فقد بدأت الهند لتوها احتفالات تستمر ستة أشهر بمرور 350 عاما على بناء الضريح الرخامى الابيض الذى أقامه الإمبراطور المغولى شاه جهان الذى مزقه الحزن تخليدا لذكرى زوجته ممتاز محل. وأستكمل الصرح فى عام 1654
ويقع تاج محل فى بلدة أجرا القديمة على مسافة 200 كيلومتر جنوب شرقى العاصمة نيودلهي.
وتروى الاسطورة أن ممتاز محل إستولت على قلب شاه جهان عندما كانت فى الخامسة عشر من عمرها فى إحتفال عندما أبلغته وهى إبنة أحد النبلاء أن قطعة حلى رخيصة من الزجاج اللامع هى جوهرة ثمينة ثمنها عشرة الاف روبية وكان ذلك مبلغا هائلا فى تلك الأيام. ويبدو أنها كانت تشاكسه مشيرة إلى إنه حتى هو لا يقدر على ثمنها غير أن الأمير أعطاها المال وقلبه. وعندما ماتت وهى تلد طفلها الرابع عشر حزن الإمبراطور حزنا شديدا وتردد أن شعره شاب بين عشية وضحاها.
وعلى مدى 22 عاما حشد 20 ألف عامل لتشييد هذا المبنى الرائع الذى يضم قبة جميلة واربع منارات وجدرانا من الرخام المزينة بالاحجار الكريمة وشبه الكريمة.
وتمضى الاسطورة إلى أن شاه جهان أمر بقطع يد البناة وكف بصر المصممين حتى لا يقيموا مثله قط.
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Taj Mahal is memorial for one of the greatest and sad love stories . It was a simple
and beautiful story . The best description of Taj Mahal was given by Ghandi as; "This
is not a grave. this is a song of marble".
Taj Mahal is a monument build by the Emperor Shah Jihan. This emperor had a
beautiful, intelligent and a faithful wife called Momtaz Mahal which means the
"Favorite of the Palace"..
When this wife died ,the emperor was so sad. He decided to build this great
monument in her memory . The building was designed by architects from India. Persia
and other Asian countries. The work started in 1632AD ,with 20.000 construction
workers and continued for 22 years. It cost 40 million rubies. It is located on the
located on the southern bank of Jomma River outside the Indian city of Akra. The
base of the building is made of marble 29 meter-wide. It has eight faves made of
white marble. In side, it is decorated with verses from the Holy Quran ,as the emperor
was Muslim. The building materials were brought from all over the Muslim world.
The emperor had planed a Planed a Palace for him self on the other side of the river
and connected with Taj Mahal by a bridge.
Unfortunately the emperor fell sick and there was a struggle over power between his
sons. His son Orngret took over. Killed the other three sons and threw his father in
prison.
The emperor spent the rest of his life in prison looking sadly across the river for the
temple of his past wife reflected by a mirror on pillar from his prison ,till his died in ...