TAJ MAJOL IN INDIA

THE TAJ MAGOL IS IN INDIA AND IS A WHITE MARBLE MAUSOLEUM.  ITWAS WHITE MARBLE MAUSELEUM.  IT WAS BUILT BY MEIGHAL, EMPEROR IN MEMORY OF HIS THIRD WIFE.  IT IS RECOGNIZEDWHITE MARBLE MAUSELEUM.  IT WAS BUILT  BY MUGHAL EMPEROR IN MEMORY OF HIS THIRD WIFE.  IT IS RECOGNIZED AS THE JEWEL OF MUSLIM ART IN INDIA.  IT IS A FINE EXAMPLE OF MIGUL.  ARCHITECTITURE, COMBINING ISLAMIC, PERSIAN, TURKISH AND INDIAN STYLES.  IT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1632 AND COMPLETED ABOUT 1653.  THOUSANDS OF ARTISTS WERE EMPLOYED UNDER MANY ARCHITECTS.

IN 1631, SHA JOHAN , EMPEROR WHEN THEY HAD A GREAT PROPERITY, BECAME GRIEVED HIS THIRD WIFE MUNTAZ DIED DURING THE BIRTH OF THEIR 14TH CHILD.  THE MASOLEUM WAS COMPLETED IN 1648 AND THE MASALEUM WAS COMPLETED IN 1648 AND THE SURROUNDING BUILDINGS AND GARDEN WER COMPLETED 5 YEARS LATER.  EMPEROR SHAH JAHAN DESCRIBED THE TAJ AS A "PLACE WHERE ALL SINS WILL BE WASHED AWAY.  THE SUN AND MOON SHED TEARS FROM THEIR EYES.

TAJ MAHAL EXPANDS ON DESIGN TRADITIONS OF PERSIAN ARCHITECTURE.  EARLIER BUILDINGS WERE CONSTRUCTED OF RED SANDSTONE.  THEY USED THE REFINED MARBLE INLAID WITH SOME PRECIOUS STONES. THE TOMB IS THE CENTRAL FOCUS THE ENTIRE COMPLEX OF TAJ MAHAL.  IT HAS PERSIAN ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTURE BUT IS MOSTLY OF WHITE MARBLE.

THE TOMB IS THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE ENTIRE COMPLEX.  THE WHITE MARBLE STRUCTURE STANDS ON A SQUARE PLINTH AND CONSISTS OF A SYMMETRICAL BUILDING WITH A LARGE DOME SHAPED FINIAL.  THEIR TOMBS ARE BASIC PERSIAN STRUCTURE.

THE BASE STRUCTURE IS ESSENTIALLY A LARGE CHAMBER FORMING AN OCTAGON ABOUT 55 METERS  ON EACH SIDE.  IT HAS MANY ARCHWAYS AND BALCONIES STACKED ON EITHER SIDE.  THE MAIN CHAMBER HOUSES THE SARCOPHAGUS OF MUNTAZ MAHAL AND SHAL JAHAN.  THE DESIGN IS SYMMETRICAL ON ALL SIDES.  FOUR EACH CORNER OF THE PLINITH FACING CHAMBERED CORNERS.  THE HOUSE OF THE SARCOPHGI OF MUNTAZ AND SHAH JAHAN.  THEIR GRAVES ARE LOWER.

THE MARBLE DOME OF THE TOMB IS THE MOST SPECIAL FEATURE.  IT IS 35 METERS IN HEIGHT.  THE DOME IS ONION SHAPED AND THE TOP HAS A LOTUS DESIGN.  IT SERVES TO BUILD IT'S HEIGHT.  IT HAS TALL SPIRES.  THE LOTUS MOTIF IS ON THE CHATTRIS.  THE MAIN FINAL WAS GOLD.  A TYPICAL ISLAMIC MOTIF POINTS TO HEAVEN

90 STONE CARVINGS AND SHRINES DATETO THE TANG DYNASTY.  THEY CUT A LARGE ROCK IN THE RIVER FOR IRRIGATION PURPOSES.  IN THE MID 9TH CENTURY EMPEROR ZHAC KUANGYYIN SENT A BUDDIST MISSION TO INDIA. WHEN HE RETURNED HE TRANSLATED INDIAN BUDDIST TENTS.  HE CAST A BRONZE STATUE ABOUT 2 TONS AND IT IS IN THE WANNIAN TEMPLE.  SINCE THAT TIME MOUNT EMU HAS BEEN A HOLY PLACE OF BUDDISM.

THEY HAVE RED RED PANDAS, CHINSE GIANT SALAMANDERS, AND SLATY BUNTINGS.

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