{"id":47605,"date":"2019-03-27T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T09:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npnews24.com\/2019\/03\/27\/364th-annual-urs-of-shah-jahan-begins-on-april-2\/"},"modified":"2019-03-27T09:00:04","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T09:00:04","slug":"364th-annual-urs-of-shah-jahan-begins-on-april-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npnews24.com\/364th-annual-urs-of-shah-jahan-begins-on-april-2\/","title":{"rendered":"364th annual Urs of Shah Jahan begins on April 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
Agra, March 27 (IANS) The 364th three-day annual Urs of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, builder of the Taj Mahal, will begin on April 2.
\nA member of the organising committee, Taahiruddin Taahir, said a 1,221 metre long ceremonial ‘chadar’ will be offered on April 4 at 3 p.m.
\nLast year, the length of the ‘chadar’ was 1,111 metres.
\nEach year the length and the number of people in the processions and programmes has been going up.
\nAccording to the Archaeological Survey of India officials, entry for visitors will be free on all three days for varying periods.
\nThe 17th century monument of love is a world heritage site and is annually visited by over seven million tourists.
\n–IANS
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Agra, March 27 (IANS) The 364th three-day annual Urs of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, builder of the Taj Mahal, will begin on April 2. A member of the organising committee, Taahiruddin Taahir, said a 1,221 metre long ceremonial ‘chadar’ will be offered on April 4 at 3 p.m. Last year, the length of the ‘chadar’ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n