enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Taj Mahal - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal

    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

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_and_architecture...

    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. Shah Jahan period architecture - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Jahan_period_architecture

    The Taj Mahal is located outside of Agra and is the centre feature of a broader complex of buildings. [4] The Taj is a mausoleum for Shah Jahan's favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The broader complex includes the residential garden, the mosque, Mihman Khana (assembly hall), the wall towers, pool and garden wall pavilions. [14]

  5. Mehtab Bagh - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehtab_Bagh

    It lies north of the Taj Mahal complex and the Agra Fort on the opposite side of the Yamuna River, in the flood plains. [1] [2] The garden complex, square in shape, measures about 300 by 300 metres (980 ft × 980 ft) and is perfectly aligned with the Taj Mahal on the opposite bank. [3] [4] During the rainy season, the ground becomes partially ...

  6. Mausoleum - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mausoleum

    The Taj Mahal in Agra, India, a UNESCO World Heritage Site Anıtkabir is the mausoleum of Atatürk, leader of the Turkish National Movement during the Turkish War of Independence, the founder and first President of the Republic of Turkey. It attracts around 3.5 million tourists yearly. [2]

  7. The SPIN Interview: Taj Mahal - AOL

    www.aol.com/entertainment/spin-interview-taj...

    Taj Mahal flows effortlessly through his soundcheck at the Luckman Arts Complex, an elegant theater at California State University, Los Angeles. It’s only the second show of Mahal’s tour ...

  8. Tumbling Dice - AOL

    www.aol.com/entertainment/tumbling-dice...

    From 2013 to 2015, four casinos closed in 18 months, AC’s unemployment rate became one of the nation’s worst (13.8%), and in 2016, the Taj Mahal dealt its final hand.

  9. Tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_I'timād-ud-Daulah

    The Tomb of I'timad-Ud-Daulah is a masterpiece of the domeless class of Mughal tombs. It is the first building finished in white marble and marks the transitional phase from red stone to white marble, from Akbar's tomb Sikandra to the Taj Mahal. It reflects the personality of the polished Iranian who lies buried here, and, more than that, the ...