Akbar's Tomb, Sikandra

RAPID INFORMATION

Location : Agra, Uttar Pradesh

Fee : Foreigner-INR RS. 210 & Indian - INR RS.20

Visiting Time : 06:00 AM to 07:00 PM

Best Time To Visit : September to March

Named after the Afghan ruler Sikander Lodi, Sikandra is better known today as the last resting place of Akbar. Following the Timurid tradition, the emperor began to build his own garden mausoleum during lifetime, a red sandstone monument in a Chahar – Bagh or 4- square formal garden. A magnificent marble inlaid gateway leads up to the open, airy, four-tiered structure, which is topped by a white marble cenotaph and screen on the fifth storey. The walled garden enclosure is laid out in the charbagh style, with the mausoleum at the center. Shajahan who completed the mausoleum after his father’s death added this.