The Fifteenth Annual Conference of the Pacific Area Travel association (PATA) will be held in New Delhi from January 24 to 29, 1966. The Conference will be preceded by a two-day seminar on tourism. PATA is an important International organisation whose main objective is to develop, promote and facilitate travel to and within areas of the Pacific and the Orient.
The stamp on the fdc shows a picture of Sikandara, The Tomb of Akbar the Great which is an important Mughal architectural masterpiece, built 1605–1613, set in 48 Ha (119 acres) of grounds in Sikandra, a suburb of Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is located at Sikandra, in the suburbs of Agra, on the Mathura road (NH2), 8 km west-northwest of the city center. About 1 km away from the tomb, lies Mariam's Tomb, the tomb ofMariam-uz-Zamani, wife of the Akbar and the mother of Jahangir.
The south gate is the largest, with four white marble chhatri-topped minarets which are similar to (and pre-date) those of the Taj Mahal, and is the normal point of entry to the tomb. The tomb itself is surrounded by a walled enclosure 105 m square. The tomb building is a four-tiered pyramid, surmounted by a marble pavilion containing the false tomb. The true tomb, as in other mausoleums, is in the basement. The buildings are constructed mainly from a deep red sandstone, enriched with features in white marble. Decorated inlaid panels of these materials and a black slate adorn the tomb and the main gatehouse. Panel designs are geometric, floral and calligraphic, and prefigure the more complex and subtle designs later incorporated inItmad-ud-Daulah's Tomb.
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