The Taj Mahal History and general information

The Taj Mahal is considered the most beautiful creation of Muslim architecture in India. The great mausoleum was the fifth Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his beloved wife, the Persian princess Arjuman Bano Begum, who also was called Mumtaz Mahal built. She had a great influence on his life and died in his politics and in 1631 at the birth of the fourteenth child at the age of 39. On her deathbed she wished with her husband, a tomb, as the world has seen before ever.

In response, the Mughal emperor built the Taj Mahal, which has sprung out of a fairytale or a dream scheint.Der correct name of the Taj Mahal not delivered. Translated, the name Crown Palace or crown of the palace and it is assumed that as the princess was also called. The Taj was built in time from 1631 to about 1648th Although the exact year of completion is not known to show different sources earlier years, 2004 in Agra has been officially carried out by the state government of Uttar Pradesh, the 350 year anniversary. Due to severe environmental pollution has started to slightly yellow color of the marble to accept what all since the beginning of 2007 car and bus traffic was banned within a radius of two kilometers. Tourists are now with horse-drawn carriages and battery-powered vehicles to the Taj Mahal gebracht.Etwa 20,000 workers were contracted to build the Taj Mahal, on a 100 x 100-foot platform that was like the Taj Mahal, built of marble. Even the Taj Mahal itself consists of a very large part of marble. The central dome is 57 meters high. The material for the construction was brought from all over Asia with over 1,000 elephants to Agra on the Yamuna River.

In the marble are 28 different types of precious and semi-precious stones such as jade, lapis lazuli, sapphires and diamonds, have been inserted, and almost every surface was decorated in some way. The Taj Mahal is completely surrounded by a wall and on the sides there is a mosque, a guesthouse, opposite the Taj Mahal, the entrance building. In front of the Taj Mahal is a large garden with a small lake in the broader, reflecting the white marble. The Taj Mahal is still a great symbol of love and passion.

Golden Temple in India

The Golden Temple, also Darbar Sahib, the court of the Lord, is situated in a lake almost square with a side length of about 130 m. Around the lake runs a marble and a path nearly 30 m long bridge connects the marble temple with the west bank. According to legend, the lake called Amrit Sarovar (Lake of the nectar of immortality) healing powers have to clean which is why to this day many pilgrims at the bathing steps of the east bank.

The main entrance of the temple is located on the north side next to the clock tower. Just after you cross the entrance, we see the Golden Temple and the lake in the sunshine glitzern.Golden Temple One has the opportunity to walk around like the pilgrims in a clockwise direction on the wide marble path (Parikrama) around the lake. First to get it past the beaches and the many shrines, the 68 important holy places of India represent. To the east is the direction outside of the actual temple complex in the Industrial building offering sleep problems and are treated, where every day thousands of pilgrims with food. If one goes on the road by the lake, can be reached on the south bank of the shrine in honor of Baba Deep Singh, who lost his life in 1758 in the fight against Ahmad Shah Durani. On the west side of a marble bridge leads to the Golden Temple.

Directly opposite is the second holiest building, the Akal Takht. Every day in the early morning, the Holy Book of Sikhs (Guru Granth Sahib), a collection of over 3,000 hymns in honor of the one God of Akal Takht in a solemn ceremony at Har Mandir and placed back in the evening carried. The Akal Takht has already been built in 1609 by Guru Har Govind, but in the 18th and 19 Century changed significantly. The storming of the Akal Takht by Indian troops in 1984 destroyed the building in part. Meanwhile, it was entered with the help of donations for the most part again hergestellt.SikhismMan the Hari Mandir, the holiest temple of the Sikhs, a 60 m long marble bar. The building is up on the ground floor with copper plates are engraved with texts from the Holy Book. Bay window and relaxing the pavilion rather compact appearance of the temple on. At the core of the holy book of Sikhs is kept. At the east entrance of the temple reciting a pilgrim sing. Also on the first floor you can see how the Sikhs of the Akhand Path, the ritual, the continuous recitation from the Holy Book perform.

The pilgrims offer flowers and money in the vicinity of the book and can read aloud for a donation from this document. A professional reader takes two full days to recite the book completely.