An immense mausoleum of white marble, built in Agra between 1631 and 1648 by order of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favourite wife, the Taj Mahal is the jewel of Muslim art in India ...

The Taj Mahal is a stunning ivory-white marble mausoleum in Agra, India. It was built in 1631 by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan ...

The famous tourist destination still has plenty to offer. 6 min read "The Taj Mahal shows three faces,” says Nicholas Wapshott, a British writer, journalist, and father. “In the early morning ...

The Taj Mahal remains India's top-earning monument with ticket sales totaling INR 98.7 crore in FY24. The introduction of ...

₹98,55,27,533. This is the amount of money the Taj Mahal generated in FY24 through ticket sales alone, topping the list of earnings made by ASI-protected monuments through the route. The Mughal ...

The Bibi Ka Maqbara, also known as the Taj of the Deccan, was commissioned in 1660 by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's son, Prince Azam Shah, in the memory of his wife Dilras Banu Begum, who passed ...

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Every year for the past decade or so, more than three million travelers have visited India's Taj Mahal. The white marble monument—completed over some 15 years by the emperor Shah Jahan as a ...

Plain and simple: This is the reason you come to Agra. The Taj Mahal is a majestic tomb built in the Mughal style, which combines Indian, Islamic and Persian architectural principles. Visitors ...

The Taj backs up against the once-vibrant Yamuna River, now often dried to the point where locals can walk in the riverbed. Preservationists hope to counter the effects of a growing population on ...