Article Author : Praveen Kumar batchu

Strong reason asking for not to vote.

I was having such a great expectations to visit Tajmahal in agra but after visiting the place all my expectations are watered away.

I went from Hyderabad to Agra by flight and from Agra to Delhi on train, please remember trains are always one hour late in India by any chance if you are late for 5minutes than the train timings on that day it will leave on time, whenever you book train to catch flight make sure you have atleast 2h 30min gap.

All over agra you will find 90% are cheaters they will always try to cheat you including your hotel manager, i stayed in a hotel called Utkarsh vilas the hotel is newly renewed looks good opposite you have a good shopping complex to visit but the food is not good and the managers always try to grab money from you. I have asked him to help me finding a cab to go out for city tour the actual price is Rs 1200 but he will say it is Rs 1800 because he will not cheat you or some nonsense though i agreed to pay him the taxi driver takes you to a sweet shop / to a guide / to a baba’s place to put garland for 10Rs item they will charge you Rs 300 minimum on top of that these taxi drivers have comissions in everything.

As of my experience i can suggest you to visit to Utkarsh vilas but donot trust any guy and Please DONOT eat at restaurant “Only restaurant” the hotel manager suggests you to go there and taxi driver too take you there, but please never eat there the worst place.

Always go to two or three travel agents around and enquire for a cab for a day which is not more than Rs. 1200 per day.

While we were entering TajMahal entrance itself is not attractive, to reach taj from main gate you will need to walk half a kilometer on your way to reach Taj you can see people selling Peanuts masala packets and other country stuff which ressembles how India is to all foreigners.

After reaching there it was so cold i felt little fresh and waiting for sun rise to see the glow of TajMahal, though i didnt feel much beauty on this i was also started taking snaps as everyone are… I can see little cleanliness as soon as i enter may thats the day started so they might have clean previous night. I was expecting the garden to be clean and greanery but the garden was completely dry and no greenary around and foutains were not working too.

After few clicks i was walking towards the Great Taj i can see two kids doing urine in those garden and i can see a old lady next to them asking to do fast thats the most embarassing thing to me, even if i ask they will answer rude so i didnt bother and no guardian inside watching the gardens nor looking at people what they are doing.

Inside the tomb is constructed as a replica of original tomb because the original one is underneath and its very dark to enter and many inconviniences, even that is fine but there are no writings around to know what it is constructed for and why is it constructed and anything else its a very big tourist place where foreigners visit for them to know we need to put a note.

No writings around to explain what it is and all i request not to vote next time for seven wonders and the famous fatehpur sikhri gate is worst with bees and cheaters around.

We are spoiling our country and our government is not protecting our so called monuments and hiding the truth behind the monuments Many say that Tajmahal is Lord Siva temple why don’t government raise a commission with archealogists and do necessary enquiries and clear what it is? I know why they are afraid they might not get votes next time from Muslims if they prove it as Siva temple so how many years do they hide truth for this reason?.

I suggest you not to visit this place as an important place in India, as an Indian to write this article makes me feel sad but the truth is truth this all because of lacking of strong and good government.