History of Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal of Agra is one of the Seven Wonders of the World, for reasons more than just looking magnificent. It's the history of Taj Mahal that adds a soul to its magnificence: a soul that is filled with love, loss, remorse, and love again. Because if it was not for love, the world would have been robbed of a fine example upon which people base their relationships. An example of how deeply a man loved his wife, that even after she remained but a memory, he made sure that this memory would never fade away. This man was the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, who was head-over-heels in love with Mumtaz Mahal, his dear wife. She was a Muslim Persian princess (her name Arjumand Banu Begum before marriage) and he was the son of the Mughal Emperor Jehangir and grandson of Akbar the Great. It was at the age of 14 that he met Mumtaz and fell in love with her. Five years later in the year 1612, they got married.
Structure of Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal can be gotten to through east, west and south entryways. Inside the grounds, the decorative nurseries are determined to the exemplary Mughal charbagh lines (formal Persian nursery). The landmark remains on a raised marble stage at the northern finish of the nursery, confronting its back to the Yamuna River. Its raised position is a masterstroke structure as it leaves just the sky as its scenery. Each edge of the stage is graced with 40m high white minarets. Taj itself is made of semi-translucent white marble, trimmed with a huge number of semi-valuable stones and cut with blossoms. The four vague countenances of the Taj are in flawless balance, highlighting great vaulted curves containing pietra dura scrollwork and the citations from the Quran. The entire structure is finished off by four little vaults.
The cenotaph of Mumtaz Mahal lies legitimately beneath the fundamental vault. It is an expound bogus tomb which is encompassed by a rich marble screen decorated with different kinds of semi-valuable stones, counterbalancing the evenness of the Taj. The light enters the focal chamber through finely cut marble screens. These tombs are bogus tombs as the genuine tombs of Mumtaz Mahal, and Shah Jahan lies in a bolted room underneath the principle chamber.
The mind boggling houses a red sandstone mosque toward the west which is a noteworthy social affair place for the Muslims living in Agra. There is an indistinguishable structure toward the east, the Jawab, which was worked to look after balance. Inside the Taj lies the little Taj Museum which houses numerous unique Mughal smaller than normal artistic creations. Its essential fascination is a couple of seventeenth century ivory representations of the head Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal. It likewise has some Caledon plates which are said to part into pieces or change shading if the nourishment served on them contains poison.
+How to Reach Taj Mahal
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By Air
The fastest way of reaching Taj Mahal, Agra is by air. The city of Taj, Agra, has its own airport that is around 7 km from the city center. Indian Airlines operates flights to Agra on a daily basis.
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By Rail
There is a good network of trains connecting Agra with the rest of the country. Apart from the main railway station of Agra Cantonment, there are other two stations also, that of Raja-ki-Mandi and Agra Fort. The main trains connecting Agra with Delhi are Palace on Wheels, Shatabdi, Rajdhani, and Taj Express.
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By Road
There are regular bus services from Agra to a number of important cities. The main bus stand of Idgah has a number of buses running for Delhi, Jaipur, Mathura, Fatehpur-Sikri, etc.
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Local Transportation
After reaching the city also, you need some sort of local transport to reach Taj Mahal. You can easily get taxi, tempo, auto-rickshaw and cycle rickshaw in the city that will take you to your destination. Prepaid taxis are also available if you want to visit the various places near the city. For the adventurous kind, there are bicycles that can be hired on hourly basis from different parts of the city. Since diesel and petrol vehicle are not permitted in the vicinity of Taj Mahal area, you can find battery-operated buses, horse-driven tongas, rickshaws and other pollution-free vehicles there.
