Mausoleum (Feb 2012)
http://www.tajmahal.gov.in/
Access:
Around 5 hours drive from Delhi airport
**check website for other access methods
Price: INR750 (for foreigners)
Opening hours:
Sat-Thu sunrise to sunset
Fri closed
(**check website for more details http://www.tajmahal.org.uk/timings.html )
Features:
White marble Mughal style mausoleum built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
Comments:
A must see. Was more impressive than the photos I recall seeing in books.
The East Gate (Fatehabadi Darwaza)
The South Gate (Sidhi Daewaza)
The Great Gate (Darwaza-i-Rauza)
The Great Gate leading to the Taj Mahal
around 5:00pm
Front view of the Taj Mahal
view from the Taj Garden
side view of the Taj Mahal
the queue for locals to enter the Taj Mahal...a lot longer than the queue for foreigners
Arabic inscriptions in black marble is inlaid into the white marble surrounding each entrance of the four-sides of the mausoleum.
the white marble walls
The Minarets (Minar) - set at the four corners of the platform of the mausoleum, it was constructed slightly leaning outwardly so that in event of a collapse it would fall away from the tomb.
sunset...6:00pm at the Taj Mahal
Taken by our tour guide as his best picture spot of the Taj Mahal
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