Agra is a city on the banks of the Yamuna River in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It finds mention in the epic Mahabharata where it was called Agrevana, or 'the border of the forest'.
It achieved fame as the capital of the Mughal emperors from 1526 to 1658 and remains a major tourist destination because of its many splendid Mughal-era buildings, most notably the Taj Mahal, Agra Fort and Fatehpur Sikri, all three of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

How to Reach

Idgah Bus Stand and Inter State Bus Terminal (ISBT) are the major Bus Stands in Agra and is connected to most of the bigger cities in North India.
From Delhi: NH2, a modern divided highway, connects the 200 km distance from Delhi to Agra. The drive is about 4 hours.

Agra is on the main train line between Delhi (Station Code: NDLS) and Mumbai (Bombay) (Station Code: CSTM) and between Delhi and Chennai (Station Code: MAS) and many trains like Bhopal Shatabdi, Bhopal Express, Lashkar Express, Gondwana Express, Malwa Express, Chhattisgarh Express etc. connect Agra with all major Indian cities like New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Pune, Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Ujjain, Jaipur, Lucknow etc. every day.

Agra Airport is about 12.5 Km from city center.

Tourist attraction in Agra :

• Taj Mahal
• Agra Fort
• Fatehpur Sikri
• I'timad-Ud-Daulah
• Akbar's Tomb, Sikandra
• Swami Bagh Samadhi
• Mankameshwar Temple
• Guru ka Tal
• Jama Masjid
• Chini ka Rauza
• Ram Bagh
• Mariam's Tomb
• Mehtab Bagh
• Keetham Lake
• Mughal Heritage Walk