Do You Know...............??? Top 15 Taj Mahal Facts and Truths About The Taj Mahal... 1. Presented By: ShineGoldToursIndiaFacts and Truths about Taj Mahal – One of the Seven Wonders of the World 2. Taj Mahal was built by Mughal Emperor ShahJahan in the loving memory of his Beautiful wife Mumtaj Mahal 3. Construction of Taj Mahal started in year 1631 and it took 22 years to build this historical monument 4. The Architecture of Taj Mahal is aCombination of Persian, Islamic and Indian Architecture Style 5. The Construction Cost of this MasterpieceMonument was around 320 Million Indian Rupees 6. Around 20000 people worked day and night for 22 years, Ustad AhmadLahauri was the architect of Taj Mahal 7. Around 1000 Elephants were employed forthe transportation of construction material 8. 30 different variety of semi precious andprecious stone were used make Taj Mahal more beautiful 9. At the Different time of the day TajMahal appears to be in a different color every time 10. Some people think that changing colorsof Taj Mahal depicts different moods of a Woman 11. 99 names of Allah can be found ascalligraphic inscriptions on the sides of the actual tomb of Mumtaz Mahal 12. Passages from Quran have been used asdecorative elements throughout the complex. 13. Many types of marbles used in construction of Taj Mahal and they were brought over from many different states & countries including China, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Arabia. 14. The English meaning of Taj Mahal is “Crown of the Palace” and Shahjahan used to call Mumtaj Mahal “Jewel of the Palace” 15. In recent times different studies suggest that Taj Mahal is sinking in Yamuna River Manu Institute of Technology - Dhampur
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