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Taj Mahal Agra
Completed
in 1653 A.D., The Taj Mahal built by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan as the final
resting place for his favourite Queen, Mumtaz. Finished in by Marvel, it is
perhaps India most fascinating and beautiful monument. This perfectly symmetrical
monuments took 22 years (1630-1652) of hard labour and 20,000 workers, Masons
and Jewellers to built and is set amidst landscaped gardens.
Built by the Persian architect, Ustad Isa, The Taj Mahal the bank of the Yamuna
river. It can be observed like a Mirage from the Agra Fort from where Emperor
Shah Jahan stared at it, for the last eight years his life as a prisoner of
his son Aurangzeb. It is a masterpiece of symmetry, Seeming to be floating in
the air from a distance, and each revealed as an illusion experienced as one
enters through the main gate.
The verses of Holy Koran as inscribed on it and at the top of gate 22 small
domes, signifying the number of years the monument took to built. The Taj Mahal
has been built on a Marvel Plateform that stands above a standstone one. The
most elegant dome of the Taj, with diameter of 60 feets, rises 80 feets, over
the building and directly under the dome is the tomb of Mumtaz Mahal. Shah Jahan's
tomb has been irected next to her's by his son Aurangzeb. Fantastic Inley works
using semi-precious stones decorate and interiors.
Taj Mahal History
: Approach
of Taj Mahal : Taj
Mahal Exterior : Taj
Mahal Interior
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