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Agra

India

Watercolour of Agra, India. On the Yamuna River, the majestic capital of the Mughal Empire, with Taj Mahal and Yamuna River.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Taj Mahal; Yamuna River; Agra Fort; Mughal Indo-Islamic
Viewpoint
Favor the classic elevated viewpoint from across the Yamuna River at Mehtab Bagh looking southeast toward the Taj Mahal, showing garden flora and river sandbars in the foreground, the tranquil Yamuna and the monumental marble mausoleum in the middle-ground, and the red ramparts of Agra Fort and misty Uttar Pradesh horizon in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in the charbagh lawns, cypress avenues, fruit orchards of Mehtab Bagh, and riverside tamarind trees.
Guarded against
Not a generic Indian palace or fantasy Bollywood set
Population1,430,055Wikidata: 1,585,705
Coordinates27.18°N, 78.02°E
Elevation171 m
Area188 km²
Time zoneAsia/KolkataUTC+5:30
Solar noon12:18clock runs 0.3 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Agra and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Hanga Roa, Chile — 736 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

GwaliorIN107 km
FaridabadIN154 km
GhāziābādIN175 km
New DelhiIN179 km
DelhiIN181 km
NajafgarhIN189 km
MeerutIN202 km
JaipurIN223 km

Twinned cities

Wikidata records no twinned cities for Agra inside this atlas.

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