On the road to Agra we stopped at Fatepur Sikri. This was built by Mughal emperor Akbar (meaning great) to commemorate a victory at Sikri (Fatehpur means victory). However there was no access to water and the city was soon abandoned and is well preserved. This place is definitley worth a look. We
hired a guide here as there is no labelling of anything so otherwise you'd just be wandering around aimlessly. The architechture features a combination of Islamic, Christian and Jain designs. Akbar had tried to come up with a universal religion, but it didn't last. He also had a Christian wife (Portugese), an Indian wife and a Persian wife each of whom had their own mini-palace (he also, naturally, had many concubines).
Seperate to the main palace complex was a large mosque with a tomb featuring delicate marble carmed screens: from inside you could clearly see outside, but from outside it just looked like marble. It was hot when we were here.
On the road to Agra we stopped at Fatepur Sikri. This was built by Mughal emperor Akbar (meaning great) to commemorate a victory at Sikri (Fatehpur means victory). However there was no access to water and the city was soon abandoned and is well preserved. This place is definitley worth a look. We
hired a guide here as there is no labelling of anything so otherwise you'd just be wandering around aimlessly. The architechture features a combination of Islamic, Christian and Jain designs. Akbar had tried to come up with a universal religion, but it didn't last. He also had a Christian wife (Portugese), an Indian wife and a Persian wife each of whom had their own mini-palace (he also, naturally, had many concubines).
Seperate to the main palace complex was a large mosque with a tomb featuring delicate marble carmed screens: from inside you could clearly see outside, but from outside it just looked like marble. It was hot when we were here.
