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  2. Taj Mahal - Wikipedia

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    The Taj Mahal is a major tourist attraction and attracts a large number of domestic and foreign visitors. About five million visitors visited Taj Mahal in the financial year 2022–23. [3] A three-tier pricing system is in place, with a significantly lower entrance fee for Indian citizens and more expensive ones for foreigners.

  3. Origins and architecture of the Taj Mahal - Wikipedia

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    The Taj Mahal complex was conceived as a replica on earth of the house of the departed in paradise (inspired by a verse by the imperial goldsmith and poet, Bibadal Khan). [note 2] [8] This theme, common in most Mughal funerary architecture, permeates the entire complex and informs the detailed design of all the elements. [25]

  4. Taj Mahal (palace) - Wikipedia

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    The architecture of Taj Mahal has British, French, Mughal, Arabic and Hindu influences. [1] The palace contains 120 rooms, a hall of mirrors or sheesh mahal and the savon bhadon pavilion, an elaborate fountain like structure that simulated the effect of rain. The main entrance is a seven-storied structure.

  5. New 7 Wonders of the World - Wikipedia

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    Official certificate From left to right, top to bottom: Chichen Itza, Christ the Redeemer, the Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu, Petra, the Taj Mahal, and the Colosseum. The New 7 Wonders of the World was a campaign started in 2001 to choose Wonders of the World from a selection of 200 existing monuments. [1]

  6. Taj Mahal Palace Hotel - Wikipedia

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    The hotel is the setting for the 2015 film Taj Mahal. The hotel is the setting for the 2018 film Hotel Mumbai about the attacks, starring Dev Patel and Armie Hammer. Hotel Grand Palace is another name for Hotel Taj Mahal [dubious – discuss]. This name has been used by people as a translation of the Hindi version of Taj Mahal, especially by ...

  7. Tourists evacuated after hoax bomb threat to Taj Mahal - AOL

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    Indian authorities temporarily closed the Taj Mahal on Tuesday morning after a bomb threat triggered a high-security alert at the iconic monument.. Over 1,500 tourists were safely escorted out as ...

  8. Taj Mahal disappears behind thick smog as severe pollution ...

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    Toxic smog shrouded India's iconic Taj Mahal in Agra on Thursday (November 14), rendering it barely visible from the surrounding gardens of the 17th-century monument. The dense haze also enveloped ...

  9. Shah Jahan period architecture - Wikipedia

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    The Taj Mahal in Agra Shah Jahan Mosque, Thatta, Pakistan. Shah Jahan period architecture is an architectural period of Mughal architecture. It is associated with Shah Jahan's thirty-year reign over the Mughal Empire from 1628 to 1658. The most notable structures of this period include the Taj Mahal in Agra and the Red Fort in Old Delhi.