WONDER OF AGRA
TAJ MAHAL , AGRA UTTAR PRADESH :
The Taj mahal is very old and a immense mausolem complex of which marble made
between 1631 to 1648 in Agra Uttar Pradesh , by the order of SHAH JAHAN, The Mughal Emperor made it in the memory of his beautiful wife MUMTAJ MAHAL.It is one of the seven wonders of world .It took
overall 20 years to be completed and made on the southern bank of river YAMUNA
in Agra . it is a Mughal architecture built with the combination of Indian ,
Persian ,and Islamic influences. In its inside the color of the white marble
seems to be changing as with the daylight.
SHAH JAHAN ruled the most of the northern India from early
16th to the mid of 18th century .He crowned himself
emperor at Agra in 1628 when he emerged the victor of a bitter power struggle
with his brothers .
There were several stones used for making Taj Mahal (
including jade, crystal, lapis lazuli , amethyst ,turquoise etc). its height of
central dome reaches about 240 feets (((73 meters))) and surrounds with 4 smaller Domes , 4
Slender towers or minarates.
OTHER PLACES TO SURROUND IN AGRA
AGRA FORTS
HOW TO REACH TAJ MAHAL :
By Air : You have to first reach Pandit Deen
Dayal Upadhyay Airport and then take a taxi to Taj mahal .
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