TAJ MAHAL

WONDER OF THE WORLD

IT IS A COMPLEX BUILDING BUILT BETWEEN 1631 AND 1654 IN THE CITY OF AGRA, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA, THE BANKS OF THE RIVER YAMUNA, EMPEROR MUSLEM SHAH JAHAN BY DYNASTY MUGHAL.IN 1983, HE WAS RECOGNIZED AS A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE.

CITY OF AGRA

• THE TAJ MAHAL IS AN EXAMPLE OF MUGHAL ARCHITECTURE – A MIXTURE OF BUILDING DESIGN IDEAS FROM ISLAMIC INDIAN, PERSIAN (OLD IRAN), MUSLEMS AND ARTS.

• THE ENORMOUS TAJ MAHAL WITH A DOME HEIGHT OF 240 FEET WHICH CARRIES APPROXIMATELY TWELVE THOUSAND TONS WAS ENRICHED WITH LOVABLE GARDENS. THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE WAS A BLEND OF HINDU AND MUSLIM TO THIS DAY IT IS NOT KNOWN WHO THE ARCHITECT WAS.

• THE TAJ MAHAL WAS CONSTRUCTED WITH MATERIALS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND OVER 20,000 PEOPLE PARTICIPED IN THE CONSTRUCTION.

CONSTRUCTION

• AFTER TWENTY-TWO YEARS CONSTRUCTION WITH THE BEST MATERIALS:

>> FINE AND WHITE MARBLE QUARRIE - JODHPUR, >> JADE AND CRYSTAL - CHINA, >> TURQUOISE - TIBET, >> LAPISLAZULI - AFGANISTAN, >> CHRYSOLITE - EGYPT, >> AGATE - YEMEN, >> SAPPHIRES - CEYLON, >> AMETHYSTS - PERSIA, >> CORAL - ARABIA, >> MALACHITE - RUSSIA, >> QUARTZ - HIMALAYAN, >> DIAMONDS – GOLCONDA, >> AMBER - INDIAN OCEAN.

FORMAL ELEMENTS

FORMAL AND DECORATIVE ELEMENTS. THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE MAUSOLEUM REFLECTED IN ALL THE BUILDINGS:

1. FINIAL2. LOTUS DECORATION3. ACEBOLLADA DOME4. DRUM5. GULDASTA6. CHATTRI7. BORDERS8. CALLIGRAPHY9. ARCHES OR PORTALS10.GIVEN

DESIGN

1. GARDEN MOONLIGHT 2. RIVER YAMUNA 3. MINARETS 4. MAUSOLEUM5. MAY MOSQUE6. JABAZ 7. CHARBAGH (GARDENS) 8. DARWAZA (STRONG ACCESS) 9. EXTERNAL PATIOS 10.EXPLANDA THE MAIN ACCESS 11.SECONDARY TOMBS 12.HOME MAIN ACCESS 13.TAJ GANJI

SMOOTH OF TAJ MAHAL

TODAY IS ONE OF THE "SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD"

BUT WILL ALWAYS SYMBOLIZING GREATEST ....

INSIDE PART AT MONUMENT

ONSIDE PART AT MONUMENT

DIFFERENTS DESIGN USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION

DARWAZA OF ACCESS TAJ MAHAL

THE MASJID,THE MEZQUITA

INSIDE OF THE MEZQUITA

THE MAUSOLEUM PRINCIPAL

BEAUTIFUL HISTORY OF LOVE

QUEEN SHAH JAHAN AND EMPEROR MUMTAZ MAHAL LIVED A GREAT LOVE ...

QUEEN MUMTAZ MAHAL NOT RESIST BIRTH OF HIS SON 14TH. BUT HIS DEATH BED, QUEEN KING ASKED HER TO THESE FOUR FAILED PROMISES:

A. TO BUILD A MONUMENT IN HIS MEMORY WITHOUT EQUAL IN THE WORLD;

B. TO MARRY AGAIN SE;C. IT WAS GOOD WITH HER CHILDREN;D. TO VISIT HIS GRAVE EACH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF HIS

DEATH.

SHAH JAHAN CONSTRUCTION BEGAN RAUZA (TOMB), AND SUMMONED CONSTRUCTION ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER YAMUNA IN 1631

TWENTY THOUSAND PEOPLE WORKED IN THE WORKS FOR 22 YEARS (TO 1653).

SHAPING A WHITE MARBLE AN ARCHITECTURE THAT FUSES THE HINDU TRADITION WITH PERSIAN-MUSLIM.

MATERIALS WERE TRANSPORTED FROM MAKRANA 300 MILES AWAY BY ELEPHANTS 1000.

PRECIOUS STONES WERE BROUGHT FROM BAGHDAD, CHINA, AFGHANISTAN, TIBET, EGYPT, PERSIA, YEMEN, RUSSIA AND THE INSIDE DECORATING FOR CEYLAN AND OUTSIDE OF THIS TOMB.

HOWEVER, THIS MAMMOTH EFFORT HAD A HIGH COST TO SHAH JAHAN CRAZED THAT LIVED FOR YOUR TRIBUTE OF LOVE.

ECONOMIC RUIN ELOQUENT CAUSED BY LOSS OF RISE BUILDING HIS THRONE.

ONE OF THEIR CHILDREN AURANGZEB OVERTHREW SHAH JAHAN AND LOCKED HIS STRONG FATHER IN AGRA

SHAH JAHAN HAPPENED THERE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, FROM BARS CONTEMPLATE.

..THE MARVELOUS WORK IS DEDICATED TO HER LIFE AND EMPIRE

AND THAT IS EVEN MORE TODAY GREAT MEMORIAL INDIA

THIS HUGE MAUSOLEO, BUILT AS A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF THE BELOVED WIFE OF EMPEROR …

IT IS REALLY SHAH JAHAN GIFT TO ALL MANKIND

STORIES OF THE COURT INDICATED THAT THE NAME OF "TAJ MAHAL" USUALLY TRANSLATED AS "THE CROWN PALACE" O "CROWN PALACE"

THIS HUGE MAUSOLEO, BUILT AS A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF THE BELOVED WIFE OF EMPEROR …

MONUMENT TO LOVE