Taj Mahal

In 1628 the imperial throne of Mughal Empire Shah Jahan ascended. Empress Mumtaz Mahal accompanying her husband everywhere, even during his military campaigns. Their love for one another was extremely strong. Even argued that together make important decisions for the empire.
During one of the marches, at the birth of their fourteenth child, Mumtaz Mahal died. In the last moments of his life, before dying away from her beloved husband and she asked him to build and most magnificent tomb of land to attend each year of the date of her death. Devastated by the loss of his wife, one year after her death in 1632, Shah Jahan ordered the construction of the tomb to begin.


The tomb stands at the site of a large garden on the banks of the river in Jammu city of Agra. This place was not chosen randomly, it can be seen very well from the palaces of the Red Fort, where he lived emperor. It is assumed that the chief architect was Ustad Ahmad complex Lahauri.
Taj Mahal is considered the most majestic monument of Mughal architecture. It combines Indian, Persian and Islamic architectural styles. Thousands of workers labored for more than twenty years to build one of the most magnificent tombs in the world.
The entire complex has a length 580 and width 300 meters. To construct a tomb in the central part of the complex was used white marble. The tomb was built on a square base with a length of each side 56.6 meters and 40 meters high minarets at each corner. The facade is covered with carvings and inlays of flowers, geometrical figures and quotes from the Koran. On each corner at the top was built in a dome, a 70 m high central dome was designed in the shape of the valley, embodying the tear of Allah. On both sides of the tomb was built in one building, one of them is an active mosque.



Taj Mahal is considered the most majestic monument of Mughal architecture. It combines Indian, Persian and Islamic architectural styles. Thousands of workers labored for more than twenty years to build one of the most magnificent tombs in the world.
The entire complex has a length 580 and width 300 meters. To construct a tomb in the central part of the complex was used white marble. The tomb was built on a square base with a length of each side 56.6 meters and 40 meters high minarets at each corner. The facade is covered with carvings and inlays of flowers, geometrical figures and quotes from the Koran. On each corner at the top was built in a dome, a 70 m high central dome was designed in the shape of the valley, embodying the tear of Allah. On both sides of the tomb was built in one building, one of them is an active mosque.








The entrance of the complex was completed in 1684. It is red in color and is 30 meters high. It was built so as not to see the tomb before going through it. The original door was made of solid silver, but was stole from Hindu troops in the 18 century. Inlaid at the entrance signs look identical in size to that end, the font size from below upwards gradually increasing.
Today's garden is a pale imitation of the original 17 th century. Called Char Bagh and symbolizes Jannah - Islamic paradise that the Qur'an was divided into four rivers. To recreate Jannah builders built water channels, which divided the garden into four equal parts with 16 flower beds in each part, and in each of the beds there were 400 different plant species. Were planted many cypress and fruit trees.
Construction of the tomb of Mumtaz Mahal was a heavy burden for the whole country, which led to financial crisis. Taking advantage of the situation sons of Shah Jahan began to challenge the throne in 1658 Aurangzeb usurped power.
Shah Jahan had intended to die after being buried in a black tomb, built opposite the white. This unfortunately never happened. Last years of his life he spent imprisoned in Red Fort from where I contemplate the Taj Mahal. After Aurangzeb died and buried him in the white tomb to his wife.
Taj Mahal is one of the most magnificent tombs in the world and the largest and most unique architectural monument of love. Every year is visited by between 2 and 4 million tourists from around the world, and in 1983 was included in the List of World Heritage by UNESCO.