Actress Ananya Panday had a“Wah Taj” moment as she soaked in the breathtaking beauty of the Taj Mahal in Agra.Ananya took ...

Kartik Aaryan is in Agra, shooting for his romantic drama Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri alongside Ananya Panday. His ...

Beyond the courtroom, the debate took a political turn in 2014 when Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan argued that since the Taj Mahal housed the tombs of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal, it should fall ...

In 1631, Shah Jahan ordered that the Taj Mahal be built to house the tomb of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal. “She was the second queen of the emperor,” Jain notes.

The Taj Mahal was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in the 17th century in loving memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal. UNESCO also declared the monument as a World Heritage Site.

Built from between 1632 and 1647 by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, the Taj Mahal was dedicated to Jahan’s favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who died during childbirth.

Local lore says that Shah Jahan wanted to construct a shadow image across the Yamuna River—an identical, but opposite Taj Mahal hewn from black marble—where he would be entombed.

Legend has it that Mumtaz Mahal died in childbirth in 1631 and while on her deathbed she made her husband vow to build her the world's most beautiful tomb. Shah Jahan aimed to deliver, beginning ...

Taj Mahal is ranked #1 out of 5 things to do in Agra. See pictures and our review of Taj Mahal.