Interesting Facts

Interesting facts and truths about Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal is one of the Seven Wonders of the World, the wonder monument in Agra (Uttar Pradesh), India.

Taj Mahal was built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in the loving memory of his Beautiful wife Mumtaz Mahal (Arjumand Bano Begum).

The English meaning of Taj Mahal is “Crown of the Palace” and Shah Jahan used to call Mumtaz Mahal “Jewel of the Palace”.

Construction of Taj Mahal started in year 1631 and completed in 1653, it took 22 years to build this historical monument. It was built in stages, with the plinth and the tomb taking up roughly 15 years. Building of minarets, mosque, jawab, and gateway took additional 5 years to be completed.

The Architecture of Taj Mahal is Combination of Persian, Islamic and Indian Architecture Style.

The Construction Cost of this Masterpiece Monument was around 320 Million Indian Rupees.

Around 2,000 people worked day and night for 22 years, Ustad Ahmad Lahauri was the architect of Taj Mahal.

Around 1,000 Elephants were employeed for the transportation of construction material.

30 different varieties of precious and semi precious stones were used to make Taj Mahal more beautiful.

99 names of ALLAH can be found as calligraphic inscriptions on the sides of the actual tomb of Mumtaz Mahal.

Passages from Quran have been used as decorative elements throughout the complex.

Many types of marbles used in construction of Taj Mahal and they were brought over from many different states and countries including China, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Arabia.

At the Different time of the day Taj Mahal appears to be in a different color every time. Some people think that changing colors of Taj mahal depicts different moods of Woman.

 In recent times different studies suggest that Taj mahal is sinking in Yamuna River.

India is an ancient country with ancient civilization of arya samaj. Over 1.1billion people live in India, from the deserts of Rajasthan and the blissful beaches of Goa, to the Keralan tea plantations and the metropolitan cities of Mumbai and Kolkata. With such a huge diversity of landscapes, religion and culture, India is a fascinating place to visit. 

Learn a little more about this enormous country with our interesting facts about India:

Indira Ganshi was India’s first and only female Prime Minister.

Mother Teresa first donned her famous saree in 1948; it’s now the uniform for nuns in her order.

Mumbai’s dabbawallahs deliver over 200,000 lunch boxes by bike and train from home to office daily.

The state of Meghalaya, northeast India’s “abode of clouds”, is the wettest inhabited place on earth.

Tea had been growing in India for centuries before the British began its commercial cultivation.

The Himalayas contain nine of the world’s ten highest peaks.

A woman may be forbidden from housework while any colour from the bridal mehndi is on her hands.

India now boasts 400,000 millionaires with a combined net worth nearly US$2.5 billion.

India cuisine may be the oldest continuously prepared cuisine in known human history.

Alcohol consumption is banned in five Indian states; the drinking age varies from 18 to 30 in the others.

In terms of purchasing power, India is the world’s third largest economy.

The jalfrezi has overtaken tikka masala as Britain’s favourite Indian dish.

It is illegal to take India’s currency, the rupee, out of India.

Bollywood is the world’s largest film industry, followed by Nigeria’s Nollywood and Hollywood.

India is the world’s 2^nd largest country by population, and 7^th largest land mass.

Eighty percent of India’s population is Hindu, 13% are Muslim and millions are Sikh, Jain or Christian.

In Indian law, only men can be punished for adultery.

It is claimed that the game of chess originated in India.

In India 23 official languages are spoken, along with over a thousand minor languages and dialects.

In rural Bihar, Nalanda, one of the world’s most ancient universities, are being rebuilt.

Half of the world’s outsourced IT services come from India.

India has an adult literacy rate of around 70%.

India produces a staggering 4700 daily papers in over 300 languages, plus 39,000 journals and weeklies.

Indian Railways is the largest employer on the planet.

White tigers are only found among Indian tigers.

The Bengal Tiger in India’s national animal.