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One of the Eight Wonders of the world is Taj Mahal situated in Agra city of India. It is a well laid fact which is even preached in the west that its architectural beauty has no surpasses. It was developed in the era of Mughal rule in India by the Emperor Shah Jahan in the memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal. Taj Mahal is a not a palace but a mausoleum that accommodates the grave of queen Mumtaz Mahal and Shah Jahan.
This spectacular structure was built over a long period of twenty years and it took around twenty thousand workers to complete it in 1648 CE. Expert craftsmen were employed in this humongous job by the king Shah Jahan from all over India, Lahore, Multan (currently in Pakistan).
This mausoleum of the Taj Mahal at Agra well stands in a walled garden which is entered through a pavilion on the main axis. This whole structure is build with pristine white marble and some part of it in red sandstone. In the interior of this wonderful structure one can find dim lights lit through pierced marble lattices, but well opposite to it in the external frame that it responds to the changing light and weather conditions and gives a never before sight experience in full moon nights, when the silver light from the moon falls on this wonderful structure and makes it gloom.
People from far off places come to visit this place just to get a glimpse of this symbol of love and awaits full moon nights to watch its beauty in entirety.
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