Tajmahal

An immense mausoleum of white marble, built in Agra between 1631 and 1648 by order of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favourite  woman
           , the Taj Mahal is the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the widely admired masterpieces of the world's heritageOutstanding Universal Value   detail synthesis   The Taj Mahal is located on the right bank of the Yamuna River in a vast Mughal garden that encompasses nearly 17 hectares, in the Agra District in Uttar Pradesh. It was built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his  woman
            Mumtaz Mahal with construction starting in 1632 announcement and completed in 1648 announcement, with the synagogue , the guest house and the main gateway on the south, the  external  yard and its  priories were added  latterly and completed in 1653 announcement. The actuality of several  literal and Quaranic eulogies in Arabic script have eased setting the  report of Taj Mahal. For its construction, masons, gravestone-  knives, inlayers, carvers, painters,  copyists,  pate builders and other  crafters were  requested from the  total of the conglomerate and also from the Central Asia and Iran. Ustad- Ahmad Lahori was the main  mastermind of the Taj Mahal.   The Taj Mahal is considered to be the  topmost architectural achievement in the whole range of Indo- Islamic armature. Its recognised architectonic beauty has a  metrical  combination of solids and voids, concave and convex and light shadow;  similar as  bends and  polls further increases the aesthetic aspect. The colour combination of lush  herbage  elude sanguine pathway and blue sky over it show cases the monument in ever changing  tinctures and moods. The relief work in marble and inlay with precious and semi precious  monuments make it a monument  piecemeal.   The oneness of Taj Mahal lies in some truly remarkable  inventions carried out by the horticulture itineraries and engineers of Shah Jahan. One  similar genius planning is the placing of  grave at one end of the quadripartite  theater  rather than in the exact centre, which added rich depth and perspective to the distant view of the monument. It's also, one of the stylish  exemplifications of raised  grave variety. The  grave is further raised on a square platform with the four sides of the octagonal base of the minarets extended beyond the forecourt at the corners. The top of the platform is reached through a side flight of  way  handed in the centre of the southern side. The ground plan of the Taj Mahal is in perfect balance of composition, the octagonal  grave chamber in the centre, encompassed by the portal halls and the four corner apartments. The plan is repeated on the upper  bottom. The  surface of the  grave is square in plan, with grazed corners. The large double fabled domed chamber, which houses the landmarks of Mumtaz Mahal and Shah Jahan, is a perfect octagon in plan. The exquisite octagonal marble chassis screen encircling both landmarks is a piece of superb workmanship. It's  largely polished and  plushly decorated with inlay work. The borders of the frames are inlaid with precious  monuments representing flowers executed with  awful perfection. The  tinges and the  tones of the  monuments used to make the leaves and the flowers appear  nearly real. The marker of Mumtaz Mahal is in perfect centre of the  grave chamber, placed on a blockish platform decorated with inlaid flower factory motifs. The marker of Shah Jahan is lesser than Mumtaz Mahal and installed  further than thirty times  latterly by the side of the  ultimate on its west. The upper landmarks are only illusory and the real graves are in the lower  grave chamber(  vault), a practice  espoused in the  Homeric Mughal  sepultures.   The four free- standing minarets at the corners of the platform added a heretofore unknown dimension to the Mughal armature. The four minarets  give not only a kind of spatial reference to the monument but also give a three dimensional effect to the edifice.   The most  emotional in the Taj Mahal complex coming to the  grave, is the main gate which stands majestically in the centre of the southern wall of the square. The gate is  adjoined on the north front by double hall galleries. The  theater  in front of the galleries is subdivided into four  diggings by two main walk- ways and each  diggings in turn subdivided by the narrowercross-axial walkways, on the Timurid- Persian scheme of the walled in  theater . The  quadrangle walls on the east and west have a  kiosk at the centre.   The Taj Mahal is a perfect symmetrical planned  structure, with an emphasis of bilateral  harmony along a central axis on which the main features are placed. The  structure material used is  slipup- in- lime mortar veneered with red sandstone and marble and inlay work of precious/ semi precious  monuments. The synagogue  and the guest house in the Taj Mahal complex are  erected of red sandstone in  discrepancy to the marble  grave in the centre. Both the  structures have a large platform over the  sundeck at their front. Both the synagogue  and the guest house are the identical structures. They've an oblong massive prayer hall  correspond of three bounded  kudos arranged in a row with central dominant  gate. The frame of the portal  bends and the spandrels are veneered in white marble. The spandrels are filled with flowery arabesques of gravestone intarsia and the  bends  framed with ropemolding.The  grave, synagogue , guest house, main gate and the overall Taj Mahal complex have maintained the conditions of authenticity at the time of necrology. Although an important  quantum of repairs and conservation  workshop have been carried out right from the British period in India these haven't compromised to the original  rates of the  structures. unborn conservation work will need to follow guidelines that  insure that  rates  similar as form and design continue to be  saved.