Taj Mahal stands firmly in Agra, a small town in Northern Pradesh State which is about 200 kilometers south of New Delhi, India. The beauty and grandeur of the Taj Mahal has inspired artists in childbirth terindahnya works in a variety of forms.

Eternal love story that inspired its development has attracted visitors from around the world to watch.


Masterpieces man who is still admired to this day it is a burial complex built by combining architectural style Persian, Turkish, Islamic, and Indian. In 1983, the Taj Mahal is accepted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site ..




Well, this time the travel blog will present a complete history of how the establishment of the Taj Mahal in India to broaden you all about this historic building. Here's more information that the author has summarized from various sources.


Taj Mahal in know as an example masterpiece Muslim architecture India. Moreover, the Taj Mahal is remembered as the symbol of everlasting love Emperor Shan Jahan for his wife Mumtaz Mahal. Taj Mahal is a symbol of love and passion.

Taj Mahal was built Emperor Mogul to five that between the years 1631-1648 to commemorate, Arjuman Bano Begum, better known as Mumtaz Mahal.

Initially, Shan Jahan mosque just mention it only as the tomb of Mumtaz Mahal, but eventually develop into the Taj Mahal. Taj Mahal when translated means "Crown Palace", an extension of the name of Mumtaz Mahal who came from Persia.


Mumtaz Mahal died at the age of 39 years, when it gave birth to the 14th in 1631. The death of the Empress makes the King so sad. Before he died, Mumtaz told "want to made a tomb which the world had never seen before to his memory".

Ustaz Ahmad Shah Jahan ordered the building form. Ustaz Ahmad workers gather 20,000 people consisting instead of a mason, goldsmith and engraver who famous from around the world. The most skilled architects, inlay craftsmen, calligraphers, stone carvers and masons came from all over India and areas as far away as Persia and Turkey. Master mason was from Baghdab, an expert in building the double dome from Persia, and an inlay specialist from Delhi.


With a tube, domes and towers that done than white marble, and beautiful art mozek, Taj Mahal is one of the objects rather than the Seven Wonder of the world. A total of 43 types of gemstone, diamond inclusion, jed, crystal, topaz and patchouli has been used. Taj Mahal swallowed coaching during the past 22 years. Building materials imported from all over India and Central Asia by using 1000 elephants. And there stood the main dome as high as 57 meter.

28 rocks are beautiful from the Asian region are used. Like the red sandstone of Fatehpur Sikri, jasper from Punjab, jade and crystal from China, turquoise from Tibet, lapis lazuli and sapphires from Sri Lanka, coal and stone kornelian from Arabic, and diamonds from Panna. The floor is made ​​of marble that glowed from Makrana, Rajasthan.

Tak like tomb other Mughal, parks Taj Mahal are in front of tomb. Background Taj Mahal is the sky, so the Taj Mahal looks so sparkling with color. Composition of shapes and lines perfectly symmetrical.

Taj Mahal combines the art form of traditional Persian and early Mughal art. Special inspiration comes from Timurid dynasty and Mughal buildings including; Gur-e Amir (the tomb of Timur, pengasas Mughal dynasty, in Samarkand), Humayun's tomb, Tomb of Itmad-Ud-Daulah (the so-called Baby Taj), and Jama Masjid. While earlier Mughal buildings are usually constructed of red sandstone, Shah Jahan advocated the use of white marble decorated with stone separa-value, and the building under the shade reached a new stage of refinement.

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