Lonely Planet Magazine India

Experience Mughal grandeur in Agra, Uttar Pradesh

Out of DELHI (230km)

Some of the world’s most indelible stories are rooted in love, and there’s no greater testament than the Taj Mahal. In June 1631, as she lay on her deathbed while giving birth to their 14th child, Mumtaz Mahal asked emperor Shah Jahan to build her the most beautiful tomb the world had ever seen. Three

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