Taj Mahal Tourism a lifetime experience

A visit to the Taj Mahal in Agra is one of the major tourist attractions India State offers to the

tourists that travel India. Taj Mahal is the wonderful mausoleum built by Mughal emperor

Shah Jahan in memory of Mumtaz Mahal, his wife on the banks of river Yamuna in Agra. The

mausoleum was built with the mixture of Mughal architectural style as well as combining that of

the Persian, Indian and Islamic style of architecture. Taj Mahal is now officially n UNESCO

World Heritage Site. The construction which began in 1632 was completed around the year

1653, employing thousands of craftsmen and artisans. Ustad Ahmad Lahauri is considered to be

the major architect who built this wonderful piece of Mughal architecture. India tourism offers

tourists Taj Mahal tourism which is a life time experience. Taj Mahal is situated in Agra,

which provides more tourist attraction along with Taj Mahal. To make the Taj Mahal tourism

a lifetime experience the tourists should spend one full day at the majestic place from sunrise to

sunset imbibing the various moods of the monument.

 

Taj Mahal built on plinth has four minarets at each corner. The central hall is octagonal in shape

and has four small halls around it. The central dome stands on the top of the main hall. The

monument is a two storied structure and has arched recess with decorated iwan in the middle.

Although the tombs of the emperor and his wife are at the basement, exact replica is placed

directly above it in the upper hall. Taj Mahal is fully made of white marble and the walls are

decorated with stone inlay work. The tomb of Shah Jahan is slightly raised rather than that

of his wife. The tombs are decorated with many precious stones and the acoustic quality of

the monument reflects the chants of the Quran and the music played in there. The Taj Mahal

Tourism is a lifetime experience for the tourists that travel India to know the country better.

 

Taj Mahal is blessed with a Persian style garden which inhabits many varieties of flowering

plants and trees and many exotic bird species. The garden consists of two marble canals which

has fountains and is lined along with cypress trees. This gives the garden a symbolic outlook of

paradise which has rivers of milk, wine and honey flowing through it. The canals and water tanks

are constructed in such a way that every time the reflection of the Taj Mahal is seen on the water.

This Taj Mahal tourism is a lifetime experience for the tourists that undertake India tourism

in the India state. India tourism also offers another tourist attraction known as Taj Mahotsav

conducted at Shilpgra, near to Taj Mahal. Drum beaters, folk artists and craftsmen, and bedecked

camels and elephants with the Mughal splendor bring back the memories of Mughal era for

tourists that travel India. Marble carvings, wood carvings and other metal carvings are a major

attraction for the tourists that travel India and the India tourism. This Taj Mahotsav is one way

of making the Taj Mahal tourism a lifetime experience in India tourism.