Spiritual leader of Ismaili sect Prince Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan visited the Taj Mahal on Wednesday. Following the visit, he commented “Thank you for letting me visit the Taj for the second time.” He wrote the same comment in the monument’s visitors’ book.
Aga Khan is in India to receive the Padma Vibhushan award bestowed upon him by the Government of India. Agra is one of the few remaining strongholds of Ismaili sect with one of the only two ‘Jamatkhanas’ of Uttar Pradesh being in Agra. There are about 100 families of Ismaili sect in Agra, the numbers slowly dwindling with time.
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