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Year of Construction: 1631
Completed In: 1653
Time Taken: 22 years
Built By: Shah Jahan
Dedicated to: Mumtaz Mahal (Arjumand Bano Begum), the wife of Shah Jahan
Location: Agra (Uttar Pradesh), India
Building Type: Islamic tomb
Architecture: Mughal (Combination of Persian, Islamic and Indian architecture style)
Architect: Ustad Ahmad Lahauri
Cost of Construction: 32 crore rupees
Number of workers: 20,000
Highlights: One of the Seven Wonders of the World; A UNESCO World Heritage Site
Timings: Sunrise to Sunset (Friday closed)
Fee: Rs 750 (Foreign Tourists)
Rs 510 (Citizens of SAARC & BIMSTEC Countries)
Rs 20 (Domestic Indian Tourists)
No Entry Fee for children below 15 years of age (Domestic or Foreigner)
Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal is a great historical monument designed very beautifully. It is made up of white marbles which gives it a grand and bright look. It has attractive lawns, decorative trees, beautiful animals, etc in its surrounding areas. It is located in the Agra, UP at the bank of the Yamuna River. It is a very beautiful tomb made by the King Shah Jahan in the memory of Queen Mumtaz Mahal. In the ancient time Shah Jahan was a king and his wife was Mumtaz Mahal. Shah Jahan loved her wife a lot and he became very upset after her death. Then he decided to build a large grave in the memory of her wife. And he built Taj Mahal as a seventh wonders of the world.
Taj Mahal is located just back to the Agra fort from which King was used to see Taj Mahal daily remembering her lovely wife. Every year thousands of visitors come to the Agra to see its beauty. It was built by the hard works of various artists, artisans and workers. It was completely prepared in twenty years of long time by the use around 20 crores of Indian rupees. Taj Mahal looks very beautiful in the silvery night of full moon.
1. The Taj Mahal was built by a whopping 22,000 laborers, painters, stonecutters, embroidery artists.
2. Legend has it that Emperor Shah Jahan intended to build another Taj Mahal in black marble across the river but a war with his sons interrupted these plans.
3. The changing moods of the Emperors wife are well captured by the changing hues of the Mausoleum at different times of the day. It takes a pinkish hue in the morning, milky white in the evening and golden at night when illuminated by moonlight.
4. It intricate work of art and architectural genius took 17 years to complete.
5. The most recognizable feature is the white dome at the peak of the mausoleum. Often called the 'onion dome', it rises to about 35 meters (115 feet) and is surrounded by four other domes.
6. Taj Mahal is a famous Indian landmark and tourist magnet, attracting more than a million tourists every year.
7. As always, rumor mills are on the overdrive about this mausoleum. It is rumored that the Emperor ordered that all the workers who worked on the mausoleum get their hands chopped of so that no one could make anything like it ever again.
8. If it was to be built today, Taj Mahal would cost the Emperor about US$100 to make it as beautiful as it is.
9. The materials that were used to build Taj Mahal were transported to the construction site by a whopping 1,000 elephants.
10. Many of the precious stones on the mausoleum were ripped off from the walls of the mausoleum by the British army during the Indian rebellion of 1857
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