The tomb is the marble precursor to its more famous sibling across the Yamuna,and its English-style gardens and charming ivory-tinted facade are a lovely surprise for the rare tourist or history buff who gets here. And now, after four years of dedicated restroration, monument is slowly finding its rightful place on the tourist circuit,along with the other famous garden here, Mehtab Bagh.
The restroration of the two Mughal gardens was carried out jointly by the Archaeological survey of india (ASI) the world Monument Fund(WMF) and the Ministry of culture,under the Mughal Riverfront Gardens of Agra (MRGA)project, and opened up in jan..this year.
The tomb of I'timad-ud-Daulah-loosely translating to 'pillar of the state'- was commissioned by Empress Nur Jahan for her father Mirza Ghiyas Beg in the early 1620s in the typical Mughal 'charbagh' style. It consists of four equal square-shaped gardens (hence 'char' and 'bagh')with the mausoleum sitting smack in the middle.
Under the British Raj, the gardens of I'timad-ud-Daulah were transformed to the exact opposite-stately,manicured lawns with not a tree in sight.
Fruits for monkeys:-
A typical Mughal garden also meant lush, chaotic gardens, filled with colourful flower beds and tress heavy with fruit for monkeys and birds,says Lakshmi Narayan, ASI's junior foreman for horticulture at the site...
The restroration of the two Mughal gardens was carried out jointly by the Archaeological survey of india (ASI) the world Monument Fund(WMF) and the Ministry of culture,under the Mughal Riverfront Gardens of Agra (MRGA)project, and opened up in jan..this year.
The tomb of I'timad-ud-Daulah-loosely translating to 'pillar of the state'- was commissioned by Empress Nur Jahan for her father Mirza Ghiyas Beg in the early 1620s in the typical Mughal 'charbagh' style. It consists of four equal square-shaped gardens (hence 'char' and 'bagh')with the mausoleum sitting smack in the middle.
Under the British Raj, the gardens of I'timad-ud-Daulah were transformed to the exact opposite-stately,manicured lawns with not a tree in sight.
Fruits for monkeys:-
A typical Mughal garden also meant lush, chaotic gardens, filled with colourful flower beds and tress heavy with fruit for monkeys and birds,says Lakshmi Narayan, ASI's junior foreman for horticulture at the site...
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