Taj Mahal - the Rules

Taj Mahal


Folder: India 2016

Taj Mahal - the Rules

Taj Mahal Western Gate

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In we go

We are in the queue

Red sandstone colonnade in the outer wall

Main (southern) gateway to the Taj Mahal

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There are 22 small domes to record that it took 22 years to build the mausoleum, completed in 1653.

Burden

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This lake is actually a lawn, flooded by the recent monsoon.

Main (southern) gateway to the Taj Mahal

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in sandstone and marble

Main (southern) gateway to the Taj Mahal

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in sandstone and marble

Main (southern) gateway to the Taj Mahal

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in sandstone and marble

There it is

The Taj Mahal

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There's always scaffolding.

A doorway in the main gate

The Taj Mahal

One of the Seven Wonders of the World

Flooded lawns

Reflective pools

Naubat Khana

Taj Mahal in the evening light


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