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Hidden gems in Agra
Akbar's ChurchA church built on a Mughal emperor's order: Akbar's curiosity about another faith, built in brick and still in use
Dussehra GhatMorning puja in the Taj's shadow: the monument as a neighbourhood, not a ticket queueDetails →
Kachhpura Village & the Mughal Heritage WalkThe Taj seen from village India, on a walk whose fee stays in the village
Ram Bagh (Aram Bagh)The first garden the Mughals planted in India, five centuries on, and you will likely walk it alone
Bateshwar TemplesForty-odd riverside Shiva temples and one of India's great rural fairs, well off the Agra circuit
Kailash Mandir, SikandraOne of the district's oldest Shiva shrines, right on the river, and in Shravan, a mela of thousandsDetails →
Chini ka RauzaAgra's only tomb faced in Persian glazed tile, free to enter and usually emptyDetails →
John Hessing's TombA wife's Taj for her husband, built in sandstone: the Agra story almost nobody is told
Tomb of Mariam-uz-ZamaniThe empire's most powerful empress lies ten minutes from Akbar, under no dome and almost no visitorsDetails →
Soami Bagh SamadhiA marble mausoleum in its twelfth decade of building, with the masons still at work
Agra Bear Rescue Facility (Wildlife SOS)An honest, no-contact wildlife visit half an hour from the Taj; booking ahead is the whole trick
National Chambal SanctuaryGharial and river dolphins on clear water: the least monument-like day Agra offersDetails →
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