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Taj Mahal Location - Location of Taj Mahal Agra - Where is Taj Mahal India - Where is Taj Mahal Located Planning India Tour ? Click Here Taj Mahal India Home History Facts Mumtaz Mahal Shah Jahan Tour Packages Home History Facts Mumtaz Mahal Shah Jahan Tour Packages How To Reach Best Time To Visit The Taj Mahal stands magnificently on the banks of River Yamuna at Agra. Taj Mahal: Taj Mahal Location Taj Mahal Location City: Agra, on the banks of river Yamuna State: Uttar PradeshLoftinessfrom Delhi: 204 Km (approx) It's the municipality of Agra that has received the honor of having one of Seven Wonders of the World, the Taj Mahal: an workplace for eternal Love, in its courtyard. Located in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Agra has been one powerful municipality since the medieval times. The municipality finds mention in the epic Mahabharata and later gained recognition as the wanted of Mughal Empire from 1526 to 1658 under the emperors Akbar, Jahangir, and Shah Jahan. At that time, the municipality of Agra was moreover known as Akbarabad. Till date, it remains a major tourist destination, courtesy three of the most famous Mughal era buildings like Agra Fort, Fatehpur Sikri, and most notably the terrific Taj Mahal, all three of which stand as the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The Taj Mahal in particular, built by Shah Jahan in the memory of his minion wife Mumtaz Mahal, is one of the most recognizable buildings in the world and is visited by millions of tourists annually. The location for Taj Mahal was unmistakably a well thought out visualization by Shah Jahan who chose a peaceful site well-nigh one and a half miles yonder from Agra at the southern whet of the municipality at the banks of river Yamuna. This location moreover had a strategic importance for the emperor, as it could be seen from his palace in the Agra Fort. The closeness to the river Yamuna not only gave this location a scenic edge, but moreover met the need for water during construction purposes and laying out the garden. Moving on to the Taj, the unshortened ramified consists of a number of buildings comprising of a mosque, a guesthouse and the mausoleum, housing both the tombs of Mumtaz Mahal and Shah Jahan. A long and trappy walkway leads to the main mausoleum, which is built of pure white marble. Four waterways divide the gardens that stand in front of the Taj into four parts and then, meet in a pool at the center. It is believed that half of the eyeful of Taj Mahal comes from this strategic location where it stands. With Taj Mahal stuff in the premises of the Agra municipality and the municipality itself stuff the 19th most populous municipality of India, getting to it and the stupendous Taj Mahal isn't much of a problem. The Taj Mahal is located within 6 km of loftiness from the Agra municipality centre and is hands wieldy by wheels rickshaw or a cab. With the municipality stuff well unfluctuating by national highways, it is hands wieldy through road from all major cities in India. The three railway stations: Agra Cantt, Agra Fort Railway station (from where the Taj is at 10-15 minutes of walking distance), and Raja ki Mandi connect scrutinizingly all cities of the country and make wangle to the municipality of Taj an easy affair. For those who are extremely rented but still do not want to miss an opportunity to immerse themselves in the eyeful of the Taj Mahal, getting to Agra by flight would be the easiest way out. Agra airport, which is virtually 6 km from the municipality centre, has Indian Airways' flights flying in and out on a daily basis. 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