Location: Fatehpur Sikri
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Fatehpur Sikri is a town in the Agra District of Uttar Pradesh, India. The city itself was founded as the capital of Mughal Empire in 1571 by Emperor Akbar, serving this role from 1571 to 1585, when Akbar abandoned it due to a campaign in Punjab and was later completely abandoned in 1610.
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1. Panch Mahal - Fatehpur Sikri
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4.5 based on 945 reviews
Reviewed By macedonboy - Glasgow, United Kingdom
The Panch Mahal is a rectangular building, comprising five levels of colonnaded terraces open on all sides. Some of the columns form pavilions. Some of the columns are so thin and elegant, combined with the red sandstone glinting off the sunlight makes an already picturesque building look beautiful. My guide told me that the use of the building was not known for certain, but it was probably used as a harem and place of entertainment and relaxation.
2. Lotus Throne
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4.5 based on 248 reviews
Reviewed By DP1066 - Hastings, United Kingdom
The intricately carved central column inside Diwan-i-Khas features a combination of Hindu, Christian, Muslim and Buddhist imagery. The decoration was to promote a new religion called Din-i-llahi (God is one). The pillar supports a plinth which connects to the four corners of the room from which the Emperor Akbar used to hold conversations and debates with his ministers.
3. Jodha Bai's Palace
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4.5 based on 225 reviews
Reviewed By DP1066 - Hastings, United Kingdom
Set around an enormous courtyard, this palace was the one-time courtyard of Emperor Akbar’s Hindu wife. It features traditional Indian columns, Islamic cupolas and Persian roof tiles.
4. Maryamuzzamani Palace
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4.5 based on 103 reviews
Reviewed By One_of_the_BOFs - Cheltenham, United Kingdom
This palace was the home of Mariam-uz-Zamani, the chief wife (a Christian) of the Mogul emperor Akbar and is adjacent to the Shabistan-I-Iqbal (aka Jodhbai's Palace) which is the larger palace area of the harem.
5. Diwan-I-Aam
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4.5 based on 20 reviews
Reviewed By Alok_Nahata - Alor Setar, Malaysia
Akbar used to hear the petitions of the general public in this huge area where public gathered in the lawns and King with his special advisors sat in the main building. This was given much importance by Akbar and he used to focus on the problems of the public. This is the first spot we saw on our entry to the Fatehpur Sikri fort.
6. Anup Talao
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4.0 based on 35 reviews
Reviewed By Brun066 - Florence, Italy
Even more than the individual buildings, however splendid, what is striking in Fatehupr Sikri is the "sharpness" of the organization of space. This is certainly due to the fact that Fatehpur Sikri is a "founded city"; but probably even more to the fact that it was abandoned very quickly; and therefore it was "crystallized", without further additions, in the ways that the sovereign and his builders wanted it to take initially. And in my opinion this character is felt in the highest degree in the area that goes from the Diwan-I-Khas (private audience hall) to the Anup Talao. This area is in fact made up of two large squares (the Pachisi Court, and precisely the Anup Talao square), adjacent along one side, which I believe express well the joy that the planners must have had in planning. Yet geometry isn't an aim in itself: it pleasantly "captures" the eye, but this is then further bewitched by the asymmetry that is set on this geometric basis, asymmetry determined by the presence of elements of very different height and shape; the soaring Panch Mahal, the Diwan-I-Khas and, precisely the Anup Talao, with its four bridges, the delicate balustrade, the central raised platform and the steps edging the outer edge of the large pool. Water, which is an essential element of the whole, increases the charm of both the Talao and all the surrounding space. I don't believe there is in all the Mughal imperial palaces (but I haven't seen Lahore….) any open and built space, which gives a feeling comparable to this one, as to how men master space by stone and water.
7. Pankaj Bhatnagar
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5.0 based on 110 reviews
