It
has been over three hundred years since Emperor of Delhi Shah Jahan built the
Taj Mahal as a tomb for his wife in Agra. Architecturally, it is still one of
the most beautiful buildings in the world. The building is made of fine white
marble with inlays of colored marble. It has eight sides and many open arches.
It rests on a platform of terrace of red sandstone. Four slender white towers
rise from the corners of the terrace. There is a large dome above the center of
the building. Around this large dome there are four smaller domes. Just inside
the outer walls, there is an open corridor from which visitors can look through
carved marble screens into a central room. The bodies of Shah Jahan and his
wife Mamtaj lie in two graves below this room.
The
Taj Mahal is surrounded by a beautiful garden and there is a long pool that
stretches out in front of the building. One can see the beauty of the Taj Mahal
in its reflection in the pool water. Visitors come to see this wonderful
building at different times of the day since it assumes a different look at
different times. Most people like it best on moonlit nights.
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