TAJ MAHAL: Symbol of Eternal Love
In the early seventeenth century northern India was dominated by the fifth dynasty of the Mongol Empire, the imperial capital was located in Agra, a town about 200 km from New Delhi.
The Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan was deprived of his second wife Arjumand Banu Begam (most loved by him) after giving birth to her fourteenth child at Burhanpur in a campaign.
Such was the love she felt towards her the emperor who built the most beautiful ever built mausoleum, the Taj Mahal.
The Taj Mahal, which means “Crown Palace” stands as one of the most beautiful jewels of humanity, entirely built of white marble inlaid with precious stones and intricate calligraphic inscriptions. Its traditional design based on Indian, Persian and Islamic has inspired poets and writers from around the world: “There is a piece of architecture, as are other buildings, but the proud passions of an emperor’s love wrought in living stones. “,” designed by giants and finished by jewelers “or” False in the sun, false to the moonlight, silvery fish species built by man, with a nervous emotion “are some of the words that inspired this great work . The Continue reading

