Seat of Birbal @ Diwan -E- Aam..

The first pic is the seat of great Birbal, one of the most intelligent courtier who was very close to the King Akbar. He was given a seat equal to that of the King himself. The background you see is the Meena bazar.
We go to the Mall for shopping, but the Mall came to the palace for the royal ladies..Akbar built this Meena Bazar for his ladies of 'Harem' to shop, trade valuable goods with traders from all over the world. No male member was allowed inside this complex but the King. The shops will be opened once in a month and every New Year day.

King's alarm.

The door you see here is suppose to be the bedroom of the King Akbar. The hall next to it is made of beautiful carved pillars of red sandstone.The wall adjacent to the bedroom from this hall has a finely carved mesh type stones at the floor level.  Women wearing anklets that makes pleasant tinkling sound will walk thru this hall in the morning to wake up the King!!!.Mmmm..an alarm that cant be hit upon I guess..or tough to hit perhaps..

Palace of Jahangir.

This is a red sand stone building built by Akbar for his son Jahangir. Later modified by Jahangir himself to suit his Hindu wife, Jodha, a Rajput princess. The three stars @ the entrance denotes his three wives. Also the star indicates the Christian wife and the lotus the Hindu wife. The arch in the middle for his muslim wife..some life.