Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal : Taj Mahal is a located at Agra. Taj Mahal stands on the bank of River Yamuna. Taj Mahal built by the fifth Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in 1631 in memory of his third but most favourite wife, in fact a soul-mate Mumtaz Mahal, a Musilm Persian Princess. Taj Mahal is considered the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements from Persian, Indian and Islamic architectural styles. Taj Mahal means “Crown Palace” and is in fact the most well preserved and architecturally beautiful tomb in the world. The Engilsh Poet, Sir Edwin Arnold has described Taj Mahal as “Not a piece of architecture, as other buildings are, but the proud passions of an emperor’s love wrougt in living stones. Taj Mahal is a most attractive place for Tourists. Tourists from all over the world visit Agra to make a pilgrimge to Taj Mahal, India’s most famous architectural wonder, in land where magnificent temples and edifices abound to remind visitors about the rich civilization of country that is but surely lifting itself into an industrialized. Taj Mahal is a spectacle in white marble. The Taj rises on a high red sandstone base topped by a huge white marble terrace in which rests the famous dome flanked by four tapering minarets. Within the dome lies the jewel-inlaid cenotaph of the queen. So exquisite is the workmanship that the Taj has been described as “having been designed by giants and finished by jewellers”. The Taj Mahal is a reminder for all mankind about the universally accepted but not so well practiced concept of “Love & Peace”. Taj Mahal is a simply a majestic tribute to an exotic beauty. Taj Mahal has its myths and legends. It seems that there is more fiction on the Taj than serious scholarly research. The Taj is an experience of its own kind, while on the one hand its magnanimity is so sublime. Taj Mahal appears deep in the distance, indeed a spectacular sight th behind, forever. The tomb is at the northern end with an expanse of greenery and fountains between it and the gateways. The ceiling is adorned with floral patterns and the decor of floors with geometric designs. The inner of the main structure is in lakhauri which have been carefully covered with marble, whereas the adjoining structures are covered with red sandstone. Taj Mahal is most beautiful place at Agra, India. Shah Jahan’s the Emperor, who fulfilled the wishes of his beloved, could not find fulfilment of his own wish tobuild a black Taj to express his own wigh to build a Black Tau to express his mourning for the beloved Queen Mumtaz Mahal even after his death. That was the derenity in the purity of love. Legend has it that during his eight years long ailment and imprisonment, Shah Jahan used to intensly view The Taj lying on the bed through a diamond fixed in the wall in front at a particular angle.