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Agra, The City through Poetry
Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
$39.49
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Overview
Agra's Poetic Heritage Walking Tour offers a unique insight into the city's literary legacy. Delve into the world of renowned poets like Ghalib and Nazir Akabarabadi, whose works reflect the deep cultural connections of this historic city.
- 📜 Start your journey at Jama Masjid, the perfect backdrop to discuss Agra's rich poetic tradition.
- 📖 Visit Mirza Ghalib's Birthplace and learn about his influence on Urdu poetry during the late Mughal period.
- ✍️ Participate in a calligraphy workshop, where you'll explore the unique script of Urdu and its literary evolution under Mughal rule.
- 🏙️ Stroll down a 16th-century shopping street that was part of the silk route, reading verses from Nazir Akbarabadi that capture the city's socio-economic history.
- 📚 Visit Khankhana Katra to read Abdur Rahim Khankhana's Hindi Dohas and discuss the intertwining of Hindi and Urdu languages.
- 🎶 Enjoy a live flute performance in a 17th-century temple, while discussing the poetry of Meer Taqi Mir.
- 🏘️ Explore a 16th-century neighborhood and engage with practicing poets, discovering how poetry fosters human connections.
- 🕌 Visit a 15th-century mosque and listen to more local poets, enriching your understanding of Agra's poetic tradition.
- 🏛️ Conclude your tour at the family mausoleum of poet Maikash Akbarabadi, learning about his legacy and family history.
- 📸 Receive a handout featuring beautiful photographs and curated poetic verses to take home.
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Agra, The City through Poetry
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
- A handout with some beautiful photographs curated with and poetic verses
Meeting point
I will meet you at central gate of Jama Masjid, opposite to Agra For Railway Station
Return details
I will meet you at central gate of Jama Masjid, opposite to Agra For Railway Station
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Jama MasjidWe 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
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Agra, The City through Poetry
Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
$39.49
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
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