NEW DELHI - Agra, home to the worlds most famous monument to love, is to be given a facelift to attract tourists to the ancient Indian citys other two World Heritage sites, the Tourism Ministry said.
Most visitors come to the city of Agra, just 130 miles from the capital New Delhi, to visit the Taj Mahal, without even knowing of the 17th century Red Fort and nearby Fatehpur Sikri, a ghost town that was the capital of the Mogul empire in the 1500s.
Agra is the only city in the world that has three World Heritage sites, but most people visit the Taj Mahal and leave, said N.C. Joshi, a Tourism Ministry spokesman.
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Kailash Fair (Aug./Sep.)
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History of Agra
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