The Tajmohol
It has been
over three hundred years since Emperor Shah Jahan of Delhi built the Tajmohol
as a tomb for his wife in Agra. Architecturally, it is still one of the most
beautiful buildings in the world.
The building is made of fine white marble
with inlays of coloured marble. It has eight eight sides and many open arches.
It rests in a platform or terrace of red sandstone. Four slender white towers
rise from the corners of the terrace.
There is a large dome above the center of
the building. Around the large dome there are four smallers domes. Just inside
the outer walls, there is a open corridor from which visitors can look through
carved marble screens into a central room.
The bodies of Shah Jahan and his wife Mumtaz Begum lie in two grave below this room. The Tajmohol is surrounded by a beautiful garden and there is a long pool stretches out in front of the building.
One can see the beauty of the Taj Mohol in its reflection in the pool
water. Visitors come to see this wonderful building at different times of the
since it assumes a different look at different times. Most people like it best
on moonlit nights.