2 Days Taj Mahal Tour
Everything beautiful has a story. Relive the living legacy of true love with your visit to Taj Mahal. For centuries, millions of tourists from all around the world come to visit the Taj. It has inspired architects, painters, writers, poets, dancers and musicians to recreate the magic of the monument in their art. Interestingly, the story behind this amazing monument is equally wonderful.
Taj Mahal of Agra, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, has its own rich past. It shares its tale with those who are curios and want to know the protagonists in the story that is as real as life.
The history of Taj Mahal is the soul to its character. It will mean nothing to you if you don’t know its story of pure love, loss, remorse and finding love back again. Love is the most beautiful thing because if it was not for love, the world could not have seen what it can do to people. It was a man’s true love for his wife that made him create a symbol of love to make his beloved fathom the deep bottoms of his heart.
He was the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, who was madly, deeply and purely in love with his wife Mumtaz Mahal, a Persian princess. Shah Jahan was the son of the Mughal Emperor Jehangir and grandson of Akbar the Great. Shah Jahan married Mumtaz in 1612, but she passed away in 1631, while delivering their fourteenth child. In her memory, Shah Jahan built a wonderfully beautiful monument as a tribute to her, the Taj Mahal.
The construction of Taj Mahal began in 1631 and it was on a very large scale, unprecedented for those times. Masons, stonecutters, carvers, painters, calligraphers, and several other artisans were called from different parts of the Empire, and abroad such as Central Asia and Iran. It took as long as 22 years to build the epitome of love what we see today as Taj Mahal. More than 20000 labourers and thousands of elephant worked for days and nights and with the expenditure of 32 million rupees (the currency of those times), Taj Mahal was created in 1653.
However, the story had an unpleasant turn soon after Taj Mahal was completed. Shah Jahan was dethroned by his own son Aurangzeb. He was put under house arrest at Agra Fort located near the Taj. It is said that he used to see Taj Mahal sitting sadly near the window of the Fort. Shah Jahan, also lies entombed in this mausoleum near to his dear wife. Plan your Taj Mahal Trip along with the other famous cities. If don’t have much time, then Book Your Taj Mahal Day Tour from Delhi or Jaipur.
Turning the pages of what happened thereafter towards the end of the 19th century, Taj lost some of its beauty during the Indian rebellion against the British in 1857. After some years, British Viceroy Lord Curzon ordered a comprehensive restoration project, which was completed in 1908. However, the miseries of Taj did not end just here. Taj was blemished by British officials and their soldiers, who chiselled out precious and semi-precious stones from its walls. It was during that time when Taj got the British style lawns that augment its beauty these days. Taj Mahal Tours is one of the most selling tour from Delhi which can be covered in a day even if you are on a business trip to India. Always Book Your Taj Mahal Tour Packages with a reliable tour company from Delhi to make your tour reasonable and memorable too..
Taj Mahal of Agra, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, has its own rich past. It shares its tale with those who are curios and want to know the protagonists in the story that is as real as life.
The history of Taj Mahal is the soul to its character. It will mean nothing to you if you don’t know its story of pure love, loss, remorse and finding love back again. Love is the most beautiful thing because if it was not for love, the world could not have seen what it can do to people. It was a man’s true love for his wife that made him create a symbol of love to make his beloved fathom the deep bottoms of his heart.
He was the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, who was madly, deeply and purely in love with his wife Mumtaz Mahal, a Persian princess. Shah Jahan was the son of the Mughal Emperor Jehangir and grandson of Akbar the Great. Shah Jahan married Mumtaz in 1612, but she passed away in 1631, while delivering their fourteenth child. In her memory, Shah Jahan built a wonderfully beautiful monument as a tribute to her, the Taj Mahal.
The construction of Taj Mahal began in 1631 and it was on a very large scale, unprecedented for those times. Masons, stonecutters, carvers, painters, calligraphers, and several other artisans were called from different parts of the Empire, and abroad such as Central Asia and Iran. It took as long as 22 years to build the epitome of love what we see today as Taj Mahal. More than 20000 labourers and thousands of elephant worked for days and nights and with the expenditure of 32 million rupees (the currency of those times), Taj Mahal was created in 1653.
However, the story had an unpleasant turn soon after Taj Mahal was completed. Shah Jahan was dethroned by his own son Aurangzeb. He was put under house arrest at Agra Fort located near the Taj. It is said that he used to see Taj Mahal sitting sadly near the window of the Fort. Shah Jahan, also lies entombed in this mausoleum near to his dear wife. Plan your Taj Mahal Trip along with the other famous cities. If don’t have much time, then Book Your Taj Mahal Day Tour from Delhi or Jaipur.
Turning the pages of what happened thereafter towards the end of the 19th century, Taj lost some of its beauty during the Indian rebellion against the British in 1857. After some years, British Viceroy Lord Curzon ordered a comprehensive restoration project, which was completed in 1908. However, the miseries of Taj did not end just here. Taj was blemished by British officials and their soldiers, who chiselled out precious and semi-precious stones from its walls. It was during that time when Taj got the British style lawns that augment its beauty these days. Taj Mahal Tours is one of the most selling tour from Delhi which can be covered in a day even if you are on a business trip to India. Always Book Your Taj Mahal Tour Packages with a reliable tour company from Delhi to make your tour reasonable and memorable too..