The visit to incredible India cannot be complete without experiencing its most spectacular piece of architecture — the Taj Mahal, literally ‘the Crown Palace’. Its curving, gently swelling dome and the square base upon which its rests so lightly, surrounded by four lofty minarets, is a familiar image in hundreds of travel brochures and [...]
Read More...Bhopal’s Taj Mahal building at Shahjehanabad to be restored. Efforts would be undertaken to complete the work within a year to restore the lost grandeur of this great monument. For this purpose an action plan would be chalked out and discussed with various departmental heads in the district, said Culture, Public Relations and Mineral [...]
Read More...A long time ago, there lived a Shah Jahan who built the Taj Mahal. This, incidentally, is not the oft-repeated story of Emperor Shah Jahan and his Taj Mahal. Instead, it is the little known saga of Begum Shah Jahan — the Begum of Bhopal and her Taj Mahal. It’s a tale that has [...]
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