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Tajmahal about 10 points in English

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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About Tajmahal

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• There is a small hole on the ceiling of the main hall perpendicularly above the tombstone of Mumtaz Mahal.

• The construction of the Taj Mahal began in 1632 and was completed in 1653.

• It took a total of twenty two years to complete the construction of this monument.

• The architecture of the Taj Mahal is a combination of Indian, Persian and Islamic styles of architecture.

• The name of the architect of the Taj Mahal is Ahmed Lahauri.

• The Taj Mahal was Shah Jahan’s imagination of Mumtaz’s home in paradise.

• Around 20,000 people worked day and night for twenty two years to complete construction of the Taj Mahal.

• The cost of construction of the Taj Mahal was around Rs.320 million.

• The Taj Mahal was constructed using the best quality marble from Rajasthan, Tibet, Afghanistan and China.

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