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| Loved these lights in the hotel foyer |
First sight of the Taj Mahal made us gasp in wonder. It's so big and imposing. So white and glowing. The pride of India and one of the seven wonders of the world. A monument to the love Shah Jahan had for his wife.
It took 17 years to build from pure white marble, and the toil of 20,000 men, to house the remains of his beloved wife. For the rest of his life he could gaze at the beautiful building as he remembered her.
Security is strict as you can imagine. My notebook was confiscated and I was told it would be thrown away in spite of all my pleading. That was on the way in. Luckily our guide managed to get it back on our way out...
I took the pictures of beautiful examples of inlaid white and black marble at the marble workshop we visited, not at the Taj Mahal.
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