Agra, The City through Poetry

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Highlights

• Private Sightseeing Tours
• Historical Tours
• Excellent Quality
• Walking Tours
• Cultural Tours
• Short term availability
• Weather Dependent - Low
• Private and Luxury

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What's included

Itinerary

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   We will start our walk from Jama Masjid and continue walking

   We will start our walk from Jama Masjid and continue walking to : - Visit Mirza Ghalib's Birthplace. Learn briefly about his writing genre and emergence of Urdu poetry in the late Mughal period. - Calligraphy workshop- Urdu is known for it's a unique calligraphic script. We visit a calligraphy workshop and discuss the development of language and literature during the Mughal rule. - Walking down the 16th-century shopping street of the city that was once an important part of the silk route. We read a couple of verses from Nazir Akbarabadi and learn how he's documented the city's socio-economical details. - Visit Khankhana Katra. Read Abdur Rahim Khankhana's Hindi Dohas and talk about the submergence of Hindi and Urdu languages. - Live flute performance inside a 17th-century temple - Here we talk about the poetry of Meer Taqi Meet. - Exploring a 16th-century neighborhood and meeting practicing poets of Agra- listen to their poetry and talk about how poetry helps to build stronger human connection and to avoid stereotypes. - Visit 15th-century mosk and talk about the poetic tradition of Agra and listen to some more practicing poets of the city. - Visit family mausoleum of poet Maikash Akbarabadi and talk about his family

   15 min

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Cancellation policy

• More than 1 day before100% refund
• Between 0 and 1 days before0% refund

Prices by age band

• Bambino10-14 anni
  €1,500
• Adulto15-100 anni
  €3,675

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