The mausoleum of the Taj Mahal - Wonder of the World in India

The translation of the Taj Mahal means Crown of the Mughals. For some time it was also called the Taj Bibi-as-Rouse or the burial place of the Queen of hearts. According to an old legend, Prince Guram, the future Shah Jahan, once the market saw the poor girl. Looking into her eyes, he immediately decided to take her to his wife. So in 19 years, Arjumand Bano Begum acquired the status of second wife of Prince Guram. Guram have had many other wives and concubines, but it was a long time Mumtaz won the heart of the future ruler. During the conquest of the throne Mumtaz was the most faithful associate of the Prince. But the fight was serious: Prince confronted his brothers, and also had to hide from the mother's father Jahangir. Yet in 1627 Guram manage to seize the throne and get the status of Shah Jahan - the ruler of the world.

Mumtaz occupied an important place in the life of the government. Shah Jahan arranged in her honor various methods and feasting. Mumtaz was present at all important national ceremonies, listened to her even in the Council of State.

Specific facts about the life and death of Mumtaz in different sources are confused that eventually made them a legend. So Mumtaz bore nine or thirteen children, and died in 1636 or 1629. It is confused and the reason - one of them is ill, on the other died during childbirth. Much comes down to the fact that this event occurred during the return from the victory of the Deccan. Legend also has it that before the death of Mumtaz asked her husband to build a tomb, equal to their love.Initially, the queen buried in Burhan-Nur, where she died. Six months later, her remains were taken to Agra. And on the anniversary of the death of Shah Jahan started construction of the mausoleum.

The competition project was attended by the best architects of the East. All masters surpassed architect Usto Isa Khan Effendi from Shiraz. His project as a whole liked the Emperor, and only partially been changed later. Taj Mahal is really a very beautiful building. No description, photo, and video can not convey the true beauty of this building. Architecture construction transmits a mixture of Indian, Persian and Islamic architecture. The city walls in the corners are framed towers pavilions. In the center stands the building of the tomb itself in shimmering colors depending on the light. At night it seems blindingly white, and all this beauty is reflected in its smooth flow during the flood. On three sides of the building surrounded by a park. The facade of the palace of marble portal, the neighborhood on the sides with two dome towers. On the central axis of the front facade of the mausoleum is an irrigation canal, shared pool. From the pool to the side of the four minarets stretched tracks, which due to suicide cases access was closed.The feeling of lightness of the building from afar and reinforces its decoration with a closer look. So the walls are painted with a thin design, inlaid with precious stones marble blocks, shimmering in the light. It seems that this building was erected recently. Not surprisingly, on the next to the legend, Shah Jahan ordered to cut off the hands of the architect so that he could not repeat the like.