The Taj Mahal was originally adorned with a 466 kg gold finial, removed by British officer Joseph Taylor in 1810 and replaced with a gold-plated copper version. Subsequent replacements in 1876 and ...
Believe it or not, the Taj Mahal is actually taller than the Qutub Minar. While the internet will show both of them to be 73 meters or 240 feet tall, the Taj Mahal surpasses the Qutub Minar by at ...