I have not seen much of the World but one thing that I know is that I have never seen any building in my life where you just want to sit and feel the greatness of this massive construction, almost 200 meters tall. Taj was build by an Indian Emperor called Shahjahan in the memory of his beloved wife Mumtaj in 1600s. It is mainly build with the white marble from an Indian state called Rajistan, but there were many other stones imported from all over the World. The workmanship and architecture is awe-inspiring. It is a tomb to his beloved wife, more than 20000 nameless workers made this possible, but the emperor who lived on the stolen money has his name stamped on Taj that is going to live in history.
All things aside it is a great place to visit. There is the river Jamuna on its back. You can just sit there and watch the sunset. It is just amazingly beautiful!
All things aside it is a great place to visit. There is the river Jamuna on its back. You can just sit there and watch the sunset. It is just amazingly beautiful!
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The silhouette pictures are my favorite, espcially the one from the tunnel looking out onto the Taj Mahal. It's gorgeous; I hope I get to see it one day in person as well. The one from the front with the oxen out front made me laugh. Funny thing about animals, they can be in the most holy and beautiful places in the world and their number one concern will still be food. Great pictures!
And Dr. Singh, you look like such a tourist in that last one! You have to show some of these to your students when you get back to school.
That tunnel picture is through the first gate of Taj. There were all sorts of odd things, the oxen actually were used in front of their big grass trimmer. I think they were trying to avoid the use of any gas machines means to avoid pollution in that place. I look like a tourist because I was one, a tourist in the country of my birth.
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