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Hello friends welcome you, hope that you guys will be healthy and happy.As we all know that Taj Mahal is a world famous building. Which tourists from all over the world come to India.
It is a ivory-white marble a mausoleum which is located on the southern bank of the river YAMUNA in the Indian city Agra ( Also known as the TAJ NAGRI).

Now the question arises that who build TAJ MAHAL ?
It was build by the Mugal Emperor SHAH JAHAN (1628-1658) to house the tomb of his beloved wife ,MUNTAZ MAHAL.It is also the musoleum of Shah Jahan himself.
 
The Taj Mahal was also designated as the Unesco World Heritage Site in 1983,for being the jewel of the Muslim Art in india and one of the universally admired masterpiece of world heritage.
It was the symbol of India's rich history.


The Taj Mahal constructed and expands on design traditions of Persian and earlier Mughal architecture.
The earlier Mughal buildings were primarily constructed of red sandstone, Shah Jahan promoted the use of white marble inlaid with semi-precious stones.
The tomb is the central focus of the entire complex of the Taj Mahal. It is a large, white marble structure standing on a square plinth and consists of a symmetrical building with an iwan (an arch-shaped doorway) topped by a large dome and finial. Like most Mughal tombs, the basic elements are Persian in origin.

TAJ MAHAL AT A GLANCE:

  1. AREA: 17 HECTARE
  2. HEIGHT : 73 M
  3. BUILD: 1632 -1653
  4. ARCHITECT: USTAD AHMAD LAHAURI
  5. BUILD FOR : MUMTAZ MAHAL.
  6. ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN: MUGHAL ARCHITECTURE(PERSIAN).
 
TAJ MAHAL
TAJ MAIN BUILDING



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