Thunderstorms this week caused minor damage to the Taj Mahal - a portion of the marble railing on the raised platform fell on to the sandstone floor below it. Sad, sad news - hope it gets restored soon :(
Talking about the damage to the Taj Mahal, here& #39;s a photo of American soldiers from the 1940s inscribing their name on the finial of the Taj Mahal
If you take a closer look at the domes of the Taj Mahal, you might notice there are many hooks on them. These hooks were put on the Taj to put a green canopy over it so that during air raids, bombers won& #39;t notice the Taj Mahal& #39;s shining domes and won& #39;t bomb them. #WWII #TajMahal
If you take a closer look at the domes of the Taj Mahal, you might notice there are many hooks on them. These hooks were put on the Taj to put a green canopy over it so that during air raids, bombers won& #39;t notice the Taj Mahal& #39;s shining domes and won& #39;t bomb them. #WWII #TajMahal
If you take a closer look at the domes of the Taj Mahal, you might notice there are many hooks on them. These hooks were put on the Taj to put a green canopy over it so that during air raids, bombers won& #39;t notice the Taj Mahal& #39;s shining domes and won& #39;t bomb them. #WWII #TajMahal
Here& #39;s something I learnt from a professor of mine: There was a full moon during the 1965 war and the fear was that the #TajMahal& #39;s glow during the full moon could be used by enemy aircrafts as coordinates for the Agra airbase. Hence a slightly thicker netting was used.
wow this blew up. While we& #39;re still lat it, the belief that Shah Jahan cut off the hands or thumbs of his architects and builders is a lie. The Red Fort was also planned by the same architect, Ustad Ahmed Lahori.

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Interestingly, there are three buildings in Agra which people call #TajMahal

- The original Taj Mahal
- The Tomb of I& #39;timad-ud-Daulah (Chhota Taj or Baby Taj)- this one makes me cringe tbh
- Hessing& #39;s Tomb (Lal Taj or Red Taj Mahal)
Interestingly, there are three buildings in Agra which people call #TajMahal - The original Taj Mahal- The Tomb of I& #39;timad-ud-Daulah (Chhota Taj or Baby Taj)- this one makes me cringe tbh- Hessing& #39;s Tomb (Lal Taj or Red Taj Mahal)
Interestingly, there are three buildings in Agra which people call #TajMahal - The original Taj Mahal- The Tomb of I& #39;timad-ud-Daulah (Chhota Taj or Baby Taj)- this one makes me cringe tbh- Hessing& #39;s Tomb (Lal Taj or Red Taj Mahal)
Interestingly, there are three buildings in Agra which people call #TajMahal - The original Taj Mahal- The Tomb of I& #39;timad-ud-Daulah (Chhota Taj or Baby Taj)- this one makes me cringe tbh- Hessing& #39;s Tomb (Lal Taj or Red Taj Mahal)
The very name #TajMahal is what the British gave it. If you look at the Mughal records, you& #39;d find the building mostly being referred to as the Rauza or the Makbara of Mumtaz Mahal. However, the name & #39;Taj Mahal& #39; itself is a corruption of the name Mumtaz Mahal.
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