Early on the morning of Jan 12th our little party left Delhi station bound for Agra. The north of India often gets foggy in the winter months and this Dec/Jan has been no exception. As the train rolled into Agra, the fog was so thick that we couldn't even see the train tracks... "Oh no", I worried, "all this way and we wont even be able to see the Taj". Well - the worries were in vain, by the time we arrived the fog had burned off and it was a beautiful day. The building itself - well, words cant describe it, and even pictures don't fully do it justice. I was very moved.
You all know, I'm sure that the Taj is a mausoleum that Shah Jahan, one of the mughal emperors, had built for his favorite wife (Mumtaz Mahal), but you may not have known that was after she died giving birth to her 14th child. I'd say that she certainly deserved having this most beautiful building built in her memory.
More from Agra shortly, but we thought the Taj deserved a post all its own.
1 comment:
Wow!! How beautiful. Not only are these pictures amazing, they look really warm. Wish we were there. Thanks for posting them and we'd love to see more.
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