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The Taj Mahal ( / ˌtɑːdʒ məˈhɑːl, ˌtɑːʒ -/; lit. 'Crown of the Palace') is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the right bank of the river Yamuna in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was commissioned in 1631 by the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan ( r. 1628–1658) to house the tomb of his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal; it also houses the ...
Agra ( / ˈɑːɡrə / AH-grə, Hindi: [ˈaːɡɾaː] ⓘ) is a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about 230 kilometres (140 mi) south-east of the national capital Delhi and 330 km west of the state capital Lucknow. With a population of roughly 1.6 million, Agra is the fourth-most populous city in Uttar ...
Bibi Ka Maqbara (India) Show map of Maharashtra Show map of India Show all. The Bibi Ka Maqbara (English: "Tomb of the Lady" [ 1][ 2]) is a tomb located in the city of Aurangabad in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It was commissioned in 1660 by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb 's son prince Azam Shah in the memory of his loving mother Dilras Banu ...
The Taj Mahal represents the finest and most sophisticated example of Indo-Islamic architecture. Its origins lie in the moving circumstances of its commission and the culture and history of an Islamic Mughal empire 's rule of large parts of India. The distraught Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan commissioned the project upon the death of one of his ...
Jal Mahal at night. Jal Mahal (meaning "Water Palace") is a palace in the middle of the Man Sagar Lake in Jaipur city, the capital of the state of Rajasthan, India. The palace was originally constructed around 1699; the building and the lake around it were later renovated and enlarged in the early 18th century by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Amber.
Tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah ( I'timād-ud-Daulah Maqbara) is a Mughal mausoleum in the city of Agra in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Often described as a "jewel box", sometimes called the " Bachcha Taj " or the " Baby Taj ", the tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah is often regarded as a draft of the Taj Mahal. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Along with the main building ...
Website. www .tajhotels .com. Taj Hotels is a chain of luxury hotels and a subsidiary of the Indian Hotels Company Limited, [ 1] headquartered in Mumbai, India. Incorporated by Jamsetji Tata in 1902, [ 2] the company is a part of the Tata Group. The company employed over 20,000 people in the year 2010. [ 3][ 4]
The Taj Mahal exemplifies Mughal architecture, both representing paradise [75] and displaying the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan's power through its scale, symmetry and costly decoration. The white marble mausoleum , decorated with pietra dura , the great gate ( Darwaza-i rauza ), other buildings, the gardens and paths together form a unified ...