The Taj Mahal

Every body recognizes the one picture of the Taj Mahal…you know the one…straight on, reflective lake, perfect symmetry, big and beautiful white building.

Not everybody knows much about the inspiration for the Taj Mahal.

This building was a gift of Love!  The gift was from a Muhgal king, 400 years ago, to his wife who had recently died giving birth to his 14th child.  It took 22 years to complete and over 10,000 workers.  The building mainly consists of fine white marble and thousands of precious and semi precious gems.  The process of inserting the gems into the marble is quite laborous and requires hours of work just for one small piece of marble.  The building is perfectly symmetrical with 4 beams all tilted at a 93 degree angle away from the Taj (so they would fall away from the building in the case of an earthquake).  On one side of the Taj, there is a red Mosque for praying.  On the other side of the Taj, there is a red replica, to fit the perfect symmetry.  This building is not used.

This gift of Love is inspirational and was a true gift to the eyes.

This photo was taken from inside the replica, from just behind an archway.  There are 45 photos in this image.  The border is a white marble plate (same marble from the Taj) with the same gems from the Taj.  It is also sitting on my coffee table for me to enjoy.

Hope you enjoy!