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| Taj Mahal at Agra (source) |
One of the greatest scenarios of
all times is the Taj Mahal beauty. In 1983, Taj Mahal was promoted as one of
the best world heritage sites. It is located in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. The
Taj Mahal is widely known as ‘the jewel of Muslim art in India’ . Mughal
emperor, SHAHJAHAN built this enormous structure in his grief death of his
third wife, Mumtaz, during the birth of his 14th child. He loved his
wife so much that after she passes by, he built this humongous structure with
thousands of workers. In this creature, mughal emperor Shahjahan included the
styles of Islamic, Persian, Ottoman Turkish and India. This is nowadays, one of
the best places to hike around with your friends or families as there are
several structures of different interest that you can deeply enjoy and feel!
The making of the Taj Mahal was
started on 1632 and finished in 1653. Thousands of craftsman and artisans were
involved in building this structure. There are four vertical pillars on the
four corners of the Taj Mahal that is thought to patrol its center. The place
is so secured and sacred that you have to enter the main palace barefooted. The
exterior design of this humongous creature is enormous! It’s about the finest
and pin point accurate architectures of the Mughals. The exteriors decorative
apparatuses are made up and furnished by paint, stucco, carvings or stone
inlays etc. the passages of the Taj Mahal is decorated by different quotes from
The AL-QUR’AAN. Abd-ul haq was the great person involved with the calligraphy
of the great Taj Mahal. Many of the
calligraphy arts were embedded on florid thuluth script that is made up of
black marble or jasper. In order to be easily visible, the calligraphy was
according to human privilege, the skewing effect was engaged into the
consideration and the higher calligraphy was made a bit broader for easy view
from the bottom.
There is a long garden of about
300 meters for welcoming all the visitors filled with special flowers and a
fine broad pool. The walkway beside the reflecting pool is of great beauty that
is also of joy and peace. There is a raised marble water tank in the centre of
the garden. The pool reflects the view of the mausoleum. The garden is laid out
with series of lush trees and flower formations. This is named as charbagh
garden that reflects the four rivers of the JANNAH. There are also many other
creatures aside the Taj Mahal of great attraction holding their individual
meanings and greatness.
There is a fine mosque just
beside the Taj mahal of great beauty and structural attraction. Another
beautiful image you will be able to see is the Great gate (Darwaza i-rauza).
Shahjahan loved her wife so much that he buried his wife inside it and left a
piece of land beside her for free. He asked everyone to bury just beside his
wife. This great love story is never-ending and their loves beauty reflects
through all the attractions and greatness of the Taj Mahal!
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