Taj Mahal Tours Packages

The Taj Mahal, which literally translates into “Crown of the Wonders”, is believed to be a tomb to the wife of ShahJahan, named Mumtaz Mahal. Standing majestically on the banks of the Yamuna River in the province of Uttar Pradesh, this historic structure has survived almost four hundred years without any outside threats to its safety.

The building took about 11 years to complete even though it has been said by stories that it took about 22 years and required some twenty thousand workers.It is made primarily from red sandstone, marble, and granite, with the outside built entirely of white marble. Its suppose to be about how what angle does the sun hit the water in the front of the Taj Mahal. The colors change at different hours of the day and during different seasons. Like a jewel, the Taj Mahal sparkles in moonlight when the precious stones inlaid into the white marble on the main tomb catch the glow of the moon. The Taj Mahal is pinkish in the morning, milky white in the evening and golden when the moon shines. These changes, they say, show the different moods of woman