Taj Mahal speaks of Love. Only Love, and a passionate love story behind it.
The Story of Taj Mahal
The great Mughal emperor Shah Jahan made this mausoleum, which holds the tomb of one of his wives, Mumtaj Mahal. She was his favourite one, of course. He met and fell in love with her at the mere age of 14. Then, they got married after 5 years. The mammoth structure is named after Mumtaj, and when translated in English, means ‘Crown Palace’. The exteriors and interiors of Taj Mahal exhibit the finest of the Persian and Mughal architecture that the world has ever seen. The main Mahal took about 20 years to be completed and it took another decade for the other parts of the project. All in all, about 1000 elephants helped carry the materials for the construction that were sourced from all over Indian and Asia. In total, there were 28 types of precious/semi precious stones like Turquoise, Lapis Lazuli, Sapphire etc that were set in the white marble of Taj Mahal.
Standing gorgeously on the banks of one of holiest rivers of India, Yamuna, Taj Mahal is surrounded by other mausoleums. These were made for his other wives, a mosque, a garden, and a couple of other structures.
There are many other jaw dropping facts and myths about Taj Mahal. In fact, one could probably spend a lifetime studying the details and intricacy, digging the story behind this piece of excellence. However, what strikes the most is the feeling of being there, staring at every carved motif, walking on the steps and thinking of the lovers buried under it.
When Taj Mahal Took My Breath Away
I happened to visit the monument about two years ago and even though many calendars have portrayed the beauty of the monument at their best, there is nothing that can beat the feeling of seeing the fine exquisiteness with your own eyes.
I can promise that it would take the maximum time for you to digest the overwhelming emotions when you first see the splendid Taj Mahal, when you first lay eyes on it, as you enter though the gate. Still today I remember my racing heart beat, yes, I do. The white marble, now dull with a hint of yellow, does not fail to exhibit the grandness of the structure. The feeling isn’t very different from owning a few articles that you’ve had for years and even though they are all old and worn-out, they take you back to certain phases of your life, every time you hold or look at them…
So what is love? The greatest emotion of all? Something that holds us all together? Is love to make sure that your loved one is okay? That he or she is doing alright, even if you do not get to be with them? Or is it to spend a lifetime together without any regrets? Is it that smile that you have when you wake up next to your loved one, every morning, for the rest of your life? Is it temporary? Forever? Subjective? Mysterious? Happiness? Pain? Emotional Chaos?
Taj Mahal, a living example of Eternal Love…. And the question came back knocking, what is Love? And how far would you go for your love?
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TAJ MAHAL, the pride of India stands at the heart of the country. The great emperor, Shah Jahan had build this cenotaph to make his love eternal , which gives an instance as a symbol of love. Behind the monument of love there exists a story which is not a fairy tale as expected but a traumatising reality. |
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This is a story of the great emperor, Shah Jahan and the most beautiful, Mumtaz Mahal. Shah Jahan, the son of Jahangir and the fourth Mughal emperor of INDIA, was the grandson of “Akbar the great”. On the other hand Mumtaz Mahal was the daughter of a Persian noble man Abu’l-Hasan Asaf Khan. Mumtaz Mahal was very talented and cultured lady. She had a very neat-handed in Arabic and Persian languages in which she can even compose poems.
In the year 1607, once Shah Jahan was strolling down the Meena Bazar. There he caught a glance to a girl, who was hawking silk and glass beads. The girl was undoubtedly the most pretty, Mumtaz Mahal. It was the love at first sight. Shah Jahan was the husband of three wives but his love was reserved for one and only, Mumtaz. She was Shah Jahan’s second wife with whom he could only consult each and everything about both private matters as well as the external affairs of the state and as a trustable adviser. Mumtaz was the perfect co-ordinator for the then Mughal Emperor. Even throughout his earlier military campaigns he fetched his beloved. Shah Jahan even gave special treatment and care to her that no other empress was ever given before.
In their nineteen years of marriage, they had eight sons and six daughters. But unfortunately seven of the children took their last breathe at the time of their birth or in a very early age. When Mumtaz was giving birth to their fourteenth child, she experienced tremendous labour pain, resultant to death. At that time of heartbreaking sorrow, her body was temporarily buried at Burhanpur in a walled pleasure garden known as Zainabad. Shah Jahan committed a promise, “not to do any further marriage” to Mumtaz when she was about to leave her last breath. After her death, Mughal emperor became inconsolable and sometimes he thought to build a monument in the memory of his beloved. Hence, he never determined Burhanpur as his wife’s final resting spot. Then the aftermath, Shah Jahan transported her body to Agra, on the banks of the Yamuna River. At first her body was interred in a small building while he started the plan to design and construct a beautiful mausoleum for his beautiful wife. It took 22 years, the toil of 22000 labours and the consistent will power to built his better half’s memory. This mausoleum is non other than the TAJ MAHAL.
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TAJ MAHAL is not just a magnificent monument but this is an architecture that symbolizes love. Every stones of this fills with love, loss and remorse. This is an example of how deeply a man, a great emperor on the other hand can love his wife even after she remained but a memory. He wanted not to fade away her memory at any round the clock. And he made what he dreams.
After his death the placement of his grave was done on one side of Mumtaz’s grave, which is in the centre though Shah Jahan had not intended to entomb another person in the TAJ MAHAL. Hence, this concludes the greatest and evergreen love stories in the Indian History.
Black Taj Mahal | |
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Location in western Uttar Pradesh, India | |
Location | Agra |
Coordinates | 27°10′29″N78°02′32″E / 27.174799°N 78.042111°E |
Elevation | 20 feet |
Built | never was built |
Architectural style(s) | Mughal architecture |
The Black Taj Mahal ('Black Taj', 'Kaala Taj', also 'the 2nd Taj') is a legendary black marblemausoleum that is said to have been planned to be built across the Yamuna River opposite the Taj Mahal in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. MughalemperorShah Jahan is said to have desired a mausoleum for himself similar to that of the one he had built in memory of his second wife, Mumtaz Mahal.[1][unreliable source?]
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A European traveller by the name of Jean Baptiste Tavernier who visited Agra in 1665 first mentioned the idea of Black Taj in his fanciful writings. The writings of Tavernier mention that Shah Jahan began to build his own tomb on the other side of the river but could not complete it as he was deposed by his own son Aurangzeb. However, many modern archaeologists believe this story to be myth.[2][unreliable source?]
Background[edit]
Ever since the construction of Taj Mahal, the building has been the source of an admiration transcending culture and geography, and so personal and emotional responses have consistently eclipsed scholastic appraisals of the monument.
The belief holds that Shah Jahan planned a mausoleum to be built in black marble across the Yamuna river, with the two structures connected by a bridge. The idea originates from fanciful writings of Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, a European traveller who visited Agra in 1665. It was suggested that Shah Jahan was overthrown by his son Aurangzeb before it could be built. Ruins of blackened marble across the river in Moonlight Garden, Mahtab Bagh, seemed to support this legend.[3][unreliable source?]
Myth[edit]
Many scholars believe the idea of the Black Taj belongs to fiction rather than history. The traces which are identified as the foundations of the 2nd Taj are actually the enclosing wall of a garden founded by Babur. The irregular position of Shah Jahan's cenotaph in comparison to Mumtaz Mahal's, is similar to that at the tomb of Itmad-ud-Daulah, and thus should not be of any striking significance. Besides, according to Islamic law, bodies are buried with their faces towards Mecca and legs towards the south, and the husband is placed on the right hand side of his wife. The interpretation that the cenotaph of Shah Jahan was not meant to be placed here appears to be superfluous.[4][unreliable source?]
Modern excavations[edit]
Modern excavations carried out in the 1990s found that they were discolored white stones that had turned black.[5][unreliable source?] As some believe that a more credible theory for the origins of the black mausoleum was demonstrated in 2006 by archaeologists who reconstructed part of the pool in the Mehtab Bagh (Moonlight Garden). A dark reflection of the white mausoleum could clearly be seen, befitting Shah Jahan's obsession with symmetry and the positioning of the pool itself.
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See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^'Black Taj Mahal Myth'. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- ^'Black Taj Mahal Myth'. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^'White Taj Mahal and Black Taj Mahal Story'. Words of Wanderers. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
- ^'The Story of a Second Taj'. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- ^'Black Taj Mahal Myth'. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
References[edit]
Taj Mahal Facts For Kids
- Bernier, Françoi' Travels in the Moghul Empire A.D. 1657–1668 (Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co.) 1891.[better source needed]
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