A visit to Taj Mahal is a must for any tourist in India. I had been to The Taj a few years back in a pak(c)aged bus tour. The image of Taj was much better than the actual visual experience.I went expecting to see a beautiful structure made of pure white shining marble that one sees in modern monstrous buildings. But Taj is built of small pieces of marbles that are in all possible shades of white.
The general traveller in India is never bothered to learn beforehand about the places he is visiting.He simply wants to SEE the place without troubling about artistic or aesthetic aspects.So i also did the same. For this visit i thought i will read some thing on Taj and Fathepur Sikri. But i could not do it. I along with four of my batchmates from NACEN set out in a Qualis to Agra from Delhi on this saturday(21-06-2005).Just before we reached Sikandra where Akbar's tomb is situated our vehicle broke down. Fortunately, my batchmate Balaji had a friend who is working as a wild life vetenerian in the Bear Rescue and Rehabilitation center that was a Kilometer away. So we spent around two hours at that center discussing and learning about an interesting aspect of wild life conservation. The center rescues bears from the traditional tamers of bears who eke out a living by making the bears do some acrobatics.A community of Muslims called Qalandars is involved in this. The center buys the bear from them by persuasion and rehabilitates the bears.
I have read something on Fathepur Sikri as part of my civil service History mains preparation. I had the image of dilapidated and ruined structures in mind. But the remains are impressive.It is a very huge complex and it is among the best preserved palaces that i have seen.I earlier had a serious aversion to hiring guides while visiting any historical monuments.The guides had their own version of the historical events which are absolute nonsense. But over the period of time i have changed my opinion. We spend so much in travelling to these places and the cost of hiring isn't much in comparison. With out guide we might we miss out many features although their narration of history is of no use.
The general traveller in India is never bothered to learn beforehand about the places he is visiting.He simply wants to SEE the place without troubling about artistic or aesthetic aspects.So i also did the same. For this visit i thought i will read some thing on Taj and Fathepur Sikri. But i could not do it. I along with four of my batchmates from NACEN set out in a Qualis to Agra from Delhi on this saturday(21-06-2005).Just before we reached Sikandra where Akbar's tomb is situated our vehicle broke down. Fortunately, my batchmate Balaji had a friend who is working as a wild life vetenerian in the Bear Rescue and Rehabilitation center that was a Kilometer away. So we spent around two hours at that center discussing and learning about an interesting aspect of wild life conservation. The center rescues bears from the traditional tamers of bears who eke out a living by making the bears do some acrobatics.A community of Muslims called Qalandars is involved in this. The center buys the bear from them by persuasion and rehabilitates the bears.
I have read something on Fathepur Sikri as part of my civil service History mains preparation. I had the image of dilapidated and ruined structures in mind. But the remains are impressive.It is a very huge complex and it is among the best preserved palaces that i have seen.I earlier had a serious aversion to hiring guides while visiting any historical monuments.The guides had their own version of the historical events which are absolute nonsense. But over the period of time i have changed my opinion. We spend so much in travelling to these places and the cost of hiring isn't much in comparison. With out guide we might we miss out many features although their narration of history is of no use.
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