TAJ MAHAL
Poet Rabindranath Tagore described it as 'a teardrop on the cheek of eternity'; Rudyard Kipling as 'the embodiment of all matters pure'; whilst its creator, Emperor Shah Jahan, stated it made 'the sun and the moon shed tears from their eyes'. Each 12 months, tourists numbering more than twice the populace of Agra pass through its gates to capture an as soon as-in-a-lifetime glimpse of what's extensively considered the most beautiful building in the world. Few depart upset Taj became built by Shah Jahan as a memorial for his 1/3 wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who died giving birth to their 14th child in 1631. The dying of Mumtaz left the emperor so heartbroken that his hair is stated gray in reality in a single day. production of the Taj began the subsequent 12 months; despite the fact that the main constructing is an idea to have been constructed in 8 years, the complete complicated turned into not completed till 1653. not long after it turned into completed, Shah Jahan changed into overthrown by way of his son Aurangzeb and imprisoned in Agra Fort, in which for the relaxation of his days he could simplest gaze out at his introduction thru a window. Following his loss of life in 1666,
Shah Jahan changed into buried right here Mystery.
