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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

The Jewel of India

Do you pelan to visit the city of Agra in new Delhi? If you do, then you must visit the Taj Mahal. It is the famous monuments in the world. It is one of the seven man-made wonders. It is known as The Jewel of India
It was built by Emperor Shah Jehan for his beautiful late wife Queen Mumtaz Mahal. This monument is a magnificent tomb where his beloved wife is buried. It is made of white marble and red sand stones. In front of it are lovely pools surrounded by fragrant gardens. This place reminds visitors of a great and happy marriage between two people.
Emperor Shah Jehan started to build the Taj Mahal after his wife died. It look twenty thousand men to build his great monument. They worked every day for eleven years to complete the work.
After Taj Mahal was completed, Emperor Shah Jehan wanted to build another tomb for himself. He wanted it to be made of black marble. But his prince, did not allow the Emperor to build it. So he become sad and when he died, he was buried besides his most beloved wife, in Taj Mahal.

3 comments:

Saleho said...

gan great emperor could build such a beautiful expensive taj
was created because he loved his wife ya gan..

Saleho said...

hopefully the building will be maintained throughout gan..
human children and grandchildren will also enjoy its beauty

denadio said...

nice post... i hope someday i'll visit taj mahal... :)

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