{"id":7809,"date":"2025-02-14T14:11:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T14:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalwanderings.co.uk\/new\/?p=7809"},"modified":"2025-04-21T12:57:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T12:57:00","slug":"exploring-aurangabad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalwanderings.co.uk\/new\/2025\/02\/14\/exploring-aurangabad\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Aurangabad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, another early start but today I was going to take it a bit easier and hire a scooter to see the sights around Aurangabad. I did a bit of research and there was a scooter rental round the corner from the hotel, so all good. As it happened, despite a polished website, Bluebird Rentals<\/a>\u00a0 was basically a young lad with his parents operating from their house. However, top quality service and I got a nifty little Honda for 500Rs (\u00a35) for the day. NB They made sure I had my International Driving Permit with me as well – a first for India!<\/p>\n

A couple of days ago I had seen the very simple grave of the great Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. Today, the first stop was the Bibi Maq Bara<\/a>, the mausoleum of his wife, Rabia Durani, who happened to be the daughter-in-law of Mumtaz Mahal, for whom the Taj Mahal was built. And it is very much in its style. Not quite as impressive but much, much quieter.<\/p>\n

The mausoleum is just outside the old Mughal city so I had to go through one of the old gates<\/a>: This one being the Makai (Mecca) Gate.<\/p>\n

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Bibi Ka Maqbara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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One of the differences between Bibi and the Taj is that here the decoration is plasterwork and it doesn’t have the inlaid precious stones found in the Taj.<\/p>\n

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