Taj Mahal Viewed from the Gardens
Main façade of the Taj Mahal taken from the gardens on a sunny day
- Image ID 53489250
- Production Year 2020
- Length 00:00:11
- Production Company Travel Penguin
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- FormatMP4
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The Taj Mahal is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the right bank of the river Yamuna in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was commissioned in 1631 by the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan (r. 1628–1658) to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal; it also houses the tomb of Shah Jahan himself. The Taj Mahal was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983.All the four pillars of Taj Mahal were built to slant away from the monument slightly so that if the pillars ever collapsed due to natural calamities, like an earthquake, the main monument would be protected
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