From the time immemorial, from when civilization started to establish; human being has always been fascinated to perform and create something miraculous and those antiquities have equally been appreciated if the product was so called wonderful.
Through different phases and in different circumstances, humankind has made many monuments and antiquities, which are beyond imagination and not everybody’s cup of tea. Extreme passion, zeal, enthusiasm enabled many rulers and territories build something which were much more beyond the very context of the purpose of their creation.
No wonder, we have huge numbers of wonderful monuments, architectures, places in our world, created in various ages; some ruined, some are leftovers and some are as they are as they were at the time of creation. The lists of wonders have been categorized in various categories with respect to the times of creation, with respect to the nature of the creation and with respect to the circumstances in which they were created.
The earliest list of wonders included statue of Zeus at Olympia, temple of Artemis, hanging gardens of Babylon, great pyramid of Gaza, Colossus of Rhodes, Lighthouse of Alexandria etc. in the middle ages, there were various architectural beautiful wonders like Great walls of China, Porcelain tower, leaning tower of Pisa, Colosseum were recognized as wonders during their time. There have been no official declarations as such, but they were widely approved as wonders by all and sundry. Greatest monuments like The Taj Mahal, Qutub Minar, Red Fort, Victoria Memorial, Ajanta and Ellora Caves are no less if the architecture is taken into consideration; but some how they had not made an entry to the real list of wonders.
The best monument from our nation is undoubtedly our very own Taj Mahal. It has always been extremely appreciated for its architectural beauty, one of the most visited places, and symbolized love, peace and dedication in a very great way. Its impact is so deep that often Taj Mahal is considered synonymous with the whole nation of India.
In the recent times, several wonderful creations like Panama canal, delta works, golden gate bridge, empire state building, Channel tunnel, Eifel tower, Machu Pichu, Bali, the Acropolis, Angkor, Timbuktu, Statue of Liberty, Sydney Opera house etc and lot many others. However, a very first of its kind of voting was cast through internet, mobile media taking the votes of millions of people world, a NGO company from Lisbon compiled some participant list, and with the result of final votes, they declared, “New 7 wonders of the world”. It is of paramount pride and happiness to reveal the fact that Taj Mahal has been voted as one of the seven modern wonders and received maximum no. of votes, which is even more satisfying for the citizens of nation; as it has its due lately for the wonderful creation as it is.
Let us discuss some awesome individual entities, which constitute this great wonder and slightly discuss its history of creation.
For starters
The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum complex established on the southern bank of the river Yamuna just outside the city of Agra, in Uttar Pradesh state. Mughal emperor Shah Jahan built it in the memory of his loving wife Mumtaz Mahal died 1631. The work for the very complex begun around that time by his ever-loving husband emperor and it took a marathon 22 years of time to build!
The complex was set up inside a large garden of Mughals called as Charbagh. Crenellated sandstone walls on its three sides surround this wonder. These are used as music houses or museums as of now. The entrance is built of marbles in typical mughal architecture, which was very rich in design and used kiosks in huge numbers on the roofs. However, the focus of the entire setup of various antiquities is the main wan or the main white marble made tomb. It is made up of pure white marbles inlaid by precious stones. It also is home to the burial of the woman for whom this whole building was dedicated, the wife of Shah Zahan. The base of the tomb is cubical shape and having chamfered edges. The most exciting part of the tomb is it is completely symmetrical from all the four sides, which is even more intriguing.
It is not only the tomb or the base or even the symmetry of the lookup, some other most attractive elements are its dome, finial and minarets. It has the shape of an onion, placed above are kiosks, and crowned by awesome finial. This is a wonderful mixture of Hindu and Persian cultural work and architecture. At each corner, there are minarets of 40 meters of height, only to enhance the punching symmetrical beauty.
The exterior segment is carved out wonderfully depicting plant motifs, calligraphy and some sorts of geometric descriptions.
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