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Agra
Agra is a city located at the banks of Yamuna River in the northern part of India. With an estimated population of 1.69 million, the city is the 19th most populous in India and one of the most populous cities in cities in Uttar Pradesh.
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Shah Jehan had no queen named Taj Mahal; it is impossible. Taj means crown; Mahal means building. Is it possible for any woman to have a strange name Crown Building. Mahal is Sanskrit. The court language during Shah Jehan was Persian, where a building is called Manzil, not Mahal.
Shah Jehan's favourite queen's name was Arjumand Zamani not Taj Mahal.
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Was the taj mahal built for beauty?
Taj Mahal was built in memory of Mumtaz Mahal the wife of Shah Jahan who died in child birth. Also to contain the tombs of Akbar and shah Jahan's wife.
Totally false. It is a British propaganda. Shah Jehan had no wife named Taj Mahal. The queen who was buried next to him was Arjumand Zamani. Akber`s tomb is separate ablout 20 miles from Agra in Sekandra. Shah Jehan never built Taj Mahal, he glot hold of a Hindu Fort and renovated the temple as Mosque as the Muslims always do.
Is Tajmahal the biggest building in India?
There are actually many famous buildings in India, such as the: Taj Mahal
India Gate
Red Fort
Qutub Minar
Hawa Mahal
Agra Fort. Hope this helped!
How big is the taj mahal from top to bottom?
The Taj Mahal is 169 meters above sea level. Taj Mahal was built by a grief stricken Emperor Shahjahan as a memorial to his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal.
Why was the pools of water special near the Taj Mahal?
It is very very beautiful and legends say that it has gold in water .
the water is crystal clear.
If you don't believe me try an other answer :)
Obviously, a Hindu can legally marry anyone in most parts of the world. However, traditional Hindu customs say that the parents of bride and groom arrange the marriage and choose the partner for their child, and this person must be someone else of Hindu background.
What is the distance between Delhi and Agra?
About 203Km/ 127 miles. 3-4 hours using train.
The Road Distance Between Delhi to Agra is 210 Km by road, the travel time from Delhi to Agra is 3 hour. Today we have two driving direction : 1 : Delhi, Badarpur, Hodal, Palwal, Koshi, Vrindavan, Mathura, Agra and
2 : Delhi , Noida, Yamuna Expressway Agra.
Second option is best for by road from Delhi to Agra.
Source : roaddistance.in/delhi/delhi-india-to-agra-distance/by-road/
Agra is situated in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India
How long does it take to travel from Agra to Bangalore by train?
Agra is 204 km from Delhi. Distance can be covered in four hours either using a car/bike. It can take upto 5-6 hours if you use the public transport, reason being the condition of highway between delhi and agra. BTW, you can also think of renting a car or taking a full travel package of one day from delhi to agra.
Can you see the Taj Mahal from anywhere in Agra?
Not really. If you look at pictures they are wrong they are fake
What problems occurred when the Taj mahal was built?
Problem was to decide with the constructors, architects and main builders to be decided. If after building the unique monument, the <creators> allowed to go <free>, they would be able to build another masterpiece like the Taj (at that time, no such building with that dimension was available). So the secretarite and the Emperor Sha Jahan had tob decide, how to eliminate the architects. Some were killed, some cut the tongue, some made blind. Its crucial, torturious but a fact.
What are the physical characteristics of the Taj Mahal?
the unique features of the taj mahal are first it is the finest example of mughal architecture. Also, the style combines Persion, Indian, Isalamic, architectural styles.
Special features about Taj Mahal?
the taj mahal used 1000 elephants to transport marble from one area to another during the process of construction
the taj mahal took 22 years for construction
the taj mahal cost 32 million rupees to build for shah jahan
20000 employees worked to construct the taj mahal
What are the physical features of India?
The main physical features of India are:
1) The Northern Mountains
2) The Great Plains
3) The Thar Desert
4) The Central Highlands
5) Peninsular Plateaus
6) The Coastal Plains
7) Islands
Why was the taj mahal built as a tomb?
Taj Mahal is a part of the pre-Muslim fort built by the Rajput Kings; it was not built by any Muslim but a Muslim king called Shah Jehan took it from a Rajput king Jagat Singh and remodelled it by putting two red mosques on two sides of a white temple of Siva.
The whitle marble building faces East, according to Hindu religion. There are motifs of flowers, plants which are prohibited in Islamic building. On the top dome there is lotus, cocoanut, trident, all Hindu symbol.
Like most buildings Muslims who came to India as barbarian Arab, Mongol, Turks could only convert the buildings into Mosques as they did also in Istanbul.
