TAJ MAHAL

                                                TAJ MAHAL

                             PLACE: AGRA, UTTAR PRADESH

                                BUILT BY: EMPEROR SHAHJAHAN

FAMOUS FOR: Seven Wonders of the World

HISTORY: This is a memorial mosque. It was built by Emperor Shahjahan in memory of his third wife Begum Mumtaz Mahal who had died in 1631. It is a typical Mughal architecture with mixed elements of Persian, Islamic, and Indian styles. It took 16 years to build this masterpiece. Under the guidance of chief architect USTAD AHMAD LAHAURI and hard working of thousands of artisans. The vast Mughal Gardens , which almost covers 17 hectares of land on the right bank of Yamuna river. It has an octagonal layout marked by four exclusive minarets at four corners with a pristine elevation of a central bulbous dome below which the tombs are laid in an underground chamber. Calligraphic inscriptions in crusted in polychromatic pierra dura . In 1983 UNESCO declared TAJ MAHAL as the world heritage of India.