Taj
Mahal, also known as the crown of palaces has been sanctioned in the top Seven
Wonders of the World. It’s also recognized as the most dominant tourist spot in
the brightest jewel of crown-India. The actual reason for its presence is still
unknown, yet it stands as the sign of love of the mughal emperor- Shah Jehan
for his wife. Shah Jehan was just a fourteen years old boy when he met Mumtaz
and fell in love with her. Just a few years later in 1612 they got married and started
with their new life. Mumtaz gave birth to the kids of the Emperor and at the
time of the birth of the fourteenth child, she passed away. To commemorate her
wife, Shah Jehan built this beautiful palace. The arts and ideas used in this
alluring work portray the love of Shah Jehan for his late wife. Around
thirty-two million rupees were spent on its construction, which once again
displays the inclination of Shah Jehan towards his wife. Construction started
in 1631, right after his wife’s death and was completed in 1653.
Interesting
Facts and Features
Taj
Mahal basically is the white marbled cemetery positioned in Agra city, in the
province of Uttar Pradesh, India. It covers around forty acres land. On the
other side it has five main features which are as following; Garden
(bagheecha), Masjid (mosque),Naqqar Khana (rest house), Rauza( main mausoleum)
and Darwaza (grand hallway). It amalgamates the most perfect arts of India,
Persia and Ottoman Empire. The gate is quoted with verses from the Holy Quran
and is made up of fine black stone. The dome is itself of eighty-one feet in
height and the diameter lengths around fifty-nine meters. In the vicinity, four
beautiful and around one hundred and thirty seven feet high minarets stand.
Towards west a sumptuous mosque enhances the glorious attraction with a rest
house towards east, made of red sandstone. Next is the heaven-like garden,
which depicts the paradise. The garden has a beautiful well. The raised
walkways segregate each of the four quarters into 16 flowerbeds.
Tomb is another salient feature of the palace, which is even higher than a
twenty storey building. The white limpid marble for construction was brought
down from Makrana, Rajhastan. The proprietor-Shah Jehan, himself was also
buried there. On the crypt of Mumtaz Mahal, ninety-nine names of Allah were
carved.
To
complete the work, a two-mile ramp was built to take the construction material
to the dome. It took around twenty-two years to complete the splendid palace. Precious
stones were imported from far flung areas. A work force of around twenty thousand
people was engaged including calligraphers, carvers, stone-cutters etc. The design
was formed by an Italian Geronimo Verroneo and Indian Ismail Khan.
Today’s Taj
Mahal
Today,
Taj Mahal is looked up on as the premium site to pay a visit. It attracts not
only the people Asia but it also captures the vision of the outlanders.
Most
people visit it to bring out and rejuvenate the pages of past and glorious light
of the Mughal dynasty. Travelers walk on the pathways of the gardens and soothe
out their minds. Its gardens portray the excellence in one’s life as the field
itself is-perfect. Its beauty not only magnetizes the old aged people but also
the youngsters, where all they see and sense is the purity in its charm.
In
the present day life any soul which visits this palace definitely thinks and
re-thinks of the love that the Emperor showed for his wife. In general it may
be believed that Shah Jehan’s reign gave a very high peak to architecture but
his love and affection can never be overlooked.
Around
sixty to seventy thousand visitors go to the palace daily and capture its
purity and the secrets of love it veils. The best times to capture its pictures
are either at the time of sunrise, very early morning, or at the afternoon when
it’s all dazzling. At the time of sunset, where it is all shaded with various
blues. Visitors also take pictures after the fading of twilight where they see
beautiful white lights rising from within itself in the vicinity of darkness of
the night.
Here
tourists enjoy elephant rides and snake and monkey dances. The best juncture to
tour the palace is from late October to early April where heat is not really
intense and the winters are bearable. The best part for tourists is that every
sort of visitor either rich or poor can easily visit it anytime. Yet, the best
means of transport are air, road and railway, which are available all year
round. With this foreign visitors must have a visa before they get in India and
then for sure they can easily get to their destination. Agra is not a port city
so it isn’t accessible through sea.
With a lot of ease a large number of people come and visit Taj Mahal every year.
Visitors of Taj Mahal
Taj
Mahal is considered among the most visited places of the world. Yearly, around
two to three million people visit this master piece of art. Almost one quarter
of a million visitors come to India to visit Taj Mahal.
How You Can Visit Taj Mahal
The
interior of mausoleum is outstanding that really deserve the exploration. However,
if you look at the building from outside, you have to spend hours to appreciate
a fraction of its glorious structure. You can imagine the mood of world outside
of this mighty structure, by looking at shiny white marbles. Therefore, it’s
good if you can study about the Taj Mahal beforehand. Each and every corner of
the Taj Mahal is worth seeing but you must know about the most striking points
so that you would not have missed during your visit to this mausoleum.
Bottom Line
If
you are travelling to India and you don’t have plans to visit Taj Mahal, then
you are going to miss the golden chance to visit this Wonder of the World.
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