taj mahal

Just as stunning as I had imagined.
The Taj Mahal - Deservedly described as one of the wonders of the world.

The old ruler Jahangir promised his favourite wife Mumtaz Mahal before she died that he would build for her a memorial that would surpass the grandeur of any monument the world had ever known. A claim unchallenged to this day. A Persian architect, Ustad Isha with a team of 20,000 workmen took 17 years to build this great monument of love. The beautiful white marble edifice with its dome gracefully swelling out from ta high hexagonal base is so well proportioned that it looks smaller that it really is. Only when one is close to it does one realise its huge size.