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Taj Mahal was built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in the loving memory of his beautiful wife Mumtaj Mahal
Construction of Taj Mahal started in year 1631 and it took 22 years to build this historical monument.
The architecture of Taj Mahal is a combination of Persian, Islamic and Indian architectural styles.
The construction cost of this masterpiece monument was around 320 million Indian Rupees.
Around 20000 people worked day and night for 22 years. Ustad Ahmad Lahauri was the architect of Taj Mahal
Around 1000 elephants were employed for the transportation of construction material.
30 different varieties of semi precious and precious stones were used to make Taj Mahal more beautiful.
The Taj Mahal is perfectly symmetrical in every way, except for one thing--the two tombs inside are not equal in size. This is because the male tomb had to be larger than the female tomb.
At different times of the day Taj Mahal appears to be in a different color every time- it appears pink in the morning, white in the day and changes its color to golden in the moon light.
Many types of marbles were used in construction of Taj Mahal and they were brought over from many different states & countries including China, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Arabia.
In recent times, different studies suggest that Taj Mahal is sinking in Yamuna River
Every year Taj Mahal attracts around 3-4 million tourists with a huge number of international tourists.
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