The Taj Mahal by Adam Boyle

My experience at the Taj Mahal was PHENOMENAL! It just took my breath away. My mouth literally dropped when I only saw half of it. The size of it really surprised me because once you see it; you take into account, the labour and craftsmanship used in making it. The inside of the Taj Mahal contains just a bunch of circular rooms, with the center room being a burial place. These rooms are filled with gems carved into the white marble walls. The craftsmen used jade, onyx, and fire stone which is the most spectacular gem used. Fire stone is light red in colour and when you shine a light on the stone it looks it looks like it is on fire. When the moonlight shines in, the room is supposed to be so exquisite.



The Taj Mahal is in Agra, India (about 1,200 km from Mombai) and is one of the most symmetrical buildings ever built. The building is so symmetrical that when the coffin of the dead emperor was placed to the left of the Empress’, the whole entire symmetry of the building was thrown off. The Taj Mahal was built by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan to commemorate his favourite wife Mumtaz Mahal, who died giving birth to their 14th child. In 1631, the construction of the Taj began and 20,000 artisans were recruited to build the project, which was finished in 1648. Around 8 years before the emperor died, he was imprisoned by one of his sons. He died in jail, called the Red Fort, as an old man in 1666.