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Travel to Taj Mahal in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India will take you around the world’s most pristine, unadulterated and celestial monument that looms fairytale-like from the banks of River Yamuna. It appears as most enthralling token of love constructed by the then distinguished Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in the remembrance of his most beautiful cum beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal who unluckily died while giving birth to their child in year 1631. You might have read many interesting facts about the existence of this epitome of undying love such as it took around 22-years to complete its structural designing and is made in complete white material and also more than hundred elephants were used to carry the building material for its entire construction motive but still during your Taj Mahal travel, you would also get to know a quantity of attention-grabbing facts about its historical set-up.
Taj Mal Travel Tips:
Travel to Taj Mahal is a child’s play nowadays. Its distance from the capital city Delhi is 200kms (125 miles) and one can easily reach here through the fantastic connectivity of roadways, railways and airways.
If some is coming here by the means of railways then please note that main railhead is located in Delhi, near Paharganj.
Trains to Agra also head off Delhi from H Nizamuddin Railway Station, which is approximately 20 minutes from New Delhi Railway Station.
The major railhead in Agra is Agra Cantt.(AGC).
Once you reach here you can also get a room booked in any hotel located near Taj Mahal such as Hotel Clarks Shiraz, Hotel Taj view and Hotel Agra Ashok, etc. if you have not booked it any advance.
Last but not least, the timings to visit Taj Mahal are from 6 A.M. to 7 P.M. all the days except Friday (when it's closed for prayer). The doorways of Taj Mahal kept open for moonlight viewing from 8.30 P.M. until 12.30 A.M, two days previous to and following every full moon.
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