when I was on my tour of India. It was an excellent time for me I was enjoyed my tour in India. India is really a great country.I like India.
At of first I visited Delhi the capital of India. After visited Delhi I was on my same day Agra trip. History of Agra is very old Agra, once the capital of the Mughal Empire during the 16th and early 18th centuries; I was reached one and a half hours by express train from New Delhi. Tourists from all over the world visit Agra not to see the ruins of the red sandstone Agra fort built by the Mughal emperors but to make a pilgrimage to Taj Mahal,
India’s most famous architectural wonder, in a land where magnificent temples and edificies abound to remind visitors about the rich civilization of a country that is slowly but surely lifting itself into an industrialized society.
The postcard picture of Taj Mahal does not adequately convey the legend, the poetry and the romances that shroud what Rabindranath Tagore calls "a teardrop on the cheek of time". Taj Mahal means "Crown Palace" and is in fact the most well preserved and architecturally beautiful tomb in the world. It is best described by the English poet, Sir Edwin Arnold, as "Not a piece of architecture, as other buildings are, but the proud passions of an emperor’s love wrought in living stones." It is a celebration of woman built in marble and that’s the way to appreciate
Taj mahal stands on the bank of River Yamuna, which otherwise serves as a wide moat defending the Agra fort, the center of the Mughal emperors until they moved their capital to Delhi in 1637. It was built by the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan in 1631 in memory of his second wife, Mumtaz Mahal, a Muslim Persian princess. She died while accompanying her husband in Burhanpur in a campaign to crush a rebellion after giving birth to their 14th child. The death so crushed the emperor that all his hair and beard were said to have grown snow white in a few months.
When Mumtaz Mahal was still alive, she extracted four promises from the emperor: first, that he build the Ta mahal second that he should marry again; third, that he be kind to their children; and fourth, that he visit the tomb on her death anniversary. He kept the first and second promises. Construction began in 1631 and was completed in 22 years. Twenty thousand people were deployed to work on it.
The material was brought in from all over India and central Asia and it took a fleet of 1000 elephants to transport it to the site. It was designed by the Iranian architect Ustad Isa and it is best appreciated when the architecture and its adornments are linked to the passion that inspired it. Taj mahal is a "symbol of eternal love".
The Taj mahal rises on a high red sandstone base topped by a huge white marble terrace on 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 mahal has been described as "having been designed by giants and finished by jewellers".
The only asymmetrical object in the Taj mahal is the casket of the emperor which was built beside the queen’s as an afterthought. The emperor was deposed by his son and imprisoned in the Agra fort for eight years but was buried in the Taj mahal
During his imprisonment, he had a view of the Taj mahalas a tribute to a beautiful woman and as a monument for enduring love, the Taj mahal reveals its subtleties when one visits it without being in a hurry. The rectangular base of Taj mahal is in itself symbolic of the different sides from which to view a beautiful woman. The main gate is like a veil to a woman’s face which should be lifted delicately, gently and without haste on the wedding night. In Indian tradition the veil is lifted gently to reveal the beauty of the bride. As one stands inside the main gate of Taj mahal, his eyes are directed to an arch which frames the Taj mahal.
The dome is made of white marble, but the tomb is set against the plain across the river and it is this background that works its magic of colours that, through their reflection, change the view of the Taj mahal. The colours change at different hours of the day and during different seasons. Like a jewel, the Taj sparkles in moonlight when the semi-precious stones inlaid into the white marble on the main mausoleum catch the glow of the moon. The Taj mahal is pinkish in the morning, milky white in the evening and golden when the moon shines. These changes, they say, depict the different moods of woman.
Different people have different views of the Taj mahal but it would be enough to say that the Taj mahal has a life of its own that leaps out of marble, provided you understand that it is a monument of love. As an architectural masterpiece, nothing could be added or substracted from it. India has a lot of monuments. My tour of India was fantastic. I like Taj mahal. Really Taj mahal is great.
At of first I visited Delhi the capital of India. After visited Delhi I was on my same day Agra trip. History of Agra is very old Agra, once the capital of the Mughal Empire during the 16th and early 18th centuries; I was reached one and a half hours by express train from New Delhi. Tourists from all over the world visit Agra not to see the ruins of the red sandstone Agra fort built by the Mughal emperors but to make a pilgrimage to Taj Mahal,
India’s most famous architectural wonder, in a land where magnificent temples and edificies abound to remind visitors about the rich civilization of a country that is slowly but surely lifting itself into an industrialized society.
The postcard picture of Taj Mahal does not adequately convey the legend, the poetry and the romances that shroud what Rabindranath Tagore calls "a teardrop on the cheek of time". Taj Mahal means "Crown Palace" and is in fact the most well preserved and architecturally beautiful tomb in the world. It is best described by the English poet, Sir Edwin Arnold, as "Not a piece of architecture, as other buildings are, but the proud passions of an emperor’s love wrought in living stones." It is a celebration of woman built in marble and that’s the way to appreciate
Taj mahal stands on the bank of River Yamuna, which otherwise serves as a wide moat defending the Agra fort, the center of the Mughal emperors until they moved their capital to Delhi in 1637. It was built by the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan in 1631 in memory of his second wife, Mumtaz Mahal, a Muslim Persian princess. She died while accompanying her husband in Burhanpur in a campaign to crush a rebellion after giving birth to their 14th child. The death so crushed the emperor that all his hair and beard were said to have grown snow white in a few months.
When Mumtaz Mahal was still alive, she extracted four promises from the emperor: first, that he build the Ta mahal second that he should marry again; third, that he be kind to their children; and fourth, that he visit the tomb on her death anniversary. He kept the first and second promises. Construction began in 1631 and was completed in 22 years. Twenty thousand people were deployed to work on it.
The material was brought in from all over India and central Asia and it took a fleet of 1000 elephants to transport it to the site. It was designed by the Iranian architect Ustad Isa and it is best appreciated when the architecture and its adornments are linked to the passion that inspired it. Taj mahal is a "symbol of eternal love".
The Taj mahal rises on a high red sandstone base topped by a huge white marble terrace on 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 mahal has been described as "having been designed by giants and finished by jewellers".
The only asymmetrical object in the Taj mahal is the casket of the emperor which was built beside the queen’s as an afterthought. The emperor was deposed by his son and imprisoned in the Agra fort for eight years but was buried in the Taj mahal
During his imprisonment, he had a view of the Taj mahalas a tribute to a beautiful woman and as a monument for enduring love, the Taj mahal reveals its subtleties when one visits it without being in a hurry. The rectangular base of Taj mahal is in itself symbolic of the different sides from which to view a beautiful woman. The main gate is like a veil to a woman’s face which should be lifted delicately, gently and without haste on the wedding night. In Indian tradition the veil is lifted gently to reveal the beauty of the bride. As one stands inside the main gate of Taj mahal, his eyes are directed to an arch which frames the Taj mahal.
The dome is made of white marble, but the tomb is set against the plain across the river and it is this background that works its magic of colours that, through their reflection, change the view of the Taj mahal. The colours change at different hours of the day and during different seasons. Like a jewel, the Taj sparkles in moonlight when the semi-precious stones inlaid into the white marble on the main mausoleum catch the glow of the moon. The Taj mahal is pinkish in the morning, milky white in the evening and golden when the moon shines. These changes, they say, depict the different moods of woman.
Different people have different views of the Taj mahal but it would be enough to say that the Taj mahal has a life of its own that leaps out of marble, provided you understand that it is a monument of love. As an architectural masterpiece, nothing could be added or substracted from it. India has a lot of monuments. My tour of India was fantastic. I like Taj mahal. Really Taj mahal is great.
