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Mehtab Bagh (Moonlight Garden)
A Mughal-era garden across the Yamuna River offering the perfect symmetrical view of the Taj Mahal without the crowds.
2 km · about 5 min drive
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Agra
Uttar Pradesh, India · Asia
About Agra
Agra is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Dayāl Bāgh, 37km from Fatehpur Sikri.
Agra is in Uttar Pradesh, India, with about 1.4 million people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Dayāl Bāgh, about 4 km away.
Agra (; Hindi: Āgarā, pronounced [ˈaːɡɾaː] ) is a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is a part of Western Uttar Pradesh, about 230 kilometres (140 mi) south-east of the national capital Delhi and 330 km west of the state capital Lucknow. It is also part of the Braj region.Read more
With a population of roughly 1.6 million, Agra is the fourth-most populous city in Uttar Pradesh and twenty-third most populous city in India.
Agra's notable historical period began during Sikandar Khan Lodi's reign, but the golden age of the city began with the Mughals in the early 16th century. Agra was the foremost city of the Indian subcontinent and the capital of the Mughal Empire under Mughal emperors Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan. Under Mughal rule, Agra became a centre for learning, arts, commerce, and religion, and saw the construction of the Agra Fort, Sikandra and Agra's most prized monument, the Taj Mahal, constructed between 1632 and 1648 by Shah Jahan in remembrance of his wife Mumtaz Mahal. With the decline of the Mughal empire in the late 18th century, the city fell first to Marathas and later to the East India Company. After Independence, Agra has developed into an industrial town, with a booming tourism industry, along with footwear, leather and other manufacturing. The Taj Mahal and the Agra Fort are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The city features mild winters, hot and dry summers and a monsoon season, and is famous for its Mughlai cuisine. Agra is part of the Golden Triangle tourist circuit, along with Delhi and Jaipur; and the Uttar Pradesh Heritage Arc, a tourist circuit of Uttar Pradesh, along with Lucknow and Varanasi.
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Within an hour or so of Agra: Mehtab Bagh (Moonlight Garden) (2 km), Taj Mahal (3 km), Fatehpur Sikri (37 km).
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Agra is in Uttar Pradesh, India, about 4 km from Dayāl Bāgh.
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- Population
- 1,430,055
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- India
- Region
- Uttar Pradesh
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
- Coordinates
- 27.1833, 78.0167
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Worth the detour from Agra
3 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Taj Mahal
Stunning white marble mausoleum built in the 17th century by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan as a monument to love.
3 km · about 5 min drive
ancient ruins
Fatehpur Sikri
A perfectly preserved 16th-century Mughal ghost city built by Emperor Akbar and abandoned after only 14 years due to water scarcity.
37 km · about 40 min drive
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