The Taj Mahal (- taj mahal, "“Crown palace"”; hindi: m., is a Mausoleum in the proximity of Agras in the Indian Federal State Uttar Pradesh, the Grossmogul Shah Jahan let which establish to the memory of his the 1631 deceased main woman Mumtaz Mahal (Arjumand Bano Begum).

History

The building of the Taj Mahal was begun briefly after death Mumtaz Mahals in the year 1631 and placed until 1648 finished UNESCO World Heritage Centre: '' Taj Mahal '' (English), 30 April 2006. Involved south and central Asia were out whole over 20.000 craftsmen.

Originally Yamuna still another same building from black marble than Mausoleum for Shah Jahan was planned on the other side of the river, which was however not carried out. The Mogul was entmachtet to before by its son Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir and spent the remainder of his life as a prisoner. 1666 he was buried beside his wife.

The Taj Mahal consists of Baumateralien, which were near-created out completely India and Asia. Over 1.000 elephants for transport were consulted. 28 different kinds of jewels and half jewels were inserted into the marble.

The four around main building around arranged Minarette are easily bent, so that they fall in case of an earthquake of main building away. Since Mekka lies from there out seen in the west, a mosque is in this direction. Symmetrically to it a guesthouse lies with same sketch in the east.

The British colonial gentlemen planned in 19. Century to sell the strongly neglected building by the piece on auctions in England. The auction was however called off, since already the sales of parts of the red Forts brought no success before.

The building and parts of the garden were restored some decades after and finally taken up 1983 to the list of the UNESCO Weltkulturerbes. Today the Taj Mahal is considered because of the perfect harmony of its proportions as one of the most beautiful and most important examples of the Mogulstils in the Islamic art.

Rabindranath Tagore described the Taj Mahal in one of its poems as "„a tear on the cheek of the time "“.

Apart from its meaning as tourist attraction the Taj Mahal is an also popular attendance goal of Indian married people, since the attendance is to make and encourage the mutual love durable.

350-Jahr-Feier

On 27 September 2004 Uttar Pradesh in a celebration became official the 350 from the government of the Indian Federal State. Anniversary of the completion of the Taj Mahal committed. A half year long was appreciated in further meetings the outstanding meaning of the building. The ceremonies took place, in order to preserve the Mausoleum, into approximately two kilometers distance of it.

The date of the completion in the year 1654 is disputed. The critics rely thereby on three arguments:

• The Hofchronist at that time Abdul Hamid Lahori noted in a document that a half year had been begun after death by Mumtaz Mahal (died on 17 June 1631) with the building and the construction period amounted to twelve years. Therefore the Mausoleum must have been finished placed 1644.
• An inscription over the main entrance contains the year 1648 as indication of completion.
• From the year 1652 exists a letter of the prince Aurangzeb, the son of Shah Jahan, which means that the Taj Mahal is in need of repair.

In the local media there were presumptions that the was organized, in order to animate the tourism in the region. In contrast to this the tourism Minister stressed that the cause two found books were, which contained the date. Which books were this, he did not communicate however.

Sources

Literature

• Taj Mahal, the illumined Tomb, W.E. Begley, The Aga Khan program for Islamic Architecture, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge; ISBN 0-295-9644 X

Related links

• ASI (Archaeological Survey OF India): Official overview of in India (English)

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