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 ...

The Taj Mahal, a symbol of love and architectural brilliance, was built by Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz Mahal. Reconstructing this wonder today would be incredibly expensive, estimated between ...

The Taj backs up against the once-vibrant Yamuna River, now often dried to the point where locals can walk in the riverbed. Preservationists hope to counter the effects of a growing population on ...

One such amazement strikes when we look at the white mausoleum ... the grand Taj Mahal. Ranked as one of the Seven Wonders of The World,this monument is truly marble-ous! It was built by the ...

The Taj Mahal is actually an integrated complex of structures with the white domed marble mausoleum being its most significant component. Entrusted to a board-of-architects by the Emperor Shah ...

The Taj Mahal was built out of white marble by the Mughal emperor of India to house his wife’s tomb. The UNESCO World Heritage Center refers to the building — which took over two decades to complete — ...

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 ...

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 ...

One of the most famous and prominent examples of marble inlay is the Taj Mahal in India. The descendants of the 17th-century artisans who worked on the Taj Mahal still make a living using the ...

white marble structure. According to the officials, air coolers were being kept at a few locations at three prominent heritage sites -- Agra Fort and Fatehpur Sikri including Taj Mahal in the ...

Serious air pollution surrounding these sites has led to the deterioration of the white marble, stone inlays and sandstone of ... The planned construction of a new industrial complex near the Taj ...