TAJ MAHAL is the most beautiful monument of Agra, India. Everyone would like to see the stunning beauty of it. It is one of the wonders of the world. It was built by a Shah Jahan’s (real name Shahub-ud-din) in the memory of his lovely wife Mumtaz ( real name Arjumand Banu). It was build after the death of his wife. It is near the bank of river Yamuna. It was constructed over a period of twenty two years, twenty thousand workers participated in it.
It was constructed using materials from Asia and all over the world and they are brought using 1000 elephants. Construction was completed in 1648 C.E. at a cost of 32 million rupees. It was entirely build of white marbles. White marbles are brought from Rajasthan, jasper from Punjab, jade from china. It was built on 313 sq feet platform. Taj mahal has four tapering minarets at each corner. Its center dome is fifty eight feet in diameter and at a height of 213 feet. The sides of the dome have four subsidiary domed chambers. They are 162.5 feet each. The interior walls are about 25 meters high. The entire mahal was decorated with flowers and handmade gems such as jasper and agate. The mahal glows like a light of the full moon. Around the mahal a large 300 meter square Mughal garden or Charbagh is present. Marble water tank was present in the middle of the garden it is called as Hawd-al-kawthar. The garden is laid of fountain and trees.
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