Till 11th November 2019, I just saw this massively beautiful structure on television, YouTube or in Magazines. On that day, I really had it into my vision and my camera. Finally, I got a shot.
I went to New Delhi to attend a wedding of one of my relatives. Suddenly, in the night, My family planned to visit Agra, specifically to see the Taj Mahal. I got excited, packed my camera and stuff and booked a cab for the next morning.
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11th November, 2019:
We sat into an Innova and left the house at 8 am in the morning. We raced through the connecting highway road between Delhi and Agra, enjoying the scenic view of the infrastructure of Delhi.
We took a break for washrooms in the middle on a gas station. We entered Agra at about 10 am, and after the duration of half hour we reached to the point from which we had to board an E-Rickshaw or we can can walk to the Taj Mahal.
But first, for the breakfast, we had this amazing Puri-Aloo-Chole at a snack corner known as Agra Puri Bhandar .
It was really delicious.
When we asked the owner of the snack corner for the Taj Mahal, he told us that either we can walk through the street till the entrance or we can take a rickshaw. FYI, the rickshaw charge Rs. 20-30 INR per person for taking it to the entrance of Taj Mahal. We sat in a rickshaw and I clicked some street shots while we reach to the entrance.
At the entrance, we bought tickets to enter inside, FYI, the ticket charges are Rs. 50 per person to visit the outer area of the Taj Mahal and Rs. 250 per person, if you have to visit inside the Taj Mahal.
At one point, you have to put down your shoes and have to walk barefoot through the perimeter of the structure or you have an option to buy a shoe cover which allows you to cover your shoes from the bottom and walk.
There were so many people including visitors from the outer country and the locals. The people talking about it’s beauty doesn’t lie, it is indeed marvelous.
Me and my family felt so amazed and good after seeing the majestic beauty.
For a long time , I had a shot in mind regarding this place and finally I got that photograph in my travel collection.
One thing I noticed after looking at the building in real, which never noticed in the pictures. The centre dome of the Taj Mahal has Muslim signature at the top of it.
I had so much fun and I really to visit here again on some cloudy day. The pictures with the cloudy sky will be great.
Till then, Happy Guiding!
Merry Christmas to all the members of the Local Guides Community!
