The Maldives president is arriving at Tajmahal tomorrow(8rth oct) at 8 am. So best to see Tajmahal before 7:30 am. Security police will close the mousoleum at 7:30 am. You should enter inside the Tajmahal with best guide at 5:40 am. And go straight to the mausoleum , see the graves inside with guide. and later do the best photography tour with Tajforever.com . This will take only 20 minutes to see the graves inside the white mausoleum and after this spend time in enjoying the secret spots of Tajmahal for photography and listen to interesting stories of Tajmahal, King and Queen.
If you will plan to go to Tajmahal after the visit of President then be prepared for long traffic jams (one hour). Delayed timing of opening the Tajmahal which is not disclosed to any one not even to your local expert guide. You will encounter most long ques at the ticket window so book the tickets in advance from tajforever.com . You will also wait in long queues to enter inside the Tajmahal.
Every year when such visits of presidents or prime ministers occur in Agra. The traffic of Agra is being stopped by police. It causes lots of problem for locals. Locals feel cheated by seeing such arrangements of government of India for foreign ministers. Locals ask this question that why government do not provide such facilities to the local people of the city who actually pay the taxes. All development is done temporarily when chief minister or prime minister comes to the city.
What to do during such situation –
Hire a beast guide from local travel agent for smooth sightseeing. Your local expert guide will take you early to the Tajmahal by 5:30 am. He will book the advance tickets to avoid the last minute rush & Que. Guide will also provide you water bottle & shoe covers for sightseeing.
After the Tajmahal sightseeing then he will take you for the tour of other beautiful monuments of the city. Agra fort and Baby Taj which are great places to discuss the Mughal history & architecture. Baby Tajmahal is very good monument for photography. The local guides of Tajforever.com are well trained in photography too. In this way you will have best sightseeing of Tajmahal in Agra even after the visit of Maldievs President.
