Explore "The Mute Eloquence of the Taj Mahal," a captivating exhibition revealing the monument's rich history through 200 ...
Situated on the banks of the Yamuna River in Agra, India, the Taj Mahal is a white marble mausoleum complex that dates back to the 17th century. It was commissioned by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in ...
The seventeenth-century historian and poet Abu Talib Kalim opens his description of the world-famous Taj Mahal with these words. Here we learn that the tomb complex was intended to rival the heavens, ...
Lisa Cheng is a writer and editor whose wanderlust has taken her from Malaga, Spain to the Upper Irrawaddy in Myanmar. When she’s not covering travel, she’s making dumplings, dabbling in new languages ...
The Taj Mahal is many things to many people. However, some sectors in India are now keen to rewrite the monument's history. Already beset by problems of overcrowding, pollution, apathy and ...
In September 1996, the “Taj Protection Mission Management Board” (TPMMB) was set up as per suggestions of the Supreme Court of India for the environmental protection of the Taj Mahal. Consequently the ...