Panch Mahal - tourmet

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India /Uttar Pradesh /Agra /Fatehpur Sikri

Sight Address : Panch Mahal is situated at Fatehpur Sikri 36 .6 kilomitors from Agra. Edit

Detail InformationEdit

The Panch Mahal is a 5 story summer palace, used by all of Akbar’s three wives and the other ladies of the court. It is a wonderful building, that looks more like a fantasy than an architectural construction. It is 5 stories high and open on all sides to the elements; the walls consist only of pillars. Each pillar is wonderfully carved, delicate. The pillars don’t look strong enough to hold up the 4 stories above, but as the building has been here since the 1580s, they must be stronger than they look! The palace is built so that each story is both narrower and shorter than the one below – the ground floor is large, perhaps some 130 by 40 feet, and the top story with a delicate cupola roof is only about 10 feet each way. In a hot environment of F. Sikri this place would have been one of the coolest and therefore most pleasant places to be in the whole city.

HistoryEdit

Panch Mahal is located on the northeast direction of Jodha Bai’s palace. It is a five-floored pillared pavilion. This extra ordinary building was called badgir or wind tower, which was constructed to alleviate the heat and is a very popular architectural mechanism of Persian architecture. Originally, it was connected with main Royal chamber and Jodha Bai’s palace. The first floor has 84 pillars with row of eight pillars arranged in north to south direction and row of six pillars arranged in east to west direction. The second floor has 56 pillars with row of six pillars in north to south direction and row of four pillars in east to west direction and also beautiful carved pillars with unique designs. Capitals of these pillars also contain beautiful carved designs like floral vase, arch or rosette pattern. This floor also has a projecting chhajja and a carved frieze.The third floor is composed of 20 pillars with smaller in size. It contains row of five pillars from north to south and row of three pillars from east west direction having double pillars at northeast corner. The fourth floor has 12 pillars in two rows. Pillars on eastern side are double. This floor also has beautiful jalied balustrade. The top of the building is decorated with beautiful square chhatri with a cupola.

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Visiting TimeEdit

8 am to 7 pm

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Best Season to VisitEdit

Winter is the best time to visit, days are cool and sunny and ideal for sight seeing.

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Morning, Afternoon, Evening.

Time Required for SightseeingEdit

2-3 hrs.

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Restaurants NearbyAdd / Edit

Ajay Palace – Agra ; Fatehpur Sikri ,agra. ; Ph/M – 95-5613-2829850 ; Food Serve – N.A.

How to ReachEdit

Taxi : This place of Agra is well connected by road and is easily accessible by taxis. Local taxis are also available at a reasonable rate.

Bus : Bus services in Agra are provide by Agra Municipal Corporation. UP State Road Transport Corporation does run some air-conditioned and non-air-conditioned low-floor buses within Agra which run on specific routes including M G Road.

Train : Agra is a major railway junction and has several railway stations, with the Agra Cantonment Railway station being the main one. Indian Railways connects Agra with all major and minor cities in India. The hired taxi, tempo, cycle-rickshaw and auto-rickshaw will helps tourist to reach her. Prepaid autos and taxis from railway station are easily available.

Air : Agra’s Kheria Airport is located 8 km away from the heart of the city. It will cost about Rs 150 from airport to city by taxi. Agra is connected to Varanasi, Delhi and Khajuraho by air. For other cities, tourists need to take the flight to Delhi. After getting down at Kheria airport taxis and tongas are available at the airport to reach this destination.

Others : Travelling around the town of Agra can be done through a multitude of ways, including electric buses, Tongas, tempos, cycle rickshaws and auto rickshaws.
Cycle Rickshaw:
Cycle rickshaws are available aplenty in the town of Agra. Travelling through a cycle rickshaw can be quite time consuming, although this is a very cheap mode of travel with charges hovering around Rs 5 to 10.
Tonga:
Tongas are horse drawn carriages that run throughout the town. Tonga charges are very low too, and you can opt for a Tonga ride as it is faster than a cycle rickshaw ride. Charges will range around Rs 5 to 15.
Tempo :
Tempos are also available, and these are shared vehicles which can be more comfortable than buses for slightly elevated rates. Tempo rates will vary from Rs 5 to 10. These are a safe mode of travel and can be taken up during night time.