The trouble with the Taj Mahal is that it has become so overlaid with accumulated meanings as to be almost impossible to see. A billion chocolate-box images and tourist guidebooks order us to ...

Emperor Shah Jahan, the fifth of the Great Mughals, was devoted to his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal (the Jewel of the Palace). In 1631 ... It took Shah Jahan 22 years to construct the Taj Mahal and ...

The love story behind the Taj: In 1628, Shah Jahan became ruler of the Mughal Empire. His favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal (which means “chosen one of the palace”), was his loyal travel companion.

The claim: An Indian MP and some right-wing groups claim that the iconic Taj Mahal is a Hindu temple ... monument was originally a Hindu temple and palace built by a Rajput ruler.

Six months after the death of his wife, he laid the foundation for her memorial across the Jamuna River near his palace in Agra... the jewel of India, the far-famed Taj Mahal. Pearly pink at dawn ...

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Photograph: Reuters “Ratan Tata stood like a rock for three days outside the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Colaba as security forces carried out an operation against Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists ...

Its name means "Mirror of the Sky," and it was used by the Nizams as a guest palace for royal and aristocratic visitors. In fact, it is leased by the city's royal family to Taj with the ...

it is as though American politics have circled back to that July six decades ago when Steel sat in the rafters at the Cow Palace. Steel shares the prevailing mood among delegates in Milwaukee that ...

This 200-year-old palace was converted to a hotel in 1953 and has been repeatedly enlarged and revamped. Much of the original charm remains, though it is not nearly as charming as the exceptional ...