Taj Mahal

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Location: Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Built: 1631–1653
Built for: Mumtaz Mahal
Height: 73 m (240 ft)
Area: 17 hectares (42 acres)
Architect: Ustad Ahmad Lahori
Architectural style: Mughal architecture
Governing body: Ministry of Culture, Government of India(via Archaeological Survey of India)
Visitors: 4.84 million (in Apr '22 – Feb '23)
Website: tajmahal.gov.in
Criteria: Cultural: i
Reference: 252
Inscription: 1983 (7th Session)

Taj Mahal Archived 2023-06-15 at the Wayback Machine</ref> ek kabar hae jiske 17th century me Mughal badhshah Shah Jahan, aapan favourate aurat, Mumtaz Mahal ke yaad me banais rahaa. Ii Agra, Uttar Pradesh, Republic of India me hae. Ii dunia ke "Seven Wonders" me se ek hae aur bahut log ii soche hae ki ii dunia ke sab se sundar building hae. Ii building Mughal architecture ke ek example hae jisme - Islamic Indian, Persian (old Iran), aur Muslim art mixed hae. Dhe log India iske dekhe ke khatir jaawe hae lekin abhi ii building "Acid Rain" ke kaaran barbad hoe lagaa hae.

Naam

"Taj Mahal" naam Urdu se aais he, aur ii biswas karaa jaawe hae ki ii Arbii aur Persian se aais hae, jiske sabd tāj mahall matlab "crown" (tāj) "palace" (mahall). ek duusra alternative derivation of "taj" hae ki ek corruption "Mumtaz" ke aakhri syllable ke hae. Abdul Hamid Lahori, aapan 1636 ke book Padshahnama me, Taj Mahal ke rauza-i munawwara (Perso-Arabic: روضه منواره, rawdah-i munawwarah) bole hae, jiske matlab illumined nai to illustrious tomb hae.

Inspiration

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Taj Mahal ke 1631 me Shah Jahan banwae ke suruu karis rahaa, jiske uu aapan aurat,Mumtaz Mahal, ke yaad me banwais rahaa, jon uu saal ke 17 June me mar gais rahaa jab uu aapan 14th bachchaa, Gauhara Begum, ke janam dewat rahii. Iske bane ke 1632 me suruu karaa gais rahaa, aur ii 1648 me ban ke taiyaar hoe gais rahaa, jab ki bagal ke imaarat aur bagichaa paanch saal baad ban ke khalaa bhais rahaa.

Des ke imperial court jon Shah Jahan ke dukh ke likhis rahaa, Mumtaz Mahal ke maut ke baad dekhae hae ke prem kahani ke kaaran ii mahal banaa rahaa. Uu time ke itihasik, Muhammad Amin Qazvini, Abdul Hamid Lahori aur Muhammad Saleh Kamboh ke anusaar, Shah Jahan ii rakam ke pyaar ke aur koi ke nai dekhais rahaa jab Mumtaz jindi rahii. Mumtaz ke maut ke baad, Shah Jahan ek haftaa talak aapap rajya ke kaam se duur rahaa. aur dui saal talak sangeet aur achchhaa kaprraa se duu rahaa. Shah Jahan, Agra ke south bagal ke jamiin ke like karat rahaa, jisme Raja Jai Singh I ke ek banglaa rahaa. Shah Jahan ii jagah ke Mumtaz ke tomb ke khaatir chunis rahaa, aur iske badle me uu ek barraa mahal Rajah Singh ke diis rahaa.

Architecture aur design

Taj Mahal Indo-Islamic aur Mughal architecture ke design ke incoporate kare hae. ii imaarat ke inspiration Timurid aur Mughal imaarat jisme Gur-e Amir Samarkand (the tomb of Timur me, progenitor of the Mughal dynasty) aur Humayun's Tomb Delhi me jon Charbagh gardens aur hasht-behesht plan of the site ke inspire karis rahaa. Building complex symmetrical constructions jisme dher shapes aur chinh hae ke kaam me laae hae. Jab mausoleum ujjar marble se banaa hae, inlaid with semi-precious stones, laal sandstone ke duusra imaarat me kaam me laawa gais hae jon uu time ke Mughal imaarat ke rakam hae. Ii puura complex ek platform ke uppar hae jiske lambaai 300 metres (980 ft) aur uunchaai 8.7 metres (28.5 ft) hae, Yamuna naddi ke kinare. Ii platform ke dher rakam ke dark aur light colored sandstone se banaawa gais hae.