Bhool Bhulaiya
Sixteenth-century octagonal Mughal tomb famous for its labyrinthine interior corridors.
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About this audio guide
This tomb's guide follows Adham Khan, foster brother of the Mughal emperor Akbar, raised alongside him by the wet nurse Maham Anga, who stood at the heart of Mughal power for years. It traces how that closeness curdled into reckless ambition through the fifteen sixties, ending at an ordinary day in the imperial court in fifteen sixty-two. Wander the looping corridors that gave the tomb its name, Bhool Bhulaiya, the labyrinth, and see why visitors still lose their bearings inside.
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