TAJMAHAL

Once enters the large gate to have a glimpse of the dream in marble the milk white building of makrana marble in its maidenbeauty stands before him with all its glamour and grace a challenge to all the huge structures in the world there stands the main building on araised platform invitny the tourist to the white dome capped by abrass trident the octagonal building has four gates on the four sides one being open for the visitors t6he gates are all arched and haveb lattioed walls crossing t6he huge red white sand stone gate one facees a volley of camere men on the platform ready to associate one with the unearthly beauty of the building for ever a few steps down

And one walks fountaine in a canel one finds oneself among peoples from different nations and states all engrossed in the appreciation of the whiteb palace before them a two minute walk takes onr of the plateform on whiire rises the big central hall whrer it is sail king shajahan enjoys sleep with his wife mumtaz defying even the claims of death


T6here are two domes one over the other having a around hall in between not visible to the people the graves are not the real ones there are some other graves too in the rooms surroundly the central hall the four corners onj the pplatform have four beautiful minerates all in white marble on the four corners of the main bui9lding too there are four apolas all in marbl
e no one 18 now allowed either to reachthe interior dome hall on the back flows river jamun spoila with approach ghates connected with the wall of the buidings the stairs leading to the ghates have been locked it is said that the beautiful building was built between 1651 and 1653
Agra has been a tourist attraction deone to this beautiful building andb benefited a lot in the past it would rather look strange that it is due to this famous building that this big city of utter Pradesh has been put to a disadvandage vested interest in the gobernment and the political circles do not allow new industries to establish in agra on the albi that the gas smoke and chemical discharge pollutes the air spoildy the marbless