A billion chocolate-box images and tourist guidebooks order us to "read" the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan's marble mausoleum for his wife Mumtaz Mahal ... Indian masterwork. In the first place, the ...

According to legend, with her dying breath, she secured a promise from her husband on the strength of their love: to build for her a mausoleum more beautiful ... India, the far-famed Taj Mahal.

The famous tourist destination still has plenty to offer. 6 min read "The Taj Mahal shows three faces,” says Nicholas Wapshott, a British writer, journalist, and father. “In the early morning ...

Journalists, politicians and activists were among those who took to social media to decry the 17th Century mausoleum's ... "did not reflect Indian culture". The Taj Mahal was built by the Muslim ...

Indian security ... The 17th-Century marble mausoleum was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his queen, Mumtaz Mahal. Yogesh Kumar Singh The entrance of the Taj was deserted on ...

This image should be removed from BRICS currency, and priority should be given to other great monuments of India. We do not ...