Ukuhlola i-Agra kuveza inqolobane yolwazi edlula i-Taj Mahal eyisakhiwo sodumo. Leli dolobha eliyingqophamlando, elaziwa ngomlando walo ogxilile nesiko elicebile, linikeza izindawo ezihlukahlukene ezifihliwe nemisebenzi eyingqayizivele abahambi abaningi abavame ukuyiphuthelwa.
Enye intokozo enjalo ingadi ye-Mehtab Bagh, indawo enokuthula ehambisana kahle ne-Taj Mahal, enikeza ukubukwa okumangalisayo, ikakhulukazi ekushoneni kwelanga.
Indawo yokudlela yasemgwaqweni yendawo e-Agra ingenye into okufanele uzame, enezibiliboco ezifana ne-petha, uswidi owenziwe ngomlotha, kanye ne-chaat ebabayo, ekhombisa ukuhlukahluka kokupheka kwesifunda.
Ungena ujule enhliziyweni ka-Agra, i-Agra Fort kanye ne-Fatehpur Sikri zimi njengobufakazi bezakhiwo ezinhle zedolobha le-Mughal namagugu. I-Agra Fort, iNdawo Yamagugu Omhlaba ye-UNESCO, ayihlinzeki nje kuphela ngedili elibonakalayo elinezakhiwo zayo ezinhle kodwa futhi ixoxa nezindaba zobuhle benkathi kaMughal. I-Fatehpur Sikri, nenhlanganisela yayo eyingqayizivele yezakhi zezakhiwo zamaHindu nezamaSulumane, ilandisa izindaba zobuholi obunombono boMbusi u-Akbar.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukusebenzelana nemisebenzi yezandla yendabuko ye-Agra kuwuhambo lokuya ebungcweni obudluliselwe ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane. Umsebenzi oyinkimbinkimbi we-marble inlay, owaziwa nangokuthi i-pietra dura, kufanele ubonwe, nezingcweti ezinekhono eziguqula imabula elula ibe yizingcezu zobuciko ezinhle.
Kulabo abafuna ukuxhumana okujulile nesiko lendawo, ukubamba iqhaza imikhosi ephilayo ye-Agra, njenge-Taj Mahotsav, inikeza ulwazi olujulile kumasiko nobuciko bedolobha.
Empeleni, i-Agra idolobha elimema ilukuluku futhi livuze ukuhlola. Ngokudlulela ngale kwe-Taj Mahal, izivakashi zingadalula ingcebo yesipiliyoni esicebisa ukuqonda kwazo ngobuhle namagugu aleli dolobha eliyingqophamlando.
Taj Mahal
Ngesikhathi sokuqala ngibona i-Taj Mahal, ngahlatshwa umxhwele ubuhle bayo obumangalisayo kanye nendaba yothando ejulile eyimelelayo. Le mausoleum enhle yemabula emhlophe, etholakala e-Agra, yagunyazwa uMbusi uMughal u-Shah Jahan ekhumbula umkakhe uMumtaz. Ukuvakasha kungenze ngayithokozela imininingwane emangalisayo ye-Mughal Architecture kanye nobuciko.
Wonke amagumbi e-Taj Mahal abonisa ubuciko obukhethekile benkathi ka-Mughal nombono wobuciko. Izindlu zayo ezimangalisayo, ama-minarets aphakeme, kanye nemidwebo eyinkimbinkimbi yamatshe ayigugu kubonisa ubuhlakani bezakhiwo bangaleso sikhathi. Kuma njengobufakazi obumangalisayo bobuhlakani benkathi.
Ngokulalela iseluleko sabantu bendawo, ngavakashela eTaj Mahal ekuseni kakhulu. Umbono wetshe lesikhumbuzo bathed ekukhanyeni kokuqala kokusa kwakungalibaleki. Indawo ethule futhi engaminyene kangako yangivumela ukuba ngibubone ubuhle betshe lesikhumbuzo nokuthula ngokugcwele.
Ukuhlola okwengeziwe, ngamangazwa imininingwane ecophelelayo e-Taj Mahal. Izingadi ezigcinwe kahle kanye ne-calligraphy enemininingwane ezindongeni zayo kugqamisa ukunemba nokuzinikela okwafakwa ekudalweni kwayo.
Ngaphandle kweTaj Mahal, ngiphinde ngavakashela i-Agra Fort, indawo ye-UNESCO yamagugu omhlaba. Le nqaba ingesinye isibonelo sobuhlakani bezakhiwo zikaMughal, esinikeza ukuqonda ngomlando ocebile wale ndawo.
I-Agra Fort
Ngimi phambi kwamasango amakhulu e-Agra Fort, ngahlatshwa umxhwele ngokushesha ukubaluleka kwayo komlando nobuhle bezakhiwo. Le nqaba ihlonishwa yi-UNESCO njengeNdawo Yamagugu Omhlaba, iwuphawu oluhle lomlando ocebile we-Agra. Inikeza imibono engenakuqhathaniswa ngedolobha futhi iletha uhambo olujabulisayo ngefa lamasiko le-Agra.
Idizayini yale nqaba iyinhlanganisela yezakhiwo zamaSulumane namaHindu, ezibonisa ubuhlakani bobuciko benkathi kaMughal. Izindonga zayo ze-sandstone ezibomvu, ezinwebeka ngaphezu kwamakhilomitha angu-2.5, zifaka inkimbinkimbi yezigodlo, ama-mosque, nezingadi ezixoxa izindaba zakudala ezinhle zaseNdiya.
Umuntu akakwazi ukukushalazela ukubaluleka kwamasu kwe-Agra Fort kuwo wonke umlando. Kwakuyindawo yokuhlala eyinhloko yababusi boBukhosi bukaMughal kwaze kwaba ngu-1638, bengasebenzi nje njengesakhiwo sezempi kodwa futhi njengendawo yokuhlala yasebukhosini. Ukwakhiwa okuqinile kwale nqaba kukhombisa indima yayo njengendawo eqinile ngezikhathi zezingxabano, kanye nesimo sayo njengesikhungo sobuciko, amasiko, kanye nokubusa ngokuthula.
Ukubuka kwe-Taj Mahal kusukela kumbhoshongo oyi-octagonal wenqaba, i-Musamman Burj, kuyaphawuleka ngokukhethekile. Le ndawo, okuthiwa yilapho u-Shah Jahan achitha khona izinsuku zakhe zokugcina, inikeza isikhumbuzo esibuhlungu semilando ehlangene yalezi zakhiwo ezimbili eziwumfanekiso.
Ngamafuphi, i-Agra Fort imile njengomlando ophilayo we-Mughal faini yezakhiwo kanye nokulandisa komlando waseNdiya. Ukulondolozwa kwayo kuvumela izivakashi ukuzizwisa okugxilile ebukhazikhazini nasezindabeni zenkathi edlule, okuyenza ivakashelwe yinoma ubani onentshisekelo kumagugu amasiko e-Agra.
Ukubaluleka Kwezomlando
I-Agra Fort, isikhumbuzo esimangalisayo, ihlanganisa ubukhazikhazi boMbuso WaseMughal ngokwakhiwa kwawo nokujula komlando. Itholakala kumakhilomitha ambalwa ukusuka e-Taj Mahal yodumo, lesi sithako sakhiwe ngetshe lesanti elibomvu futhi sishada nezinto zemiklamo ye-Mughal, Islamic, kanye ne-Hindu.
Ukuvakashela kwami kule nqaba kwangishiya ngikhexiwe ubukhulu bayo kanye nemiklamo eyinkimbinkimbi ehlobisa isakhiwo sayo. Enye yezingxenye ezibandakanya kakhulu zenqaba i-Diwan-i-Am, lapho uMbusi u-Shah Jahan ayezobhekana khona nokukhathazeka komphakathi, ebonisa izinqubo zokuphatha zangaleso sikhathi.
Imi eduze nomfula i-Yamuna, le nqaba ayinikezi nje amazwibela omlando kodwa futhi ihlinzeka ngokugibela izikebhe okuhle okuletha i-Agra ngokukhanya okuyingqayizivele.
Ukubaluleka kwe-Agra Fort kudlula isikhalo sayo sobuhle; isebenza njengobufakazi bokulandisa okucebile kanye nentuthuko yezakhiwo zenkathi kaMughal. Ima njengendawo ebaluleke kakhulu kunoma ubani ozimisele ngokuhlola umlando waseNdiya.
Izimangaliso Zokwakha
I-Agra Fort, umsebenzi wobuciko okhombisa ukuhlangana kwezakhiwo zeMughal, Islamic, kanye namaHindu, igqame kakhulu impumelelo yezakhiwo zikaMughal. Lesi sakhiwo esihle, esakhiwe ngetshe lesanti esibomvu, siyaziqhenya ngesimo saso e-Agra, eduze nomfula i-Yamuna. UMbusi u-Shah Jahan waqala ukwakhiwa kwayo, okwenza kwaba indawo yokuqala yamakhosi akwaMughal ngaphambi kokuba inhloko-dolobha ithuthele eDelhi.
Lapho edabula le nqaba, umuntu akakwazi ukuzibamba ngaphandle kokuncoma ubuciko bayo obunemininingwane, enamagceke amahle, izigodlo namapheliyade. Izinto ezikhangayo ezibalulekile zifaka i-Diwan-i-Am, indawo lapho umbusi akhuluma khona ngezinto ezikhathaza umphakathi, kanye nesango le-Amar Singh, okuyindawo yokungena enqabeni.
Ukuhlola i-Agra Fort kubalulekile kulabo abazimisele ngokucwiliswa emlandweni onothile we-Mughal Empire kanye nobuhlakani bezakhiwo.
UMehtab Bagh
Itholakala osebeni oluthule loMfula i-Yamuna, i-Mehtab Bagh iyindawo ekhangayo enikeza izivakashi inhlanganisela eyingqayizivele yobuhle bemvelo kanye nezimangaliso zezakhiwo, ikakhulukazi ngemibono yayo emangalisayo ye-Taj Mahal. Ukuhamba kule nsimu, umuntu akakwazi ukuzibamba embozwe umuzwa wokuthula ojulile.
Nazi izizathu ezintathu eziphoqayo zokuvakashela i-Mehtab Bagh uma use-Agra:
- Ukubuka kwe-Taj Mahal kusuka e-Mehtab Bagh akunakuqhathaniswa. Indawo ekahle yengadi ngaphesheya komfula inikeza indawo enhle kakhulu, okuyenza ibe indawo ekahle yabathandi bezithombe nanoma ubani ofuna ukubona ubuhle betshe lesikhumbuzo ngaphandle kwezixuku. Imibala eshintshayo ye-Taj Mahal ekushoneni kwelanga, ebonwa kulezi zingadi, iwumbono ongawubona.
- I-ambiance ye-Mehtab Bagh iwukubuyisela emuva ubuhle bezingadi zesitayela sasePheresiya, ezinotshani obugcinwe kahle, imithombo yokulinganisa, nezindlela ezibekwe kahle ezinikeza ukuphunyuka okuzolile nokuphithizela kwempilo yasedolobheni. Yindawo ekahle yokuhamba ngezinyawo okupholile, evumela izivakashi ukuthi zicwilise ebuhleni bendawo ezizungezile.
- Ngaphezu kwalokho, iMehtab Bagh isebenza njengendawo yokuqala yeTaj Nature Walk, umzila wamamitha angama-500 ogudla uMfula iYamuna. Le ndlela iyisibusiso kubathandi bemvelo, enikeza amazwibela ezitshalo nezilwane zalesi sifunda ngokumelene nengemuva elihle le-Taj Mahal.
Ukuba seduze kuka-Mehtab Bagh ne-Taj Mahal kuyenza indawo okungafanele baphuthelwe kuyo kulabo abavakashela i-Agra. Inhlanganisela yayo yobuhle bemvelo, ukubaluleka komlando, kanye nethuba lokubona i-Taj Mahal ngokukhanya okusha kuyenza ibe isengezo esibalulekile kunoma yiluphi uhambo lohambo.
I-Agra Street Food
Njengoba ngihlola i-Agra, amakha acebile nemibala egqamile yokudla kwayo kwasemgwaqweni yathatha izinzwa zami, yangiholela enhliziyweni yendawo yayo yokupheka. Ngale kwe-Taj Mahal ebabazekayo kanye ne-Jahangir Mahal ebabazekayo, ukudla kwasemgwaqweni kwe-Agra kuvele njengokugqamile ohambweni lwami. Izimakethe ezithokozisayo, ezifaka iKinari Bazaar kanye neSubhash Bazaar, ziyindawo yabathandi bokudla.
Okuhlangenwe nakho Indawo yokudlela yase-Agra iqala nge-Agra Petha edumile, uswidi omnandi owenziwe ngoselwa lomlotha. Lokhu kudla kuza ngezinhlobonhlobo zama-flavour nezitayela, okwenza kube umuzwa obalulekile wokunambitha. Enye intandokazi yasendaweni inhlanganisela yasekuseni ka-Bedai no-Jalebi, enikeza inhlanganisela evumelanayo yokunambitheka nokumnandi. I-Bedai eshwabene, ebhangqwe nesiphuzo esibabayo, eduze nobumnandi obumuncu buka-Jalebi, inikeza isingeniso esiyisibonelo sosuku.
I-Agra futhi iyinqolobane yalabo abathanda ukudla kwe-Mughlai, ebonisa inqwaba yama-biryani, ama-kebabs, nama-curries ayinkimbinkimbi afakazela amasiko acebile okupheka edolobha. Imigwaqo igcwele abathengisi abaphakela izinhlobonhlobo zokudla okulula, okuhlanganisa i-chaat, ama-samosas, nama-kachoris, ngakunye kunikeza ukunambitheka kwesigcawu sokudla sasemgwaqweni esinempilo se-Agra.
Ukuhamba kwami ezimakethe kwaphawulwa ukuzitika ngalezi zimangaliso zokupheka. Umoya wawunephunga elimnandi, futhi izindawo zokudlela ezimibalabala zangimema ukuba ngibone indlela yazo yokugibela. Ukudla kwasemgwaqweni kwe-Agra akubonisi nje kuphela ifa lakhona elijulile lokupheka kodwa futhi kunikeza izivakashi umuzwa ojulile.
Kunoma ubani othanda ukudla noma onentshisekelo yokuzwa isiko lendawo, ukudla kwasemgwaqweni kwe-Agra kuyingxenye engaphuthelwa yokuvakasha. Kuyisikhumbuzo esicacile sokunotha kwe-gastronomic yedolobha kanye nesici esibalulekile sanoma yiluphi uhambo oluya kuleli dolobha elihehayo.
I-Yamuna River Boat Ride
Ukuqala uhambo olunokuthula lwemizuzu engama-20 emfuleni i-Yamuna kunikeza umbono oyingqayizivele nomangalisayo we-Taj Mahal, okuyenza ibe umsebenzi ophambili e-Agra. Njengoba uzulazula emanzini athule, i-Taj Mahal, indawo ye-UNESCO yamagugu omhlaba kanye nesinye sezimangaliso Eziyisikhombisa Zomhlaba, yembuleka phambi kwakho ngobukhazikhazi bayo. Nazi izizathu ezintathu zokuthi kungani ukugibela isikebhe emfuleni i-Yamuna kuyinto ongeke uyikhohlwe:
- Ukubuka Okucacile: Umfula unikeza umbono ocacile, ongenakuvinjelwa we-Taj Mahal. Njengoba uhamba ngomkhumbi, itshe lesikhumbuzo lemabula elimhlophe eliyisakhiwo sodumo kanye nemiklamo yalo eyinkimbinkimbi kuyakuheha, kukunikeza isikhashana sokuthula njengoba ubuka lesi simangaliso sezakhiwo.
- Umbono Omusha: Ukubuka i-Taj Mahal emanzini kunikeza umbono ohlukile futhi omusha. Le engeli ikuvumela ukuthi ubonge ubuhlakani bezakhiwo boMbuso we-Mughal ngokukhanya okusha, uthuthukise ukuqonda kwakho ngefa labo.
- Isixhumanisi Esidlule: Umfula i-Yamuna ucwile emlandweni, usebenza njengomgogodla woMbuso we-Mughal. Inganekwane ithi amaMughal Emperors ahamba ngalo mfula, futhi kwakungaselugwini lwawo lapho uMbusi uShah Jahan akhe khona iTaj Mahal ekhumbula umkakhe, uMumtaz Mahal. Ngokugibela isikebhe ku-Yamuna, uxhuma nomlando ocebile we-Agra namagugu.
I-Hangout ye-Sheroes
I-Sheroes Hangout igqamile hhayi nje ngendawo yayo eduze kwe-Taj Mahal ebabazekayo e-Agra, kodwa ngomsebenzi wayo onomthelela ojulile. Le khefi, esetshenziswa abasinde ekuhlaselweni kwe-asidi, ingahle ingaziqhayisi ngemenyu ebanzi yezidlo ezimnandi, kodwa inikeza okuthile okubaluleke kakhulu. Yindawo lapho ukudla kusebenza khona njengengemuva lezindaba zesibindi esikhulu nokuqina.
Lapho ingena ku-Hangout ye-Sheroes, izivakashi zithakaselwa ngokushesha ngamandla nokuzimisela kwabasebenzi. Ikhefi ikhona ngokuyinhloko njengendawo yalaba bantu abanesibindi ukuze babelane ngohambo lwabo, ikhanyisela ukwesabeka kodlame olune-asidi kanye nokugqugquzela ushintsho.
Ingaphakathi le-Sheroes Hangout liqhakaza, lihlotshiswe ngemibala ethokozisayo nezingcaphuno ezikhuthazayo eziphakamisa umoya. Izivakashi zinethuba lokuhlanganyela ezingxoxweni nabasindile, zithole ukuqonda ngemizabalazo yabo kanye nezithiyo eziqhubeka nokuzinqoba.
Ukusekela i-Hangout ye-Sheroes kusho ukufaka isandla ngokuqondile esizeni esihle. Ikhefi iyindawo yabasindile, ayinikezi nje kuphela umsebenzi, kodwa nokubanika amandla kanye nendlela yokululama. Kuyithuba lokwenza umehluko obonakalayo kanye nokuma ebunyeni nalabo abakhuthazelela umphumela wokuhlukumezeka ngendlela engacabangeki.
Ukuvakashela i-Sheroes Hangout kudlula umuzwa ojwayelekile wokudlela. Kumayelana nokwamukela inhlangano elwela ukubandakanywa futhi enikeza izwi kulabo abathuliswe ngokungafanele. Uma ufuna ukuhlangana okucebisa ngempela futhi okuvula amehlo, i-Sheroes Hangout ifanelwe indawo ohambeni lwakho lwe-Agra.
Ithuna lika-Itimad-ud-Daulah
Njengoba ngihamba ngibheke ethuneni lika-Itimad-ud-Daulah, elaziwa kakhulu nge-'Baby Taj', ukubaluleka kwayo emlandweni kuyangithakasela. Leli thuna elihle lemabula liwuphawu lothando olujulile luka-Empress Nur Jahan ngoyise. Ithuna libonisa ubuciko obumangalisayo, nezindonga zalo kanye nezindlu ezihlotshiswe ngemidwebo enemininingwane kanye nomsebenzi owenziwe ngobunono, okubonisa ubukhazikhazi bezakhiwo ze-Indo-Islamic.
I-'Baby Taj' ayisona nje isandulela se-Taj Mahal edumile kodwa futhi iwumsebenzi wobuciko ngokwayo. Kuphawula ushintsho olukhulu ekwakhiweni kwe-Mughal, okungesinye sezakhiwo zokuqala ezinkulu ukwakhiwa ngokuphelele ngemabula, futhi yethula inqubo ye-pietra dura (i-marble inlay) kamuva eyayizofana nezimangaliso ze-Mughal zezakhiwo. Ubuhle bethuna busesilinganisweni salo esivumelanayo kanye nemininingwane eyinkimbinkimbi yokwakheka kwalo, okuhlanganisa amaphethini ejiyomethri, ama-arabesques, nezithombe zezimbali ezingezona nje zokuhlobisa kodwa ezilandisa izindaba zokunotha kwamasiko kwangaleso sikhathi.
U-Empress Nur Jahan, omunye wabesifazane ababenamandla kakhulu enkathini kaMughal, unikeze lesi sikhumbuzo njengendawo yokugcina kayise, uMirza Ghiyas Beg, owaziwa nangokuthi I-Itimād-ud-Daulah, okusho ukuthi 'Insika Yombuso'. Ukuzinikela kwakhe nokuhlonipha uyise akufi ngendlela yalesi simangaliso sezakhiwo. Isakhiwo sengadi yethuna, esisekelwe kwisitayela se-Persian Charbagh, sihlukanisa ingadi ibe izingxenye ezine ezilinganayo, ezifanekisela indawo enhle yamaSulumane yepharadesi, futhi inezela ebuhleni obuzolile bendawo.
Ukubaluleka Kwezomlando
Ithuna lika-Itimad-ud-Daulah, elidume ngokuthi 'i-Baby Taj,' limele ucezu olubalulekile lwe-Agra ye-tapestry ecebile, ebonisa ukuphakama kobuciko be-Indo-Islamic. Nakhu ukuthi kungani leli gugu lezakhiwo liyisisekelo samagugu akwa-Agra:
Okokuqala, ithuna lathunyelwa ngu-Empress Nur Jahan ngokuhlonipha uyise, esebenza njengophawu olukhulu lothando lwakhe nokumhlonipha. Ukwakhiwa kwayo ngemabula emhlophe ehlanzekile, ehlotshiswe ngemidwebo ecolisisiwe kanye nezindlela eziyinkimbinkimbi zokuhlanganisa imabula, kuyisibonelo sekhono elingenakuqhathaniswa lezingcweti zikaMughal.
Ibekwe ngasosebeni oluzolile loMfula i-Yamuna, indawo yethuna inikeza indawo yokuthula, izikhathi ezikhuthazayo zokuzindla. Lesi silungiselelo esizolile sibonakala senza izivakashi zihambe ziye enkathini yama-Mughals, okuvumela umbono wokunethezeka okuzolile kwale nkathi.
Umthelela womlando wethuna ujulile. Imele enye yezakhiwo zokuqala zaseMughal ukwamukela imabula emhlophe ekwakhiweni kwayo, ibeka isisekelo sobukhazikhazi bezakhiwo beTaj Mahal. Idizayini yayo emisha ayigcinanga ngokucebisa indawo yezakhiwo ze-Agra kodwa futhi yasebenza njengepulani yezikhumbuzo ezalandela ze-Mughal, igcizelela ukubaluleka kwayo emibhalweni yomlando ka-Agra kanye nomlando woMbuso kaMughal.
Empeleni, iThuna lika-Itimad-ud-Daulah aliyona nje i-mausoleum; kungumlando obhalwe ngamatshe, olandisa ngomlando wobuciko namasiko wenkathi kaMughal, okwenza kube ukuvakasha okubalulekile kulabo abazimisele ngokucwilisa umlando we-Agra kanye nobuhle bezakhiwo ze-Mughal.
I-Marble Architecture Eyinkimbinkimbi
Itholakala osebeni olupholile loMfula i-Yamuna, iTomb lase-Itimād-ud-Daulah limi njengobufakazi bamagugu anothile ezakhiwo ze-Agra. Imvamisa ukubizwa ngokuthi 'i-Baby Taj,' lesi sikhumbuzo siyisandulela se-Taj Mahal, sibonisa ubuhle bemabula emhlophe ngomsebenzi wobuciko obuyingcweti othwebula ingqikithi yobuciko be-Mughal.
Njengoba ungena, uvele umbozwe ngokushesha emlandweni wenkathi kaMughal, uzungezwe ubuhle obuchaza lesi sikhathi. Ithuna alinikezi nje kuphela imibono ethokozisayo yoMfula i-Yamuna kodwa futhi livumela amazwibela e-Taj Mahal, lithuthukisa isimo salo esihle. Ukwakheka kwayo, ukudweba okuhambisana nobuhle be-Jahangiri Mahal kanye ne-Khas Mahal, kuyisibonelo esibalulekile sobuciko be-Mughal. Ukwengezwa kwe-Anguri Bagh, noma Ingadi Yamagilebhisi, ezungeze ithuna, kunomthelela esimweni salo esinokuthula nesinhle.
Ukubaluleka kwalesi sakhiwo kulele endimeni yaso njengomanduleli wezokwakha, othonya ukwakheka kwezakhiwo ezilandelayo ze-Mughal, okuhlanganisa nesakhiwo sodumo i-Taj Mahal. Ukusetshenziswa kwezindlela ze-inlay zemabula emhlophe ne-pietra dura, lapho amatshe ayigugu ahlanganiswe ngokuyinkimbinkimbi emabula, kukhombisa ubuciko obuphambili benkathi.
I-Tomb of Itimād-ud-Daulah ayisona nje isimangaliso sezakhiwo kodwa ibhuloho elixhuma okwedlule nelamanje, elimema izivakashi ukuthi zicwilise kungqikithi yalo yomlando namasiko. Indawo okuyo kanye nomklamo kunikeza inhlanganisela eyingqayizivele yokuzola nobuhle, okuyenza ivakashelwe yinoma ubani onentshisekelo kubukhazikhazi bezakhiwo ze-Mughal kanye nezindaba ezixoxayo zesikhathi esidlule esicebile saseNdiya.
Indawo enhle yaseRiverside
Ibekwe ngasosebeni lomfula i-Yamuna, iThuna lase-Itimād-ud-Daulah limi njengobufakazi bobuhlakani bezakhiwo besikhathi esidlule se-Agra. Njengoba usondela kulesi sakhiwo esihle kakhulu semabula, ukugeleza okuzolile komfula eduze kwaso kanye nesimo esizolile sendawo ezungezile kukumemela endaweni yezimanga zomlando.
Izingadi ezilungiswe kahle, ezigcwele izimbali kanye nohlaza, zithuthukisa ukukhanga kwesayithi, zinikeza ukuhoxa okunokuthula kusukela esiphithiphithini sasemadolobheni. Amachibi okubonisa, athwebula umklamo omuhle wethuna, aveza umbukwane okhangayo.
Uma singena ngaphakathi, ukuhlangana kwezakhiwo ze-Indo-Islamic kuvela emininingwaneni ecophelelayo yomklamo wayo, okubonisa ikhono lezingcweti zakhona. Imvamisa ukubizwa ngokuthi 'i-Baby Taj,' leli thuna alizimisi nje kuphela ngokufaneleka kwalo kodwa futhi liqhudelana ngobukhosi ne-Taj Mahal ewumfanekiso, egcizelela ukubaluleka kwayo ku-tapestry yamasiko ecebile yase-India.
