It can be said that the principles of Vaastu Shastra guided the construction of the Taj Mahal in terms of its location, plans and shape.
With the Taj part of the new Seven Wonders of the World list, let’s take a close look at this monument from the Vaastu viewpoint.
Unbelievable though it may sound, Vaastu [...]
A sand replica of the Taj Mahal created by artist Sudarshan Pattnaik received overwhelming public votes to win the Public Prize in the Berlin International Sand Sculpture Championship.
Pattnaik’s 15-foot sculpture was one of 15 sand monuments created by artists from 10 countries.
“The overwhelming support from lovers of the Taj in Europe enabled me to [...]
A trip to the Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of the world..
The Taj Mahal was everywhere— from mobile phones to balloons to people’s faces. Shah Jehan’s baby was crying for votes and every Indian worth his salt obliged, either with a mouse-click or an SMS.
The campaign worked and Shah Jehan would have [...]
A Taj Mahal on the Thames? Tourists stopped to take pictures and bored Londoners, stiffly rushing past Westminster, paused in amusement as a replica of the Taj floated down the Thames on Tuesday morning.
No, it was not the Uttar Pradesh Tourism Board promoting the newest wonder of the world, but the Mayor of London [...]
Read More... The ostentatious Taj Mahal and a dingy tenement? Not much in common there, you’d think – but when the marble mausoleum in Agra was named one of the New Wonders of the World, the last of the Mughals whooped in joy at her home in a West Bengal slum.
Sultana Begum, the 54-year-old great granddaughter-in-law [...]