TAJ MAHAL

               TAJ -  MAHAL

Taj Mahal is a tomb in India. Its chief architech was ustad Ahmed Lahauri. It is situated in Uttar pradesh, city of Agra. Unesco's world heritage site listed Taj Mahal situated on bank of river yamuna. This building was originally in white. India was ruled over by the mughal empire except the south shah jahan was a mughal emperor who come into power around 1628.India's biggest tourist attractions.

IT was built, most of india was ruled over by the mughal empire except the south shah jahan was a mughal emperor who come into power around 1628. Mumtaz mahel-Jewel of the Palace was shah jahan's third wife she become ill while giving birth to their 14th child died on 17june 1631 in 1657, shah jahan fell ill. he died in captivity in 1666.  HIS tomb was placed besides mumtaz mahal's. To move building material More than 20,000 people were used. IT  is generally throught that ustad ahmad lahauri was in charge of the  construction . the building was  completed in 1648.  There were  2 million visitors in 2001 in 2014-2017 there were more than 7-8 million visitors. THE taj mahal is the most beautiful buildings ever built however, IT is slowly being damaged by acid rain in the near by yamuna basin. Industry harmful chemical is effecting Taj Mahal. So court setup an area of 10400 square meters around the Taj Mahal  called the Taj Trapezium Zone. In this zone industries must use natural gas instead of Coal. Tomb is the central focus of the entire complex of the Taj. It is a large, white marble structure standing on a square pinth and consists of a symmetical building with an Iwan topped by a large dome and finial.