For Emperor Shah Jahan who loved his Queen Mumtaz very deeply, having lost her at a youthful age, Taj Mahal as a mausoleum was an offering to his most beautiful beloved. When you walk in, those few hundred metres from the main gate, there is a breathless urgency to get there. Though built three hundred and fifty years ago when you stand on the platform facing the Taj glistening with the same freshness and array of natures colours in the inlay work, it is as if it ...
