results of new 7 wonders contest released few hours ago n Tajmahal proved it again..
If
it is really a wonder, no matter wherever u conduct d contest, no
matter whoever the voters are.. it will stay as a wonder and it will
maintain its significance.. still thinking what am i talking about??
its about TAJMAHAL.. a symbol of Love & Passion.. still remained as
one of d seven wonders.. ofcourse UNESCO didnt consider this new 7
wonders contest, even myself.. anyway, votes of d world proved passion
4 Tajmahal..heartful thanks to everybody who supported Taj by casting
your valuable vote..
Lets read few facts abt TAJ..
Agra,
once the capital of the Mughal Empire during the 16th and early 18th
centuries, is one and a half hours by express train from New Delhi.
Tourists from all over the world visit Agra not to see the ruins of the
red sandstone fortress built by the Mughal emperors but to make a
pilgrimage to Taj Mahal, India’s most famous architectural wonder, in a
land where magnificent temples and edificies abound to remind visitors
about the rich civilization of a country that is slowly but surely
lifting itself into an industrialized society.
The postcard
picture of Taj Mahal does not adequately convey the legend, the poetry
and the romance that shroud what Rabindranath Tagore calls "a teardrop
on the cheek of time". Taj Mahal means "Crown Palace" and is in fact
the most well preserved and architecturally beautiful tomb in the
world. It is best described by the English poet, Sir Edwin Arnold, as
"Not a piece of architecture, as other buildings are, but the proud
passions of an emperor’s love wrought in living stones." It is a
celebration of woman built in marble and that’s the way to appreciate
it.
Taj Mahal stands on the bank of River Yamuna, which
otherwise serves as a wide moat defending the Great Red Fort of Agra,
the center of the Mughal emperors until they moved their capital to
Delhi in 1637. It was built by the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan in
1631 in memory of his second wife, Mumtaz Mahal, a Muslim Persian
princess. She died while accompanying her husband in Burhanpur in a
campaign to crush a rebellion after giving birth to their 14th child.
The death so crushed the emperor that all his hair and beard were said
to have grown snow white in a few months.
When Mumtaz Mahal
was still alive, she extracted four promises from the emperor: first,
that he build the Taj; second, that he should marry again; third, that
he be kind to their children; and fourth, that he visit the tomb on her
death anniversary. He kept the first and second promises. Construction
began in 1631 and was completed in 22 years. Twenty thousand people
were deployed to work on it. The material was brought in from all over
India and central Asia and it took a fleet of 1000 elephants to
transport it to the site. It was designed by the Iranian architect
Ustad Isa and it is best appreciated when the architecture and its
adornments are linked to the passion that inspired it. It is a "symbol
of eternal love".
The Taj rises on a high red sandstone base
topped by a huge white marble terrace on which rests the famous dome
flanked by four tapering minarets. Within the dome lies the
jewel-inlaid cenotaph of the queen. So exquisite is the workmanship
that the Taj has been described as "having been designed by giants and
finished by jewellers". The only asymmetrical object in the Taj is the
casket of the emperor which was built beside the queen’s as an
afterthought. The emperor was deposed by his son and imprisoned in the
Great Red Fort for eight years but was buried in the Taj. During his
imprisonment, he had a view of the Taj.
As a tribute to a
beautiful woman and as a monument for enduring love, the Taj reveals
its subtleties when one visits it without being in a hurry. The
rectangular base of Taj is in itself symbolic of the different sides
from which to view a beautiful woman. The main gate is like a veil to a
woman’s face which should be lifted delicately, gently and without
haste on the wedding night. In indian tradition the veil is lifted
gently to reveal the beauty of the bride. As one stands inside the main
gate of Taj, his eyes are directed to an arch which frames the Taj.
The
dome is made of white marble, but the tomb is set against the plain
across the river and it is this background that works its magic of
colours that, through their reflection, change the view of the Taj. The
colours change at different hours of the day and during different
seasons. Like a jewel, the Taj sparkles in moonlight when the
semi-precious stones inlaid into the white marble on the main mausoleum
catch the glow of the moon. The Taj is pinkish in the morning, milky
white in the evening and golden when the moon shines. These changes,
they say, depict the different moods of woman.
Different
people have different views of the Taj but it would be enough to say
that the Taj has a life of its own that leaps out of marble, provided
you understand that it is a monument of love. As an architectural
masterpiece, nothing could be added or substracted from it.
the
walls are inscribed with verses from the holy Quran. It is said that
the inside and outside walls of tajmahal are inscribed with the hole
content of Quran.
courtesy: angelfire n others
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