Chapter 302: The Black Cat's Vertical Pupils

Akbar the Great sat on this platform and conversed with his officials and guests in and below the cloister. The pen fun pavilion www.biquge.info know at a glance that he is an emperor who is not dizzy. Hanging in the air and talking to people, a bit of a fairy. The shape of the stone pillar and the floral ornaments on it are a fusion of Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, and Buddhism.

Stone carved lotus stigma. It's also a bit like a lot of low-hanging snake heads. The Tourist Treasure House is located on the west side. In the corners are stacked some mysterious stone crates that used to house the gold and silver treasures of the royal palace. The diagonal beams that support the ceiling are carved with sea monsters, symbolizing their protection of the palace's treasures.

The Astrologer's Pavilion'On the south side of the treasury, there is a protruding pavilion called the 'Astrologer's Pavilion'. Inside the pavilion, the stone pillars are carved into a curved serpentine shape with diagonal beams covered with beautiful carvings that embody the Jain style. The five-storey palace of the Palace of the Winds is located on the west side of the middle of the Basiji Courtyard and connects to the Queen's Garden.

It is a very unique building. The five-story palace of the Palace of the Winds is a five-storey building that is gradually closed in the shape of a pagoda, with a domed pavilion on the highest floor and 84 pillars on the lower floor. Standing in the pavilion on the top floor, you can look around, and you can see the entire palace complex and the surrounding scenery.

The Queen's Garden is located on the northeast side of the ornamental pool in Pasigui's Courtyard. From a distance, it looks ordinary, and one end of the corridor has even been destroyed, but up close, it is the most exquisitely carved building in the entire palace. The building was built by Akbar the Great for a Muslim empress from Turkey.

The entrance to the south main entrance is covered with extremely delicate red sandstone carvings, from the exterior wall to the ceiling and then to the outer columns. The geometric red sandstone carvings on the ceiling of the inner room are exquisitely shaped, staggered, and extremely delicately carved.

The corners of the interior walls are decorated with relief flowers. These floral motifs have a distinctly Muslim style. One of these reliefs depicts the heads of peacocks, lions, deer, eagles, and other animals that were originally set with precious stones and were later dug up by thieves.

The reliefs on the red stone pillars are extremely varied, complex and fine, and exquisitely made. Pomegranate relief on the stone pillar at the entrance of the temple. A pomegranate has cracked open, revealing its plump seeds. The Palace of Dreams, the residence of Akbar the Great, is located on the south side of the pool. The building at the front is called the "Treasure Pavilion", and it looks like a double-storey parking lot from the outside, and it looks strange.

This double-storey pavilion was set up so that the royal family and guests could watch the singers and musicians perform up close on the pool. The corridor and a long series of doorways in the Dream Palace building of Akbar the Great's dormitory. As can be seen from here, the building is entirely built of red sandstone.

There are some carvings on the walls, but all the other decorations on the outside, such as marble patches, lenses, gems and glass inlays, etc., have all disappeared, and it is a veritable ruined palace. Xueluo believes that as the original Akbar Emperor's dormitory, the decoration inside must be bejeweled and colorful, and it is definitely not lost in Jaipur and Jodhpur.

Those extravagant scenes seen in Jayselmer's royal palace. Akbar the Great's Bedroom Palace, the Palace of Dreams, this is the former bedroom of Akbar the Great. Once brilliantly decorated, it is now so faint that it has become the home of bats. The suspended platform of Akbar the Great's sleeping palace and the Palace of Dreams is said to be where Akbar the Great was lying in the past.

Aren't you afraid of turning over and falling down in the middle of the night?! The palace of Gyudhabai Palace, the residence of the Hindu queen from Rajasthan, Akbar the Great. The Hindu queen's dormitory is the largest, surrounded by walls and has a large circular dome. The palace of Gyudhabai is built with blue glazed tiles in the Persian style.

The interior walls of the Gyudhabai Palace building are covered with red sandstone carvings. Carvings on the walls of the Gyudhabai Palace. The carved red sandstone carved window of the Gyudehabai Palace. The shadow part outlines the three-dimensional sense of the relief. The Christian Queen's Palace is located on the west side of the Basij Courtyard. It belonged to the dormitory of Maryam, a Christian queen from Goa.

In 1569, she gave birth to the next Mughal emperor, Jaji Khan. Baths next to the Christian Queen's Palace. Birbar Palace is located to the west of the Christian Queen's Palace. Birbar is said to have been a senior minister of Akbar the Great. The carvings of this red sandstone building are exquisite and delicate. The building of Birbar Palace, when viewed from the outside, is characterized by a double dome and large cornices.

The walls of the Birbar Palace are covered with carvings. The carvings on the doorposts of Birbar Palace are beautiful. The Lauvoharamsala promenade, located to the south of the Birbar Palace, is said to have been home to 200 maids who were in charge of the palace's drudgery and tied knots in a circular stone ring at the base of the wall on the left to support the partition of their quarters.

When I first saw these stone rings, the snow fell and I thought it was the place where the elephant was bolted. The cistern of the royal palace is integrated into the royal palace of various architectural styles, because Akbar the Great had three wives from different customs and religions. A typical Mughal pavilion with small hats in Islamic style. The Elephant Gate on the west side of the Old Palace.

The Tower of Herramina is located not far from the west gate of the Old Royal Palace. The tower is decorated with hundreds of white striped stones that symbolize ivory. It is said to be the place where one of Akbar's favorite execution elephants died. Located on the southwest side of the Old Royal Palace.

It is a large mosque, built in 1571. The emphasis is on "" because Agra also has a Jama Mosque, which can be easily confused. In other words, there are two Jama mosques in Agra, but this one is the most valuable to visit. The mosque architecture is magnificent.

In addition to being an important Muslim religious site, the square is also the tomb of the Muslim prophet Sheikh Salim Chishti, who successfully predicted that Akbar the Great would have an heir, and many people now come here to seek the Prophet's blessing. Admission: Free of charge for spectacular exterior and large area.

In the center of the square is a large pool for the faithful to wash their hands and feet, and on the left side of the square is the inner sanctum of prayer, much like the Jama Mosque in Delhi; There is a small tunnel entrance at the end of the cemetery.

It was a secret passage built by the king to Agra Fort, which has now been blocked by the government. The striking white marble mausoleum in the center of the square is the tomb of the Muslim Prophet, and many people now come here to seek the Prophet's blessing. To enter the mausoleum, you need to cover your head with a scarf or shawl.

Or wear a simple hat at the entrance. Prayers are made by tying red threads to the lattices of the windows inside the mausoleum to make their wishes. The floor-to-ceiling carved windows around the entire mausoleum are so cleverly designed that you can't see the inside from the outside, but you can see the outside from the inside. After seeing the old palace, go out of the west gate and continue to visit the Jama Mosque.

From afar, you can see the towering Victory Gate of the mosque. Out of the south gate of the old royal palace, there is a road leading directly to the east gate of the Jama Mosque - the King's Gate. These people in front of them are here to visit the old palace, and Xueluo and Liu Jingshu are facing each other. They only need 1 yuan 10 yuan to visit the old palace, while Xueluo and Liu Jingshu need 25 yuan 250, which is a big difference.

Directly on the road ahead is the King's Gate, the east gate of the mosque. Xueluo estimated that because this gate was connected to the gate of the royal palace, Akbar must have walked through this gate to worship in the mosque, so it was called the "King's Gate". The largest gate of the mosque is the West Gate, called the "Gate of Victory". Right in front of you is the "King's Gate" of the mosque.

It's much cleaner than Jama Mosque in Delhi, with no entrance fees and no one forcing you to pay exorbitant photo fees. Take off your shoes and put them in a plastic bag prepared in advance, and walk through the polished stone path to the "King's Gate". Passing through the "King's Gate", a grand scene immediately came to mind.

Facing it is the tall bell-shaped recess of the prayer hall of the mosque. Behind the alcove door is the large circular dome of the main hall. The dome symbolizes heaven in architecture and religion. The wide square and surrounding buildings are by no means inferior to the Jama Masjid in Delhi, and on the left is the taller and more majestic south gate of the mosque, the Gate of Victory.

I felt the effect of those large and small hat pavilions hanging on the top of the building, which added a sense of luxury and momentum to the building. The majestic gate of the mosque - the Victory Gate. This is the one in front of you, and this side is the entrance, which is 54 meters high. The gate was built to commemorate Akbar's military victory in Gujarat.

The entrance to the prayer hall is a celestial dome-type recessed door. Colorful floral patterns are painted inside. Side of the entrance to the prayer hall. The corridor outside the prayer hall. The small door at the end and the relief above it, which resembled a human face, resembled a king sitting there, and the red pillars stood on either side like auxiliaries. Look up above the entrance to the prayer hall, where there is half a dome.

It is painted with colorful patterns spelled out of flowers. It's a pity that it's already mottled and peeled off. The sacred main hall, located under the dome in the center of the prayer hall. Facing the main shrine is the main shrine, where male worshippers are prostrated and prayed. The scene in the main shrine of the main shrine of the main prayer hall is inlaid with beautiful patterns made of colored porcelain tiles, interspersed with floral murals.

The high place is surrounded by hollow stone carved windows and bell-shaped concave windows. Typical Islamic architectural style. The bell-shaped doorway at the bottom of the main hall echoes with the concave window above, the distribution is evenly proportioned, the shape is beautiful, and there are delicate patterns around it, which is solemn and luxurious. In the high dome of the prayer hall, there is a simple old chandelier hanging from the center of the dome, and the solemnity is faint.

Interior view of the prayer hall. The horizontal corridor in the prayer hall has a strong sense of depth in the vision. The sub-shrine inside the prayer hall where women pray. The secondary hall of the main hall of prayer. The interior is very dimly lit, but in the middle of the height, a bell-shaped window hangs like a beacon to inject precious light into the space below.

A painted lotus dome on the high ground of the secondary hall. The blooming red lotus flower hung high above like a heavenly eye, looking down below. An alternate version of the dome resembles the sun radiating rays in all directions. A mural with a lotus motif inside the prayer hall. In the middle of the north side of the mosque square, there is a white marble building that is completely different from the other red sandstone buildings.

It is the mausoleum of the Muslim prophet Sheikh Salim Chishti, who successfully predicted that Akbar the Great would have an heir. 400 years ago, the Mughal Akbar the Great had no children, so he visited the sage Sheikh Salim Chishti in the hope of having a son, and his wish came true.

His Christian queen Maryam, from Goa, gave birth to his later Mughal emperor, Jaj Khan, in 1569. Many people now come here to pray for future generations and for the blessings of the prophets. The red sandstone side by side on the right is the mausoleum of the Islamic Khan. Islam Khan served as governor of Bengal.

Moreover, he is the grandson of the saint Sheikh Salim Chishtig. The mausoleum of the Muslim prophet Sheikh Salim Chishti. Built in 1581. The all-white marble is refined, and the surface is surrounded by a marble hollow carved window. The pedestal is surrounded by black marble inlaid with inlay patterns. There is a large dome in the middle of the top.

The mausoleum of the Muslim prophet Sheikh Salim Chishti. Inside there are murals of brightly colored flowers, and the sandalwood canopy is decorated with mother-of-pearl shells. Many childless women come here to tie a small rope of hope to the lattice of the white marble screen. It is a lifeless mausoleum, but it is also a place where the hope of infinite dreams is born.

Destruction and birth go hand in hand. This larger structure is the mausoleum of the Islamic Khan. Former Governor of Bengal, grandson of the saint Sheikh Salim Chishtishi. The famous mausoleums scattered to the north of the square of the mausoleum of the Islamic Khan serve as his eternal resting place, which is a very good and even glorious home.

The promenade of the mosque with the cemetery of the royal relatives. In the corridor of the mosque, an old man sitting on a pedestal took a coin from a plastic bag and looked through it in the sun. The "little hat" above the gate of the mosque. The "little hat" above the gate of the mosque. There are many pigeons flying in the mosque, adding dynamism and vitality to the solemn mosque. The man in front of him was the pigeon feeder in the square. The exit of the mosque "King's Gate".

After seeing the mosque, Xueluo and Liu Jingshu went out from here to catch a chartered bus back to Agra. Jama Mosque Fatahpur Sikri Field. AgraIn late December, the fields outside Agra, India, are soaked in a golden atmosphere. Agra a few bluebucks ran over the ridges. Once again, I have to sigh at the harmony between the Indian people and wild animals.

Returned to Agra at 4 pm and gave the driver a 100 tip. On the way, I bought some apples, oranges, pomegranates and other fruits, and the price is about the same in China. Back at the Agra Hotel, head to the small restaurant with a Chinese menu for dinner at the door, ordering a small bowl of beef tomato and crepes and fried rice. Delhi today is the 29th day of travel in India.

The penultimate day of departure from India. During the day, take a chartered bus from Agra to the starting point Delhi via Mathura. Overnight in Delhi. It was planned to see two attractions on the way from Agra to Delhi: Akbar the Mausoleum, Kitam Lake Nature Reserve, and Mathurakrishna Temple. Because of the dense fog and very low visibility, the first two attractions were completely abandoned.