Agra Fort- world heritage centre, Agra UP

Agra Fort is a UNESCO world heritage centre and popular next only to the great TAJ MAHAL in Agra.

Sharing some photos of this fort, which I visited earlier this month.

The entrance...

Walk way-one can easily get lost inside the fort.

Interiors of a hall-lots of artwork

Art work on the ceilings

Art on the pillars and columns

Yamuna river on the other side of the fort- Taj mahal is in the vicinity

So many squirrels More Squirrel photos

Jahangiri Mahal

Watch post

Entrances

Emperor Shah Jahan, who built the Taj Mahal, was imprisoned by his son Aurangzeb in the Agra Fort where the former spent last 7 years of his life. I overheard few tourists excitedly talking among themselves-"I touched the bed on which Shah Jahan had slept"...

Amphitheater




Canals for safety

Outside the fort

Camera Used: Sony DSC H50. High resolution images (Nearly 3 MB each) available on request. What you see above are compressed images for the blog.
More about agra fort on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agra_Fort