Agra, The City through Poetry

Itinerary
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Stop At: Jama Masjid (Agra), Opp. Agra Fort Near Agra Fort Railway Station, Agra 282003 India

We will start our walk from Jama Masjid and continue walking to :
- Visit Mirza Ghalib's Birthplace. Learn briefly about his writing genre and emergence of Urdu poetry in the late Mughal period.
- Calligraphy workshop- Urdu is known for it's a unique calligraphic script. We visit a
calligraphy workshop and discuss the development of language and literature during the Mughal rule.
- Walking down the 16th-century shopping street of the city that was once an important part of the silk route. We read a couple of verses from Nazir Akbarabadi and learn how he's documented the city's socio-economical details.
- Visit Khankhana Katra. Read Abdur Rahim Khankhana's Hindi Dohas and talk about the submergence of Hindi and Urdu languages.
- Live flute performance inside a 17th-century temple - Here we talk about the poetry of Meer Taqi Meet.
- Exploring a 16th-century neighborhood and meeting practicing poets of Agra- listen to their poetry and talk about how poetry helps to build stronger human connection and to avoid stereotypes.
- Visit 15th-century mosk and talk about the poetic tradition of Agra and listen to some more practicing poets of the city.
- Visit family mausoleum of poet Maikash Akbarabadi and talk about his family

Duration: 15 minutes