Top 16 Taj Mahal Facts and Other Interesting Information about Taj Mahal

• 1. Facts and Truths about Taj Mahal – One of the Seven Wonders of the World
• 2. Taj Mahal was built by Mughal Emperor ShahJahan in the loving memory of his Beautiful wife Mumtaj Mahal
• 3. Construction of Taj Mahal started in year 1631 and it took 22 years to build this historical monument
• 4. The Architecture of Taj Mahal is aCombination of Persian, Islamic and Indian Architecture Style
• 5. The Construction Cost of this MasterpieceMonument was around 320 Million Indian Rupees
• 6. Around 20000 people worked day and night for 22 years, Ustad AhmadLahauri was the architect of Taj Mahal
• 7. Around 1000 Elephants were employed forthe transportation of construction material
• 8. 30 different variety of semi precious andprecious stone were used make Taj Mahal more beautiful
• 9. At the Different time of the day TajMahal appears to be in a different color every time
• 10. Some people think that changing colorsof Taj Mahal depicts different moods of a Woman
• 11. 99 names of Allah can be found ascalligraphic inscriptions on the sides of the actual tomb of Mumtaz Mahal
• 12. Passages from Quran have been used asdecorative elements throughout the complex.
• 13. Many types of marbles used in construction of Taj Mahal and they were brought over from many different states & countries including China, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Arabia.
• 14. The English meaning of Taj Mahal is “Crown of the Palace” and Shahjahan used to call Mumtaj Mahal “Jewel of the Palace”
• 15. In recent times different studies suggest that Taj Mahal is sinking in Yamuna River
• 16. Every year Taj Mahal attracts around 3-4 million tourists with a huge number of International Tourists
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