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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.
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]
Under the Lodi dynasty there was a large proliferation of tomb building, with octagonal plans reserved for royalty and square plans used for others of high rank, and the first double dome was introduced to India in this period. [197] The first major Mughal building is the domed tomb of Humayun, built between 1562 and 1571 by a Persian architect.
Seen from the side, the Taj Mahal has bilateral symmetry; from the top (in plan), it has fourfold symmetry. Symmetry finds its ways into architecture at every scale, from the overall external views of buildings such as Gothic cathedrals and The White House , through the layout of the individual floor plans , and down to the design of individual ...
In my experience the Taj Mahal and the pyramids probably fell shortest from my expectations, but the list of places and things I have seen that were nice but fairly forgettable is much, much longer.
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Bird's Eye View of the Taj Mahal at Agra, showing its gardens as well as the Mahtab Bagh. Jahangir's son, Shah Jahan, marks the apex of Mughal garden architecture and floral design. He is famous for the construction of the Taj Mahal, a sprawling funereal paradise in memory of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. [9]