Gate of magnificence

          On our visit to the imperial palaces of Mughal Empire in India, we preferred to start the day tour with Fatehpur-Sikri, Agra. The journey to the Fatehpur Sikri ended as we reached at the Buland Darwaja or the gate of magnificence. It was unbelievable for me to experience the Buland Darwaja in reality. The legacy of Mughal architecture was standing before me, with its strapping feature, like an undefeatable fortress. The beauty of the mighty doorway made me spell bound instantaneously, and compelled to look upright to gaze the unfathomable firmness of the great Mughal emperor Akbar. I was simply elated by its architectural uniqueness, and kept starring towards the unbeatable look of the doorway. The beauty was truly magnetizing like the huge heart of an emperor, and the impetus dragged me spontaneously as I began my walk to the door way. The marvelous calligraphic decoration, with mesmerizing view of the surrounding was a matter of recurrent joy that reached at its peak as I reached at the main entrance of Buland Darwaja.

Buland Darwaza, Agra

              Everything was so huge to envisage the personality of great Mughal emperor Akbar. Buland Darwaja is also the entrance to the cluster of fascinating Mughal architectural examples as well as like a complete chapter of history that introduces us with many noble characters of the Mughal emperor Akbar. It was an incredible at the same time a thrilling experience too, to capture the unbinding view of the surrounding landscape in my roving eyes. Like the resolute determination of its creator, everything appeared insignificant from Buland Darwaja, and the entire world was literally at my feet.

Buland Darwaza, Agra

       

             The mighty doorway Buland Darwaja, was constructed by the Mughal emperor Akbar to mark his victory over Gujarat and construction of Buland Darwaja was completed in 1601. The coastal cities of Gujarat lured the Mughals especially to pursue the sea trade, and ironically the East India Company of Britain also first time arrived in India through the port of Surat, Gujarat, on 24 August, 1600.(Source: Freedom at Midnight by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre) So, erection of Buland Darwaja was made at the juncture that also marks the initiation of the Mughal decline as well as beginning of British dominion in India and Gujarat is associated with this transition.