But what many people don’t know is the story of the land that lies below this white marble on which it was built on and it is just as interesting as the monument itself. While the Taj Mahal is ...

Every year for the past decade or so, more than three million travelers have visited India's Taj Mahal. The white marble monument—completed over some 15 years by the emperor Shah Jahan as a ...

In the evening, or if you’re lucky enough to be there during a full moon, the white-marble building ... first glimpse the Taj Mahal. Wide paths lead to the raised platform in the middle of ...

It took Shah Jahan 22 years to construct the Taj Mahal and 20,000 men toiled ceaselessly to fulfill his dream. Built of the finest white marble and inlaid with precious stones, the Taj Mahal is ...

This also opens up a platform to ask ... to reconstruct the Taj Mahal today using the same degree of artistry, imported white marble, semi-precious inlay stones, and manual labor.

High SPM levels are known to cause discolouration of the Taj Mahal's iconic white marble, turning it a yellowish hue due to pollutant deposition. A report by a Rajya Sabha committee had earlier ...

To commemorate their undying love for one another, the Shah built the Taj Mahal as an elaborate tomb. The tomb is made up entirely of white marble and features jade, crystal, lapis, turquoise and ...