Sikandra is the tomb of emperor Akbar (1542-1605), built in Agra over 48ha of land, most of it covered by lush gardens inhabited by gazelles, monkeys and other animals.
I had a cultural shock coming here - although I felt I was in the very representations of Coleridge's Kubla Khan's Pleasure Dome, I knew I was in a tomb. So great is the difference of perspective towards death between India and the West!
"In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree :
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
So twice five miles of fertile ground
With walls and towers were girdled round :
And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,
Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree ;
And here were forests ancient as the hills,
Enfolding sunny spots of greenery."
Tomb of Akbar the Great é uma atração turística, um dos Mausoléus no Sikandra , Índia . Ele está localizado: 530 km Deli a partir de, 660 km Jaipur a partir de, 760 km Kanpur a partir de. Leia mais
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