After the beloved wife of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan died at the age of 38, he built the Taj Mahal in her honor. Emperor Shah Jahan ruled from 1628 to 1658. He married Mumtaz Mahal in 1612. Mahal ...

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The three-day events offer a once-a-year opportunity to visit the graves of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal.

Free public entry will be permitted at the Taj Mahal for three days from January 15 to 17 on the occasion of the 371st Urs (death anniversary) of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, officials said on Monday.

Standing 73 metres tall on the bank of the Yamuna River, the Taj Mahal is one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, and a monument recognised across the globe. Still, seeing it up close offers a very ...

People visit the Taj Mahal shrouded in dense fog on a cold winter morning, in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. Dense fog covered most of north India on Saturday morning. A thick layer of fog combined with the ...

A little over 60 years ago, Purushottam Nagesh Oak slept and dreamt. He woke up and claimed that the Taj Mahal in Agra was actually a Hindu palace going back all the way to 4th century. Friends of Mr.

LUCKNOW, India — India’s famed monument of love, the white marble Taj Mahal, is finding itself at the heart of a political storm, with some members of the country’s ruling Hindu right-wing party ...