Unlike other monuments, Taj Mahal is thinking about take care of her: there is only with some part in electrical wiring, control at the gate is very thoroughly, but up and polluting factories and foundries around have been closed down to does not change original color of marble more than happened already.
Beyond the story, a few (short) data: chronicles say that, starting from the year 1631,20000 of people, the largest masters in Asia, have been working for 20 years pt raise which has become the most beautiful mausoleum seat, a monument dedicated to love, "a tear on his cheek time" (Rabindranath Tagore). Shah Jahan has been called a famous architect resist the weather, hired a careful "project manager", to laugh at a little bit, and to express in contemporary terms, brought 1,000 elephants using materials which imparted rare and expensive (marble, precious stones, pearlescent etc) from all over Asia.
From the point of control up to the gate of entry into complex, is an alley long enough, as though to tell you extend waiting, on which you, rejoicing, not to feel that it looked as though you heart beats a little faster ... Gate symbolizes entry into paradise, in fact toaa construction is based on the representation of the paradise in Koran, gardens lush, artesian fountain, order, peace, quiet, symmetry.
Pass the gate and all of a sudden I appears in front of his eyes. Yes, there is. He said. Taj Mahal.
Although I have seen him in pictures, although I've seen him in so many documentaries, although I have read so much about it, it's hard for me to describe what I felt at the time he showed up in front of his eyes. A garden divided into 4 equal sections, separated by channels with water, at whose end shown colossal mausoleum. Built of white marble, on a platform (all of the marble staircase), in octagonal, has in the corners 4 jeweled minarets slightly angled, specifically constructed so that it did not trampling over monument in the event of an earthquake.
On the left a mosque, and on the right, a building built just to observe the symmetry so much-desired, it is the guest house. In front platform, is indicated where he was buried Mumtaz Mahal until it has finished construction.
On the outside, wealth models and scrupulousness with which they have been carried out are absolutely impressive. Given the fact that Muslim religion does not allow figures antropomorfe in churches instead of art Arabic and Persian has developed great ways to attract admiration, in whose face bow your head. Sculptures in marble, intarsiile of precious stones brought from overseas are made with exquisite care.
Polished stones were integrated in a model, model which had to be approved by the man in charge of all construction, to keep unitary character, then meanwhile picking at a lower tooth with in-situ daltita all fixed on that one spot for each stone, which was then appropriate, fixed and polished. Because of these precious stones, TajMahal changes, that a woman, color and mood as a function of time and daylight: morning rattle in pink, and at noon in yellowish-white.
On the inside, beyond it which represents the wave-order brides and bears, are behind some gardulete scholar worked, empress grave and, on the side, the only element asymmetrically fortitude, emperor's tomb. The room is f low and must be visited in a great hurry, for this time, we get any tourists behind you. I can't tell you what our boscorodit says that those who had taken care of graves for that at the end we haven't left any penny. Good God, what was on their mouth!! Now, to be truthful, it seems that the one we've seen it are not even mormntele, them, the veela-in fact to the basement of the building, but that doesn't spoil the charm-spot.
In the garden we were all snapped away on Cismigiu that Lady Di was a famous in some photos during an official visits at the beginning of her great prudence, trying all to copy the position, with the photographs for us, there are interested to sell us pictures at the end (managed, otherwise). Again I can't tell you how they came Indian families and we contacted (especially children) to take pictures with us, we saw white blond (literally! ), I was a appearance to them, about how we were going down we make picture of monkey . It reminded me of Taj Mahal, monument extremely visited, they imagine the country as it was going on! They looked at us like aliens!
After a few minutes of a walk in the garden, after I tried to fofilez of group (I wanted very much to go on to the river bank of vis-a-vis and to take photos at sunset), so obviously impossible, here we are gone ... some nostalgic people, some with his soul full, some with the joy of beautiful pictures, others only with the joy that they have marked with a tourist something on the agenda etc. each with the joy and living his own personal, but all happy in our own way ...
at the outlet, does it make sense to tell you all about the many tarebe with craft, magnets, books, STC views, etc? The vast majority of suvenirurilor dependence on marble staircase with intarsii, otherwise there in Agra thousands of craftsmen which carry forward this tradition of work on stone in hundreds of workshops of the family.
On one of these workshops I have visited him after his departure from Taj Mahal, in fact a real small factory, where they showed us how they manufacture all objects of this type (pietra dura), at f small, magnets, cigarette urns, elefantei speed rate and so on, up to small tables, chess sets, vases, enormous prices being large enough, as work.
Last visit of the day was at the Redoubt Agra, also known as the Redoubt red, built in the 18th century 16 and surrounded by more than 2 km of walls and ditches for defense, the place in which it was kept in the police custody shah Jahan to death. Put some shots and from there, I can't describe
"I thought it was interesting that even though they were very many visitors, we were the only ones "Westerners" find out into the room that day at that time.
To this objective we had as a guide a young man as deputy local parliament (the state Uttar Pradesh) State Congress Party led by Sonia Gandhi, the widow of Nora Indirei Gandhi. The night before visiting this objective I was invited by him together with two guides of our group at his birthday anniversary. There I met and a manufacturer of movies from Bollywood, came to Agra for this particular event. I've managed to dramatic telling them that I am a supporter of philosophy epicuriste having regard as the sole life motto "Carpe Diem" (lives moment).
The phase with baroque-legged wedding cake I was shocked by the fact that he cut off Smart pun cake and gave all invitees to eat from him from his hand (like babies). I've seen this habit and in Romania within a community of Gypsies. (Remember? Gypsy = Tiganga = per capita of Gange).
His party, at the moment, she was in opposition. To the governing India is a party of extreme right (nationalist), which they won the elections as a result of daramarii mosques located in a place of her holy hinduistilor.
After the visit to Taj Mahal has followed his visit to the Redoubt Red, dungeon above-mentioned emperor mogul, and the evening we had a Bollywoodian show.
I went to a theater, where he played a staging the story of the love that gave rise Taj Mahalului. More music, more color, more syrup, many tears, anyway there's something very approved by the Europeans.
It was a lovely day. Really beautiful, both literally and figuratively. And if we take into account that it has been and, coincidentally or not, and 8 March, try to tell us about your joy ...
