the jewel of India, the far-famed Taj Mahal. Pearly pink at dawn and opalescent by moonlight, Mumtaz Mahal's tomb is so delicately ethereal that it threatens to disappear during Agra's white-heat ...

Ms Safvi says a book titled Taj Mahal: The Illumined Tomb by WE Begley and ZA Desaihas compiled an anthology of these documents. "From such books I realised how well-documented the building of the ...

Plain and simple: This is the reason you come to Agra. The Taj Mahal is a majestic tomb built in the Mughal style, which combines Indian, Islamic and Persian architectural principles. Visitors ...

The famous tourist destination still has plenty to offer. 6 min read "The Taj Mahal shows three faces,” says Nicholas Wapshott, a British writer, journalist, and father. “In the early morning ...

The Taj Mahal has been controversially excluded from ... among those who took to social media to decry the 17th Century mausoleum's absence. The popular tourist attraction, located in the Agra ...

It was built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (reigned 1628-58 A.D.) as a garden tomb for his most favorite queen Mumtaz Mahal following her death in 1631 A.D. Interesting facts about Taj Mahal ...

In India, the Taj Mahal represents not only a historical landmark that is recognisable across the world but also a cultural symbol that reflects ...

Interested in seeing the Taj Mahal from more than one angle? Then head over to Mehtab Bagh, or the Moonlight Gardens. Mehtab Bagh is situated opposite of the Taj Mahal on the northern side of the ...

No trip to Agra is complete without beholding the sublime beauty of the Taj Mahal. One of the New Seven Wonders of the World, ...

A billion chocolate-box images and tourist guidebooks order us to "read" the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan's marble mausoleum for his wife Mumtaz Mahal, known as "Taj Bibi," as the World's Greatest ...