Agra, India: Standing at the Taj Mahal in full Indian dress in monsoon season
Agra in August 2025: the Great Gate mirrored in its long pool, monsoon-green lawns, and the two of us at the Taj Mahal in full Indian dress.
Agra was part of our August 2025 swing through the Golden Triangle, and we did it the classic way: up early, monsoon clouds parked overhead, and the world's most famous mausoleum waiting at the end of the garden.
The Great Gate, which would be the headline monument anywhere else. Here it's the doorman.
We had picked up Indian outfits for the occasion, which felt slightly theatrical right up until we stood on the lawn in front of the Taj itself, at which point it felt exactly right.
Full dress at the Taj Mahal, August 2025. No regrets whatsoever.
From Agra the Golden Triangle rolls on: Jaipur came the very next day.
Agra works as an overnight run out of Delhi, and that is how we did it: Two day overnight Taj Mahal and Agra tour from Delhi. Two days is enough to see the Taj at dawn without the drive eating the whole trip.
