Tag: Taj Mahal

  • Man booked for creating disturbance in Taj Mahal on final day of 367 ‘Urs’ of Shah Jahan

    By PTI

    AGRA: A 19-year-old man was booked on Tuesday for allegedly creating disturbance throughout a ‘chadar’ providing ritual on the final day of the 367 ‘Urs’ of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan at his grave within the Taj Mahal, police mentioned.

    A senior ASI official claimed that two youths had been suspected to have raised pro-Pakistan slogans in the course of the ‘chadarposhi’ within the night and one in every of them was thrashed by the guests on the principal mausoleum.

    The official mentioned the opposite man fled from the spot however the locals had been capable of determine him.

    Tajganj Police Station SHO Bhupendra Baliyan informed PTI, “The youth was recognized as Suhail (19), a resident of Firozabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

    He was handed over by the CISF to to the Tajganj police for creating disturbance in the course of the ‘chadarposhi’ on the Taj Mahal.”

    Suhail was booked beneath part 151 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and despatched for medical examination, the SHO mentioned, including that he additionally sustained some accidents.

    A 1,381 m-long ‘chadar’ was supplied on the final day of ‘Urs’ of Shah Jahan.

  • No greater than 650 vacationers at a time, on-line ticket reserving… UP authorities will open Taj Mahal from Wednesday

    Highlights: Taj Mahal can be opened in UP on Wednesday, Corona Protocol can be carried out, Taj Mahal will be unable to assemble greater than 650 vacationers at a time The world well-known Taj Mahal is able to be seen once more from Wednesday, however as a result of anti-Covid guidelines, it will be unable to assemble greater than 650 vacationers at a time. District Magistrate PN Singh has issued an order saying that not more than 650 vacationers can be allowed to enter the Taj Mahal, which goes to open from June 16, after the lower within the instances of Kovid-19. It is noteworthy that together with the Taj Mahal in Agra, all of the monuments together with Agra Fort, Sikandra are going to open from tomorrow. People related to the tourism trade will get assist, because of the second wave of the epidemic, all monuments together with the Taj Mahal in Agra have been closed for vacationers on 16 April. Now the instances of epidemic are reducing constantly. The determination to open different monuments together with the Taj Mahal from Wednesday has introduced hope among the many individuals related to the tourism enterprise, who’ve been in despair for 2 months. Ticket window will stay closed On Tuesday, all different monuments together with the Taj Mahal have been sanitized. Shopkeepers have been additionally seen making preparations to welcome the vacationers on the jap gate of the Taj Mahal. Tourists can be allowed entry into the monuments in restricted numbers for now. Ticket home windows will stay closed and tickets can be booked on-line. Along with this, guidelines like thermal screening, masks, bodily distance should be strictly adopted. Preparations to open Agra’s Taj Mahal from Wednesday.

  • Government shuts monuments down until May 15

    As the nation grapples with the second Covid-19 wave, the federal government has moved as soon as once more to close all centrally-protected monuments and museums—together with the Taj Mahal, Red Fort and Ajanta Caves—until May 15.
    Sources within the Ministry of Culture mentioned that if the scenario doesn’t enhance, the shutdown might prolong past May 15. Last 12 months, too, the monuments remained closed for greater than 100 days as a part of the nationwide lockdown.
    On Thursday night, the Ministry of Culture introduced: “All centrally protected monuments, museums and sites under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) have been closed with immediate effect till May 15 due to the surge in coronavirus cases in the country”.
    The order to this impact was issued by the ASI and later tweeted by Union Culture Minister Prahlad Patel. “Due to the prevailing COVID situation, it has been decided to close all centrally protected monuments, sites and museums under the ASI with immediate effect and till May 15 or until further orders,” the ASI mentioned.
    As many as 3,691 centrally protected monuments and archaeological websites maintained by the ASI had been closed for guests on March 17 final 12 months.
    After a shutdown of greater than 100 days, the monuments and monuments throughout the nation had been allowed to reopen from July 6. However, it was a conditional reopening, with the variety of guests being curtailed and guests being allowed solely as per the rules issued by the Health Ministry.

    For occasion, there was a cap on the variety of guests at monuments which see crowds, and a few “interior or vulnerable” components of monuments remained out of bounds for guests. Additionally, guests had been presupposed to share their telephone numbers on the entrance of monuments for the needs of contact tracing, if required later.

    Even as most different monuments had been thrown up, the Taj Mahal – India’s most visited monuments which sees as many as 70-80 lakh guests yearly – remained closed until late September owing to it falling in “containment zone” as per district authorities. Even because it reopened, the variety of guests was capped at 5,000 a day (in two slots), whereas that of different fashionable monuments was capped between 1,000 and 1,500.
    Meanwhile, the Red Fort in Delhi continues to stay shut since January 19 within the wake of the hen flu instances reported contained in the premises, adopted by the January 26 violence by protestors, which precipitated in depth injury to its entry factors and ticketing space.

  • Allu Arjun-Sneha Reddy have a good time tenth marriage ceremony anniversary at Taj Mahal| PICS

    Image Source : INSTAGRAM/ALLU ARJUN Allu Arjun-Sneha Reddy celebrates tenth marriage ceremony anniversary at Taj Mahal
    Telugu star Allu Arjun and spouse Sneha Reddy celebrated their tenth marriage anniversary at Taj Mahal. On the event, Arjun uploaded footage from their journey on Saturday and wished his ‘cutie’ a cheerful marriage ceremony anniversary. In the images, the couple might be seen posing collectively in entrance of the Taj Mahal. Arjun and Sneha acquired married in a conventional Hindu ceremony on March 6, 2011, in Hyderabad. They have two kids — son Allu Ayaan and daughter Allu Arha. After ringing the marriage anniversary celebrations at Taj Mahal, the couple has left for a romantic getaway in snow-clad Dehradun.

    “Happy 10th Anniversary to us Cutie. What a wonderful journey of ten years … and many more to come,” he captioned the images. One of the images is a throwback from 2011, which occurs to be from the couple’s marriage ceremony festivities. 

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    The actor posted just a few extra footage to have a good time their togetherness on their big day. In the next put up, Allu wrote, “Thank You Joe for an amazing surprise. Stunning Pictures . And thank you shivali & nithika for the moments . @storiesbyjosephradhik.”

    “10 years of a rollercoaster ride,” the actor added. 

    Allu Arjun will subsequent be seen in cinemas with the big-ticket movie “Pushpa”, directed by Sukumar. Allu’s Pushpa is without doubt one of the most anticipated movies of the 12 months. Ever since its inception viewers has been eagerly ready for its launch. Directed by Sukumar the movie additionally options Rashmika Mandanna in a feminine lead function. The magnum opus being made on an enormous finances of over Rs 100 crore will hit the theatres worldwide on August thirteenth, 2021. 

    Allu Arjun was final seen on display in Trivikram’s Ala Vaikuntapuramloo, which emerged as one of many largest successes of his profession. Pushpa is a country motion forest-based thriller and can mark Arjun’s maiden pan-Indian undertaking as it will likely be launched in 5 languages. The movie portrays a story of pink sandalwood smuggling.