My holiday trip (Part 1 ).

On my last holiday to India I went to visit some places in north India.After reaching my home town I left for Delhi very next day with my mom and one of my younger sisters.My brother had left for Delhi with his family earlier than me.After a long time I went to Delhi where my eldest sister lives with her family.They all were very happy to see me.Just after reaching to Delhi.We'd  planned to visit different places in Delhi and near by Delhi.We'd booked tourist van for us.That night we could sleep only for 1 hour or little more.Because after a long time we got together and we also went out to see Durga Puja (Hindu Festival) in the evening.We had to leave early in the morning because there were so many places to visit in one day.I won't go for much of detail about the trip.I am just going to post some pictures with some information wherever it requires.If you want to know something in detail please feel free to ask me. I know many of you are waiting to see the pictures of my trip.So,let me start with the pictures of THE TAJ MAHAL,THE NUMBER ONE WONDER   among the 7 WONDERS of the world.

But before posting the pictures let me tell you about the Taj Mahal in short.

While the white domed marble mausoleum is its most familiar component, the Taj Mahal is actually an integrated complex of structures. Building began around 1632 and was completed around 1653, and employed thousands of artisans and craftsmen.^[3] The construction of the Taj Mahal was entrusted to a board of architects under imperial supervision including Abd ul-Karim Ma'mur Khan, Makramat Khan, and Ustad Ahmad Lahauri.^[4][5] Lahauri is generally considered be the principal designer.

If you want to know more about The Taj Mahal then check this link  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal

Entrance to go infront of Taj Mahal.There are row of rooms in both side which were the servant quarters of Mughal Emperors of those days.Till couple of years ago visitors were allowed stay in those rooms.

The gate way of the Taj Mahal.During Mughal Empire guests used to get warm welcome with the sound of bugles and drum beats in the reception gate.

The view of Taj through the reception gate.

Taj Mahal was built by Shah Jahan

This is the guest  house for the visitors of the Emperor which is built just at the left hand side of the Taj Mahal and there is a mosque at the right hand side of the Taj Mahal.This guest house actually was built to keep the balance of the Taj Mahal on earth.

The main entrance to go inside the Taj Mahal.

These are artificial tombs of Shah Jahan and Mumtaj.The real tombs are just under these tombs.Due to suffocation problem and some other accidents in the past the authority has stopped allowing people to go downstair to see the real tombs since last year.Photography is not allowed inside.But still people were taking pictures and I also took some pictures in the dark.

This is river Yamuna just behind the Taj Mahal.You can see a circule sort of land.Shah Jahan had started to build a black Taj Mahal there.But he was deposed and house arrested by his own son Aurangzeb before he could finish it.

That's the view of Agra fort from Taj Mahal.Unfortunately it was getting so dark and I couldn't able to take good pictures of that.We couldn't go to the Agra Fort because it was clossing time of the fort.Shah Jahan was kept in that area when he was arrested by his son.

The view of the back side of the gate way to the Taj Mahal from the balcony of Taj Mahal.

MATHURA:- The Birth place of Lord Krishna.

Check this link to know about Mathura the historic city and the holy place for Hindu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathura,_Uttar_Pradesh

The entrance of the Mathura Temple which is actually the birth place of lord Krishna of Hindu religion.Cameras are not allowed inside so I couldn't able to take any picture inside.

This is the famous pond of Mathura where lord Krishna and others used to wash their clothes.

VRINDAVAN:-The place where Lord Krishna spent his childhood days.

To know more about Vrindavan check this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vrindavan

The main temple of Vrindavan

The house of Mira Bai who use to worship and also used to love lord Krishna.But Krishna's real lover was Radha.The romance of Radha and Krishna is very famous.

The entrance of the Nidhi Ban the place where Krishna and Radha always used to meet.

Some pitcures inside the Nidhi Ban (ban=forest).

This is the famous tree of Vrindavan which is located close to river Yamuna.According to Hindu believe Radha and Krishna used to swing and sing on this tree.By the way lord Krishna used to play flute.

People pray under this tree.

An undergoing constraction of bridge on river Yamuna.

This is a mosque on Delhi-Agra road.I took this pic from the car.

SIKANDRA,the tomb of Mughal Emperor Akbar:-

Check this link to know more about Sikndra http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Akbar_the_Great

I wanted to go inside the Sikandra.But my family members didn't want to go inside because we were running out of time to see Taj Mahal.We couldn't able to see the famous Fatehpur Sikri and the Agra Fort.We wanted to see some other famous places in New Delhi and Old Delhi though we have seen them before.But due to very hot  weather my sister was not feeling well so was I and we had to cancel our program.Then after two days we went to mountain sides of Himachal Pradesh in India.Name of the places are Shimla,Kulu,Manali,Palampur and  Dharamshala.I will post some pictures of my that trip in my next blog.Till then enjoy my this blog