Taj Mahal
Posted 16th August 2008 at 04:50 AM by jeevanyatra66
"Let the LIFE enjoys the beauty of Taj Mahal"
Taj Mahal one of the most famous buildings in the world is in Agra, Uttar Pradesh situated on the banks of Yamuna River. Agra has a sub-tropical climate with long & hot summers from April to September. The best months to visit Agra are March, October and November.
Taj Mahal was got built by the emperor Shah Jahan for his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal. It is one of the New 7 Wonders of the world and one of three World Heritage Sites in Agra, the others being Agra Fort and Fatehpur Sikri.
It is perhaps India's most fascinating and beautiful monument built by the Persian architect, Ustad Isa, the Taj Mahal is on the bank of the Yamuna River. It is a masterpiece of symmetry, seeming to be floating in the air from a distance, and each revealed as an illusion experienced as one enters through the main gate. Taj Mahal was built on a marble platform that stands above a sandstone one.
The Agra Fort is another world heritage site in Agra was built by Akbar in 1565. The red sandstone fort was renovated and converted into a palace during Shah Jahan's time and reworked extensively with marble. Notable buildings in the fort include the Pearl Mosque, the Diwan-e-Am and Diwan-e-Khas (halls of public and private audience), Jehangir's Palace, Khaas Mahal, Sheesh Mahal (mirrored palace) and Musamman Burj.
The great Mogul Emperor Akbar commissioned the construction of the Agra Fort in 1565 CE although additions were made till the time of his grandson Shah Jahan. The forbidding exteriors of this fort hide an inner paradise. The fort is crescent shaped, flattened on the east with a long, nearly straight wall facing the river.
The Mogul Emperor Akbar built Fatehpur Sikri about 35 km from Agra, and moved his capital there. Later abandoned, the site displays a number of buildings of significant historical importance. Buland Darwaja or the loft gateway was built by the great Mogul emperor Akbar in 1601 CE at Fatehpur Sikri. Buland Darwaza is the highest gateway in the world and an astounding example of the Mogul architecture. The Buland Darwaza or the magnificence gateway is made of red and buff sandstone, decorated by carving and inlaying of white and black marble. An inscription on the central face of the Buland Darwaza throws light on Akbar's religious broad mindedness, here is an inscription one on the monument which is a message from Jesus advising his followers not to consider this world as their permanent home.
Taj Mahal one of the most famous buildings in the world is in Agra, Uttar Pradesh situated on the banks of Yamuna River. Agra has a sub-tropical climate with long & hot summers from April to September. The best months to visit Agra are March, October and November.
Taj Mahal was got built by the emperor Shah Jahan for his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal. It is one of the New 7 Wonders of the world and one of three World Heritage Sites in Agra, the others being Agra Fort and Fatehpur Sikri.
It is perhaps India's most fascinating and beautiful monument built by the Persian architect, Ustad Isa, the Taj Mahal is on the bank of the Yamuna River. It is a masterpiece of symmetry, seeming to be floating in the air from a distance, and each revealed as an illusion experienced as one enters through the main gate. Taj Mahal was built on a marble platform that stands above a sandstone one.
The Agra Fort is another world heritage site in Agra was built by Akbar in 1565. The red sandstone fort was renovated and converted into a palace during Shah Jahan's time and reworked extensively with marble. Notable buildings in the fort include the Pearl Mosque, the Diwan-e-Am and Diwan-e-Khas (halls of public and private audience), Jehangir's Palace, Khaas Mahal, Sheesh Mahal (mirrored palace) and Musamman Burj.
The great Mogul Emperor Akbar commissioned the construction of the Agra Fort in 1565 CE although additions were made till the time of his grandson Shah Jahan. The forbidding exteriors of this fort hide an inner paradise. The fort is crescent shaped, flattened on the east with a long, nearly straight wall facing the river.
The Mogul Emperor Akbar built Fatehpur Sikri about 35 km from Agra, and moved his capital there. Later abandoned, the site displays a number of buildings of significant historical importance. Buland Darwaja or the loft gateway was built by the great Mogul emperor Akbar in 1601 CE at Fatehpur Sikri. Buland Darwaza is the highest gateway in the world and an astounding example of the Mogul architecture. The Buland Darwaza or the magnificence gateway is made of red and buff sandstone, decorated by carving and inlaying of white and black marble. An inscription on the central face of the Buland Darwaza throws light on Akbar's religious broad mindedness, here is an inscription one on the monument which is a message from Jesus advising his followers not to consider this world as their permanent home.
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