Chapter 303: The Girl Is an Angel

Mathura paused for a moment. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoDescription of these two attractions: Akbar the Great Mausoleum Akbar the Great is located in Skandara, 10 km northwest of Agra City, about 30 minutes drive from the Taj Mahal. Akbar was the third emperor of the Mughal dynasty in India, and the country reached strength and glory under his rule.

The mausoleum was built three years before the death of Akbar the Great and was completed in 1613 by his son Jahangir. At the end of the 17th century, it was destroyed by the Bandars. The mausoleum is a large building that combines Islamic and Hindu characteristics, and the entrance is a 226-meter-high red sandstone building with white marble mosaic walls.

At the four corners above rise four tall minarets. The main body of the mausoleum is a five-storey building 100 meters square, the lower four floors are made of red sandstone, the fifth floor is made of white marble, and the leaky windows on the four sides of the first floor and the floral decorations around the four doorways are made of white marble, which is very beautiful. Some of the walls were once covered with gem mosaics.

It's a pity that it's been destroyed. Kitam Lake Nature Reserve Kitam Lake Nature Reserve is located between the city of Agra and the city of Mathura, 25 km from Agra, about 40 minutes by car. Standing on the shores of the lake, you can see a wide variety of wild birds, deer, monkeys, and other animals. Mathuramathura is about 160 km north of Delhi.

It is a three-hour drive and a two-hour drive from Agra, 70 km south. One of the holiest sites in Hinduism. The place where the legendary Hindu mythological character Krishna was born. Krishna means "black god" and is often considered the eighth incarnation of Lord Vishnu. The most common image is that of a flute boy and shepherd boy.

Adored by a lot of women. There are numerous Hindu temples in Mathura with a high level of artistic achievement in the stone carving of the deities. In the evening, when you go to the holy gate near the temple, you can see many devotees holding torches singing and dancing. - The Jamma Temple is located on the hill where Krishna was born in legend, and is dedicated to Krishna the flute and Rada, the shepherdess.

At the base of the temple is a small room with a stone slab on which it is said that Krishsu was born about 3,500 years ago. There are many frescoes in the temple. Here you can see the whole city of Mathura. - The Great Mosque of Ida is located on the north side of the Krishna Temple.

The Great Mosque was built by Aurangzeb the Great in 1661 on the site of a demolished Hindu temple. To prevent clashes between Hindus and Muslims, the mosque is guarded by soldiers day and night. - The bathing grounds of Vishram Legend have it that the god Krishna rested here after killing Queen Kansa.

Many people bathe here early in the morning and burn candles in the evening. Nearby are the Martyr's Tower and the Yamu River Sightseeing Boat Hub. -- Harrygate, a stone gate with a large bell in the center of the city. Occasionally, there are many small shops along the street from here to the river. - Brahmago Monastery is a tranquil marble temple located between Maratu and Wolrindavan.

A red pillar in the garden is inscribed with the entire Bhagavad Gita. -- The Museum of Mathura has an excellent collection of religious statues of Mathura from the 3rd century BC to the 12th century AD. It is a relatively old city on the banks of the Yamu River. Legend has it that this is the place where Krishna and the shepherdesss lived and frolicked.

There are thousands of Hindu temples in the city, and a large number of Hindu devotees come here every day for the pilgrimage, and walking in the middle of the stone houses is like walking into a labyrinth. - There is a beautiful white marble door at the entrance. The burial place of Swami Prabhupada, the founder of the Krishna sect. ――Ten stories high, it looks like a castle in a fairy tale.

Came back early yesterday, went to bed early, and rested well. At five o'clock in the morning, I was woken up by the loud chanting outside, and walked up to the rooftop open-air restaurant to look around, and the whole city of Agra was deep in fog. The sound of chanting drifted from the thick fog, and there was a feeling of being in a fairyland.

Suddenly, I heard movement on the roof next to me, and when I looked up, I saw that two monkey brothers were standing on the wall and spying on Xueluo and Liu Jingshu. The kind-hearted Xueluo and Liu Jingshu hurriedly went back to the room to get biscuits and feed them to the monkeys. After eating Xueluo's biscuits, you have to take a picture of Xueluo and Liu Jingshu's camera, right? That's it.

When waiting for the snow to fall on the biscuits, it is still very polite. No robbery, no fuss. The two monkey fairies were not so gentle and elegant to Xueluo's teammate Momo, first a monkey expressed dissatisfaction with Momo's behavior of stretching out his hand to tease and not throwing food, and squeaked and grinned in front of him to scare people.

The other monkey disappeared for a moment, but suddenly jumped out of the door behind Momo, quickly grabbed the food and slipped away, making Momo a big jump. This monkey is too clever to learn to sneak up from behind. Also, how it managed to sneak into the room behind it is also puzzling. In short, this monkey is very smart.

After breakfast at the Mathurakrishna Temple, Mathura will depart Agra by chartered bus and return to New Delhi, a journey of approximately 230 km. On the way, I passed through the Mausoleum of Akbar the Great and the Kitam Lake Nature Reserve, but I couldn't see anything clearly because of the fog, so I had to give up and continue walking. Arrive in the city of Mathura at noon.

Legend has it that it is the birthplace of Krishna, the incarnation of the great god Vishnu of India, so there are many monuments and temples to visit, and because of the fog, there is only a short stop outside this unknown temple dedicated to Krishna. The main building, made of white marble, is tangible and can be seen from afar.

It is covered with elaborate reliefs. Unfortunately, it is not open for visits at noon, and you can only look through the gate. In the complex of colourful sculptures in the temple grounds of Mathura, Krishna dances on the head of a large serpent with seven heads, followed by numerous devotees of the great god. The scale and size of the statue are about the same as that of a real person, and the image is realistic.

It's like a real scene. At around 5 p.m., Delhi returned to Delhi, the starting and ending point of this trip to India. It's been 27 days since we last left Delhi for Amritsar, and we're back to where we started. The 87 chartered driver of the Carat Hotel in New Delhi introduced the small hotel to Xueluo and Liu Jingshu.

Not far from the hotel where Xueluo and Liu Jingshu stayed in New Delhi last time, but the conditions are better and the cost is less. Karat Hotel New Delhi 87 South is about 37 km from Connaught Place, 18 km from Indira Gandhi International Airport and 3 km from New Delhi Railway Station. There are 21 rooms. It is a budget hotel.

Good value for money in New Delhi. The standard room is about 24 square meters, with window air conditioning, TV, and a separate toilet and bathroom. The price is 1500 yuan, about 150 yuan. Xueluo and Liu Jingshu stayed in the small hotel introduced by the tuk tuk driver last time, the conditions are poor and the area is small, and Xueluo and Liu Jingshu are required for 2000. I don't know the place.

It is inevitable to be deceived. After spending more than 20 days walking around northern India, I am already familiar with the local situation. After arranging accommodation, Xueluo and Liu Jingshu called a tuk-tuk in front of the hotel to go shopping at Connaught Place, and the driver offered 50.

I thought it was quite cheap, but who knew what the driver had entered into his head, and pulled Xueluo and Liu Jingshu to the shopping spot where they were deceived by several drivers in Delhi last time, and when they saw the tuk-tuk parked in front of the store, Xueluo guessed what the driver wanted to do, and told him that Xueluo and Liu Jingshu had come to this place several times.

Not going. The driver made up a story for Xueluo and Liu Jingshu, saying that there was an event in Connaught Square, and that the neighborhood was closed, and now it can't be passed, and it won't open until half past six. These words made Xue Luo and Liu Jingshu cry and laugh. I knew it was a lie, but Xueluo thought that the fare of 50 was very cheap, so I would give the driver a little face.

I symbolically entered the store and walked around and came out. Walking on the street, the driver was still in the store to ask for tips, and he didn't even care about Xueluo and Liu Jingshu asking for fares, it was estimated that the tips were more than Xueluo and Liu Jingshu's 50 fares, Xueluo and Liu Jingshu changed a car or 50 to Connaught Plaza.

There are some brand stores in Connaught Plaza, and several other companions have taken a fancy to branded clothing, jeans, T-shirts and so on, saying that it is much cheaper than in China, so they buy it there. Xueluo has little interest in shopping, just waiting on the sidelines, sharing their shopping happiness. Overnight at Dekarat Hotel. I was tired of playing a big lap and had a good quality of sleep.

Delhi today is the 30th and last day of your trip to India. In the morning, we visited Humayun's Tomb, then went shopping at Connaught Square, and took the China Eastern Airlines flight back to China in the evening. There are still three places in Delhi that I want to see in the plan, and in addition to Humayun's Tomb, there are two other places that are the Lotus Temple, the Bahá'í Temple, and the Qutub Pagoda.

Due to time constraints, I only went to see Humayun's Mausoleum. Lotus Temple, Baha'i Temple, Lotus Temple, Baha'i Temple is located about 12 km southeast of Connaught Square, Delhi. Also known as the Bahá'í Shrine, it is the latest of seven Bahá'í Shrines around the world, "representing the Bahá'í Faith for the purpose of the peaceful unification of mankind."

a new religion of Islam that combines religion and science". Named because it resembles a half-opened lotus flower, it has similarities with the Sydney Opera House. The entire temple is made of white marble, composed of three layers of flower petals, and the base is cleverly designed with nine consecutive clear water pools. Designed by Iranian architects, it took six years to complete.

It was opened to the public in 1986. Its appearance is like a lotus flower blooming in the water, taking the meaning of lotus elegance and purity, symbolizing purity and equality, also known as the Lotus Temple. The temple is very light, there are no statues of gods, no carvings, murals and other decorative objects, not even a single pillar. Only rows of white marble benches sit on the smooth floor.

You might as well sit quietly on the bench, meditate on the silence, and feel this rare silence. You need to take off your shoes to enter the temple, and there is a free shoe storage area not far from the temple. When there are many tourists, there is an orderly queue at the entrance to enter, and while the staff waits, the basic ideas of the Bahá'í Doctrine are introduced to visitors.

Gutub TowerGutub is located in the village of Meteuri, about 14 km southwest of Connaught Square. It is a red sandstone minaret, 725 meters high, built in 1193, which is the tallest ancient pagoda in India. Also known as the "Victory Tower", it is a monument built to celebrate the victory of the Muslims of Central Asia after the successful invasion and occupation of India.

The tower gradually tapered from the bottom to the top, blending the architectural colors of Islam and Hinduism. The base is 1,432 meters in diameter, and the upper three layers are made of red sandstone, which is therefore ochre-red, and the upper two layers are made of white marble. The tower is engraved with ancient Arabic verses from the Quran and a variety of delicate patterns.

In addition to the Qutub Tower, there is also a mosque, an iron pillar and the Areminar Tower. One of the oldest mosques in India was built by demolishing the stones of 20 nearby Hindu temples when Islam entered India, consisting of an iron-pillared atrium, cloisters and prayer rooms.

Behind the mosque is the Areminar Tower, which was not completed. The large iron pillar, which is about 7 meters high and weighs about 6 tons, is an alloy forged that has survived thousands of years of wind and rain, and is said to have stood here before the mosque. According to legend, it is the prototype of the Monkey King's golden hoop stick. How to get there: Take the yellow line of rail transit to the station.

Walk 2 km north or take a tuk-tuk to get there. Opening hours: sunrise to sunset daily. Humayun's Tomb is located about 4 km southeast of Connaught Square. Built in the 16th century, it is the mausoleum of Humayun, the second emperor of the Mughal dynasty. Humayun's Mausoleum is a typical example of early Mughal architecture.

Built by Humayun's widow, Hajigum, the daughter of a Persian scholar, the project is the first garden-style mausoleum in the Indian subcontinent, blending Islamic and Hindu architecture. Humayun was the son of Babur, the founder of the Mughal dynasty. In 1530, he inherited his father's Indian possessions and conquered Gujarat.

In 1540, Humayun was defeated by the Bihar Afghan chieftain Sher Shah at the Battle of Qunu, and Mughal rule in India was temporarily suspended. In desperation, Humayun fled west to Persia, where he remained a guest at the Persian court for more than 10 years, and in early 1542 he married the daughter of a Persian scholar.

With the support of the Persian Emperor Tahmasp I, he recruited a Persian army to capture Kabul in 1545, and in 1555, Humayun borrowed troops from the Persian emperor to regain the Mughal throne and territory in India, and occupied Delhi, restoring Mughal rule in India.

Unfortunately, Humayun had just resumed his reign and had not had time to enjoy it when he fell down the stairs in the library of the Old Fort and died the following year. In 1556, Humayun's son Akbar succeeded to the throne, and under his rule, the Mughal dynasty greatly expanded in power and territory, becoming the most famous Akbar the Great in Indian history.

After Humayun's death, his widow Haji Begum assisted his son Akbar in the prosperity of the emperor and presided over the construction of the magnificent Humayun Mausoleum. It has left this valuable historical and cultural heritage for Indian society and the world. How to get there: Take the Purple Line to the station, walk about 2 kilometers to the east or take a tuk-tuk to get there.

After breakfast, take a tuk tuk 200 to Humayun's tomb. After entering the entrance, a very large green garden appears in front of you. In front of the road, the main building is behind the tall arch. The costumes of the three girls who approached Humayunling attracted Xueluo's attention.

Especially the skirts, which are very ethnic, Xueluo guessed that they may be from Bhutan, Darjeeling, or Mongolia in the Himalayas. Humayun's Tomb was a large group of Indian students who had just finished visiting and were about to return with a group. Their faces are so tanned at a young age. It's no wonder that their school uniforms are designed to be dark green, which can hide their deep faces.