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Personal Narrative: My Last Day In Agra

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Rambling down a busy street, we were hit by an idea to take a small trip; unaware of the destination, booking, people, arrangements; this idea spiraled big and within a week’s time, we were 19 inquisitive eyes heading our way from Delhi to Agra for a three day Photo Trip that was about historical musings, long exposures, random plans, sun tans, out of context jokes and an ineffable experience.

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With no ideal or pre-planned itinerary, we boarded our bus from Sarai Kale Khan ISBT and hit the Yamuna Expressway. Weirdly, most of us had been to Agra before at the time when digging our noses appeared cute! 30 minutes on the road and each became the best story tellers.

The group was an inevitable mix of different cultures that assorted perfectly with the similar passion for photography. We had a selfie queen, two foodies (one with a tattoo), the 3 musketeers, a lawyer, an artist, girl with the …show more content…

We made our way amid the speeding cars, terrible honks and long ticket queues to the main entrance and with just one look of the Taj Mahal and all the skeptical voices in the heads, the long social media messages of ‘the other side of the Taj Mahal’ ceased to exist.

The gardens were more beautiful than in the photographs we have seen and the monument stood tall echoing with the story of love between Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal that lasts even today. No wonder it took 22 years to create such a massive structure which is considered a ‘jewel of Muslim art in India.’

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Our efforts for a #followmeto made way to numerous photo-bombing but finally we clicked a perfect frame minus the elaborate ensemble. The few hours at the Taj gave all the photographers large pool of creative shots. They explored frames, met interesting people and learnt the technicalities of photography that they hadn’t mastered

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