The Top tourist attractions of The Golden Triangle Delhi, Agra, and Jaipur

The Golden Triangle is a traveler route connecting the 3 major cities– Agra, Jaipur and Delhi Numerous highways and roadways interlink these three cities, and they look like a closed equilateral triangle. The adjective “golden” is well fit due to the fact that these three cities are like treasures for India. All the major architectural wonders and rich history left behind by the Mughals and the Hindu Maharajas are concentrated in these 3 cities. Thus, a journey through the Golden Triangle resembles a journey through the heart of India. As such, I’m noting some of the best places to visit in these 3 cities.

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Delhi

Delhi

Delhi is the capital of India. Your trip to India will never ever finish its cycle until you visit Delhi. The capital is like a tiny India. It is a combination of all the cultures, faith and traditions discovered all over the country. Hindu Maharajas, Mughals and the British made it their capital, and it remains so till date.

There is a lot to see in Delhi, however I have noted out some substantial traveler attractions of Delhi for you in Top 5 Most Popular Attractions in Delhi and Top 5 Local Offbeat Places To Visit in Delhi.

Agra

Agra

Agra is filled with a history of the Mughal guideline in India. All the monoliths and burial places that you will discover here were made by notorious Mughal emperors. A few of the very best amongst these are noted below.

#1. Taj Mahal

The amazing Taj Mahal. Image by TausP.

Taj Mahal is a representation of India in the worldwide sphere. It is among the seven wonders of the world. It is indeed a miracle. This magnificent monument made from white marble stones is an everlasting sign of love.

The story goes on that out of all his wives, Shahjahan loved Mumtaz one of the most. Her untimely death came as a shock to the king, and he wished to eternalize his love for her by building a beautiful tomb.

The lane to the Taj Mahal is lined by stunning trees, and in the middle, a long marble water tank embellishes the method. Honestly, seeing Taj Mahal for the very first time is a remarkable experience. The interiors of the Taj Mahal are studded with mirrors and gems that value in millions.

The king wanted himself to be buried beside his queen, and therefore, their burial places are shown to the travelers. However in fact, these are simply replicas of the initial burial places which are in an underground chamber under the Taj Mahal. The monolith stays closed on Fridays.

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#2. Agra Fort

Agra Fort, likewise known the Red Fort, is one of the very best forts in the country. You will fall for its architecture. It is extremely close to Taj Mahal and for that reason, very simple for you to visit. Read about it in The 6 Oldest Forts in India.

#3. Fatehpur Sikri

Fatehpur Sikri is not simply a monolith; it’s a city. King Akbar built it in the 16th century, and it was the capital of the Mughal empire for some time.

The city will leave you speechless. Nothing can get you a better glance of the middle ages Mughal culture like this small and stunning city. It is not only popular for its incredible architecture however likewise the method which it is established. There are grand palaces, monuments, mosques and tombs within the city. It is a World Heritage Site.

Some crucial things to check out in Fatehpur Sikri are Buland Darwaza, Jodhabai ka Rauza, Tomb of Salim Chisti and Panch Mahal.

#4. Itmad-Ud-Daulah’s Tomb

Itmad-Ud-Daulah. Photo by Honza Soukup.

It is given the grand title of Baby Taj due to the fact that of the striking similarity of its interiors with the Taj Mahal. It was supervised by Nur Jahan, partner of Jahangir.

There are lots of structures within the complex. The burial place is made from red sandstone and marble. Trees and gorgeous gardens surround the place. It’s genuinely an amazing place to check out.

#5. Sikandra Fort

You can not complete your journey in Agra without going to the tomb of the greatest emperor who ruled India– Akbar. Akbar was the biggest of all the Mughal rulers. Liberal, clever and brave, India grew in all elements throughout his reign. In fact, many burial places and monoliths you see today were built by him. Therefore, it’s just ideal that you pay tribute to the last resting place of this unbelievable guy.

The Sikandra Fort is made from red sandstone, and the architecture on its walls are a blend of Hindu and Mughal style. It is a must-visit location.

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Jaipur

Jaipur

Jaipur is well-known for a great deal of forts it houses, some constructed by the Mughals while some by Rajputs. There are a big number of places to go to in Jaipur, out of which most are forts. So I’m going to list only the best places of Jaipur here.

#1. Amber Fort

One of the most essential amongst all these forts is the Amber Fort. Read The 6 Oldest Forts in India to learn why this fort should be initially on your list.

#2. Hawa Mahal (Palace of the Wind)

Windows of Hawa Mahal. Picture by Rishabh Mathur.

Hawa Mahal is a representation of the scientific development in ancient India. The palace was built in 1798 by the Rajput king, Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh.

The Palace has an unbelievable number of 953 windows. Each of these windows is carefully designed with detailed lace work, and they are made in such a way that no matter the season, the Palace constantly remains cold from within. Such a mechanism and architecture was genuinely a great achievement. It’s like a medieval air conditioned palace. It is likewise among the most checked out locations in Jaipur.

#3. Jal Mahal (Palace of Water)

Jal Mahal. Image by Brian Walter.

Another mind boggling piece of architecture is the Jal Mahal. Will you believe if I say that the Jal Mahal stands in the middle of a lake? That’s right.

Integrated in the middle of the Man Sagar Lake and surrounded by Aravalli Hills in the background, the palace looks like a piece of a fairy tale; only this is genuine. The palace is filled with Rajputana art work on its walls. It is five-storeyed, but when the water level of the lake increases, only the top flooring is accessible.

You can visit the palace in traditional boats that are always available there. Who would not like to visit this dream castle?

#4. Pink City

When you check out Jaipur, you will begin to notice something very odd. Practically all the structures in Jaipur, including shops and houses, are all painted in a terracotta pink colour, although now it looks like a filthy pink.

The stunning reality is that it is a legal rule to paint the walls in this specific colour. It was passed about 130 years ago when the British prince, Prince Albert, pertained to check out India. To impress him, the Rajput king who ruled Jaipur built a big colossal building for him and called it after him. In addition to that, he repainted the whole city with the pink colour to show hospitality.

Now, it has actually become a distinct feature of Jaipur. But many new structures don’t follow this law any longer. As a result, a small area, called Pink City is explicitly present in the city. Old houses with their grimy pink colour can still be found here. Entering the location is like going into a pink wave. All you see is pink.

When you go there, do not forget to go to the infamous City Palace and the magnificent Albert Hall that still stands as wonderfully as it would have when it was constructed.

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Excursions And Trips Out From Agra

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For Tourists not from North India , The Excursions and Trips out from Agra , while on a Golden Triangle Tour Package are extremely interesting options , In addition to the Krishna villages and the surrounding areas of Mathura and Vrindavan , trips to Fatehpur Sikri, Bharatpur and Deeg—all towards Jaipur—make good outings. But here is one very special trip down into Madhya Pradesh state, to Gwalior, Datia and Orchha. It is best taken with two overnight stops, at Gwalior and Orchha.

Gwalior fulfils the romantic maharaja image even today. Its hilltop fort, built by the Tomar chief Man Singh (ruled 1486-1517), is perhaps the best of its kind, surpassing Amber, with precision-cut animal carving and glittering tiles. Its grossly extravagant Jai Vilas town palace (1872-4), built by Maharaja Jayaji Rao, and now partly open to the public, is where, in 1987, the family daughter married the eldest son of the ex-Maharaja of Kashmir, watched by more than a hundred ex-maharajas, in a sensational (and controversial) revival of royal panoply. In the unspoilt, provincial town lurk the tombs of Tansen (Akbar’s musician) and Muhammad Ghaus (Akbar’s spiritual gum), the richly-carved royal mausolea, and the town’s local steam train built by Jayaji Rao (well worth a ride).

Datia-and-Orchha

Then, to Datia and Orchha, where remarkable palaces were built by Raja Bir Singh Deo, the Rajput ruler who was a partner in crime with the rebellious Prince Salim before he became Emperor Jahangir. Datia’s seven-storey palace with stone elephants poking out at the top is surrounded by quiet village lanes. It gets better and better as you climb up, with fine jali work, perfect pavilions and surviving ceiling paintings (the curator lives next to the great entrance). Orchha has three palaces built on an island in the Betwa river: one built for Jahangir (worth scrambling up and around the roofs); one whose rooms are coated in brightly coloured murals including one of the raja out hunting; and one to stay in. In the rest of this perfect, forgotten medieval city, find more paintings in the Laxmi Narayan Temple, explore the chhatris and other deserted buildings, and enjoy the sunset from the far side of the Betwa.

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Cheaper to shop in Agra, Jaipur or Delhi ??

India offers sensational handicrafts at affordable prices. To watch an Indian craftsman at work is to begin to understand the years of patient practice needed to become master of his craft. The range of quality craftsmanship is vast, from sweet-smelling carved sandalwood and exotic silk weaves to pricey jewelry and intricately inlaid marble using precious and semi-precious stones. Delhi is the place for top-quality shopping for all India’s crafts; Agra and Jaipur have the best range of their own specialties, with craftsmen to watch so you can really appreciate the skill.

There are three ways of shopping: in government-run emporia, in private shops including hotel arcades, and in the bazars.

In the government-run emporia, particularly in Delhi, the prices are fixed, the goods specially commissioned for the shop by good buyer s who know their subject, and the payment and shipping systems work. These are the best places for big buys that need shipping, for speedy. mass present buying, and for browsing to get an idea of the standard of craftsmanship, the range and the prices before taking the plunge into the smaller shops or the bazars.

In the private shops fixed prices are rarely fixed and a more sophisticated loin’ of bargaining takes place especially for pricier goods. If your buy includes precious metals or stones, it is essential to have a fully detailed receipt. It is always best to check up comparative prices in competitive shops. It is never wise to be led to a shop which has a title remarkably like a government-run emporium, or which boasts ‘government approved’ on the façade.

In the colorful, bustling bazars bartering is the game. This is the fun way to buy small items, especially in the evenings when locals come to shop. Fairy lights brighten the twilight and men at little stalls fry up delicious-smelling snacks to compete with the sweet perfumes of the piles of garlands on the flower stalls. There is no clear yardstick for price reduction—everyone acquires a triumphant tale of bashing a trader down from Rs 100 to Rs 5—but it is worth remembering that the trader is never going to sell below the price he paid, never.

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AGRA

Taj Mahal – Agra

Agra is rip-off-ville. Unless you are very, very careful, the euphoria of a special buy can dissolve into the realization that good money was spent on rubbish. Quantities of rip-off shops slip words such as ‘government’, `official’, ’emporium’ and ‘cottage industry’ into their titles but bear no relation to the reliable, government-run emporia in Delhi. Trust no one for advice, least of all those who lurk in hotel lobbies.

Here are a handful of safe shops. First, inlaid marble, perhaps the most tempting buy (but not to be confused with soapstone, a cheap soft stone that resembles marble but will scratch and stain unlike marble and has, none of its luminosity). Prettily inlaid soapstone boxes sold outside the Taj and Fort should cost only a few rupees. To buy the real thing, it is safest to shop at the best marble inlay store, Subhash, at 18/1 Gwalior Road, where you get top-quality materials and craftsmanship.

Next, dhurries and pile carpets. One reliable shop with fair prices is Radhey Emporium, 4/13 Gopal Nagar, Taj Ganj, where the owner employs craftsmen in and around the city.

Of the Jewelers, Koh-i-Noor is a reliable large jeweler in town, with plenty of award-winning creations on show. Lall, in the Mughal Sheraton, is also good. At both, pieces can be altered or even made to order. A less expensive buy is the Agra embroidery and bead work done on velvet and made up into belts and evening handbags.

For cheap and cheerful dhurries, wedding tinsel and saris go to the market behind Jama Masjid in Old Agra, or forage through narrower streets to find Sando and his fellow patang wallahs (kite makers) in Mal-ka-Bazar.

JAIPUR

Jaipur – Travel

Shopping in the old bazars at twilight, in the shadows of the City Palace, can be magical in this most romantic city. But shopping in private shops can be another story. Suffice to recount that when Delhi’s Central Cottage Industries Emporium set up a branch here, the local guides and drivers ensured it received no publicity, got no trade and finally had to close down. There is a Rajasthan Government Handicrafts Emporium on M.I. Road but its stock is disappointing.

Best buys are the local crafts. Jaipur and nearby Sanganer’s best-known export to the world is block-printing. There are several good shops. Anokhi on Tilak Marg, south of the Pink City, uses some of the best printers available to produce fine Western garments (they also have shops in Delhi at Santushti and Khan Market, Delhi ); Kin Fabrics is on Station Road; Saadh Textiles and J K Arts arc both on Sanganer’s main road; and Maharaja Textile Printer is now conveniently at Gangapol, near Samode Haveli and beside Jaipur’s gateway north to Amber. For the offshoot of Sanganer printing, coloured or gold-speckled handmade paper, go to Khadi Ghar on M.I. Road.

Still on fabric, this is the moment to buy the brightly colored Rajasthan cotton, often difficult to buy elsewhere. The best is sold at the Clothe Bazar which is a network of tiny lanes entered from the south-west corner of Badi Chauper crossroads or opposite Haldion-ka-Rasta on Johari Bazar—where there are plenty of other cloth shops too.

Here also is the bandhani (tie-dye) work, often sold still crinkled up and unironed. Some is worked in Jaipur, some in western Rajasthan, in and around Jodhpur. This cloth of intricate patterns of many thousand dots, tied by nimble fingers and then dyed in great vats, can be made to order, the customer choosing colours and design. To see the craft, seek out Neel Garo ka Mohla, off Ramganj Bazar, where young Mohammed Ramzan is already an award-winning craftsman; to buy his work, go to Rana Sari Emporium or Rajasthan Sari Emporium, both in Johari Bazar. Still off Ramganj Bazar, Marudhara Enterprise at 1677 Khawasji ka Rasta is piled ceiling-high with pieces of applique and embroidery including white kanas (shawls) made in Barmer.

Jaipur blue pottery is undergoing a revival. Kripal Singh sells his beautiful pots from his Jaipur studio, B-18a Siva Marg, Bani Park, by prior appointment (and in Delhi at The Shop and the Rajasthan Government Emporium). Anokhi too stocks pots, doorknobs, Jewellery and other ceramics.

Brass ware

Another Jaipur craft is the tricky art of lacquering and engraving brass ware. Too see some of the skill and possibly invest in a piece, go to P M Allah Buksh & Son on M.I. Road (closed on Friday). The dish, bowl or tray is made first. Then the craftsman applies the delicate pattern by repousse (raising parts), embossing (indenting parts) and engraving fine arabesques, finally coloring some areas and then polishing the whole piece to show off a glittering and complex design.

 Lacquering

As in Agra, Jewellery is a tempting but dangerous buy. For semi-precious stones, bargain hard in Gopalji-ka-Rasta which runs west off Johari Bazar (Shakti Gems at shop no. 79 is very reliable); here live Jewellers skilled in JatPur’s traditional meenakari work (combinations of gold, stones and delicate floral enamel designs). For precious stones, bargain equally hard in Haldion-ka-Rasta, on the opposite side of Johari Bazar. Not far along, Bhuramal Rajmal Surana is at Lal Katra, found upstairs through a painted archway. One of the finest (and one of the few reliable) Jewellers in town, Surana stocks both the traditional meenakari pieces and regular Indian and European designs. It is here that old Jaipur families come, not to the clutch of Jewellers on M.I. Road who should be approached with the greatest caution. That said, Gem Palace on M I Road is reliable for loose stones and Jewellery; their craftsmen will make up clients’ designs and can be observed working on site together with meenakari artisans. Both shops have fine old pieces on display.

Traditional Meenakari Jewelry

The most enjoyable Jaipur shopping is in the bazars. In addition to the fabric, bandhani work and stones, you can find splendid puppets opposite the Hawa Mahal, near the Famous Nagra Shoe Store which stocks local leather shoes from all over Rajasthan. There are more shoe shops in Ramganj where Mr Nizamuddin’s Fancy Nagra Shoe Store has camel-skin shoes and the Jaipur black and silver embroidered slippers. Back at the Badi Chaupar crossroads, local girls giggle as they select yet more treats from walls of colored glass bangles, while old silver Jewellery is sold diagonally opposite, in kiosks behind the flower carts. At the bottom of JoharBazar kites by Sal-loaner Gate and cheap ‘n’ cheerful costume meenakari Jewellery in Bapu Bazar at shops such as Beauty Palace. Outside Jaipur, it is worth visiting Brigitte Singh’s beautiful shop at Amber.

Delhi

Delhi

New Delhi is the political nerve-center of India. Purpose-built as the Eastern capital for the British Empire, it now operates under different management as the capital of independent India. Corridors and leafy gardens buzz with political gossip and intrigue. Bungalows, hotels and public buildings are settings for an endless flow of news-exchange and contact-making by diplomats, politicians, international traders, entrepreneurs and journalists, whose public socializing is glamorized by silk sari-clad beauties and turbaned servants and oiled with an astounding consumption of whisky and tray upon tray of chicken tikka.

The wide avenues lined with blossoming trees clog up with an assortment of traffic including the Indian-built Maruti (it is said that 500 new cars hit the capital’s tarmac every month). Painted and overloaded lorries, lolloping old Ambassador cars and nippy auto-rickshaws belch fumes into the air. In the midst of the hubbub, locals calmly stroll, chat and take naps in the lush parks and on the many roundabouts ablaze with competitive municipal planting—a Delhi gardener’s dream is to win an annual award and adorn his mound of flowerbeds with, perhaps, the sign `First Prize Middle-sized Roundabout’.

The flat plains have encouraged many past Delhi rulers to indulge in large-scale rebuilding. But even by their standards, where to abandon a conquered city and start entirely afresh was normal, the twisting tentacles of the modern capital have a rampant appetite for infinite expansion. Hungrily they gobble up acre after acre, sometimes bending with good grace to include an old building from an older Delhi, sometimes bulldozing the past in favor of concrete and, of course, high-rises. To the north, the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan’s Old Delhi presents a barrier; but to the south, smart New Delhi estates known as colonies have eased themselves around Delhi’s old cities; and to the east and west more colonies sprawl over the plains into the distance.

Getting to know any big capital is bewildering, and Delhi is no exception. To cope with its size and complexity, the most rewarding way to begin exploring is to take one area at a time. For transport, an auto-rickshaw is ideal for the center, and the driver will wait if you want to hop down for a few minutes; walking is best for Old Delhi lanes; but take a taxi for the old British area to the north and for southern New Delhi’s old cities. The vital accessory is a map, available free from the tourist office or for a few rupees at a bookshop.

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