mughal ruler Akbar. Akbar was the supreme and the most excellent of the Mughal emperors and one of the most worldly minded crowned heads of his time. He was the successor to a stretched practice of oriental alteration, an immense supporter and benefactor of the arts, music, literature, philosophy and science.
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Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary
Nearly 176 km. from Delhi it is a incredibly extraordinary wilderness - the Keoladeo Ghana National Park, one of the supreme water-bird sanctuaries in the entire world. The big lake and marshland was unnaturally shaped by the Maharaja of Bharatpur in the middle of approximately 19th century. By construction of small dykes and barriers and redirecting water from an irrigation canal, he rehabilitated this low lying region into an excellent wild bird shooting preserve. In not many years, the novel marshland encircled by insignificant forests was capable to sustain thousands of water birds.
There are large range of storks and cranes and the local sarus crane is pleasing to the eye in a livery of grey and red. Each year Bharatpur awaits most eagerly for the coming of the Siberian cranes.
There are only two migrating places for these rare species .One is Iran and the other Bharatpur and these gorgeous and fine looking birds with their unique red beaks, take off and fly over 6400 km from their summer move away in Siberia, to get to these places.
The jungles all around the lake at Bharatpur harbor the sambar, chital, nilgai, jackal, hyena, fox, mongoose and porcupine.
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