Place Details: The tomb of Akbar the Great, located in Sikandra, in the suburbs of Agra is an important Mughal architectural masterpiece, which was built between 1605-1613. Akbar himself commenced ...

The tomb of Akbar the Great, located in Sikandra, in the suburbs of Agra is an important Mughal architectural masterpiece, which was built between 1605-1613. Akbar himself commenced the ...

(© Aivar Mikko / Alamy) In the 1560s, Akbar the Great visited a Sufi saint named Salim Chishti, 25 miles west of Agra. Two of Akbar’s sons had died, but the sage foretold the birth of another ...

The Archaeological Survey of India is trying to restore the pristine beauty of the tomb of the great Mughal emperor Akbar at Sikandra near Agra in Uttar Pradesh as the monument has lost its sheen ...