Minarets at the Taj Mahal start to frame the iconic dome. They redefine the figural object of the dome between the void of the perpendicular minarets. The dome of the mausoleum rests firmly in the center of the raised platform. The axes of water define centers in the landscape (image 10).

'Crown of the Palace') is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the right bank of the river Yamuna in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was commissioned in 1631 by the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan (r. 1628–1658) to house the tomb of his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal; it also houses the tomb of Shah Jahan himself.

Feb 3, 2025 · The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum complex in Agra, western Uttar Pradesh state, northern India. It is considered the finest example of Mughal architecture (a blend of Indian, Persian, and Islamic styles). The Taj Mahal is also one of the world’s most iconic monuments, visited by millions of tourists each year.

PRINCIPLES OF SHAHJAHANI ARCHITECTURE AND AS THEY ARE EXPRESSED IN THE TAJ MAHAL: The complex of the Taj Mahal explores the potential of the riverfront garden as both an ideal funerary and a utilitarian worldly construct; it also expresses in canonical form the architectural principles of the period. Rational and strict geometry.

The document describes the Taj Mahal garden in India. It was built in 1631 by emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife. The garden follows the traditional Islamic design of "chahar bagh", divided into four sections with a central raised pool.

The gardens of the Taj Mahal, nowodays. The gardens of the Taj Mahal are four in number because, as indicated above, they form a perfect square divided into four by channels representing the four rivers of Paradise, channels oriented towards the four cardinal points. The square is 300m wide.

At the crossing of the walkways in the centre of the garden is a raised platform (chabutra) of white marble with an ornamental pool (hauz) containing five fountains. Kanbo claimed eulogistically that it held the water of the celestial Kausar, the Propher's river in Paradise, which fills the pool at which believers bench their thirst on arrival.

May 1, 2016 · Here we discuss the planning of the Taj Mahal gardens and their orientation with sunrise/sunset azimuths on solstices.

Purely derived from the concept of Paradise gardens, Taj gardens also depicted the heaven on earth where plenty of fruit trees, flowering and exotic shrubs thrived. This article focuses on the transformation of marvelous gardens of mighty Taj Mahal from being an exotic exhibit of fruit and flower bearing plants to merely a site of green lawns now.

The Taj Mahal was built in Agra, India, between 1632–53, by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan as a monument to his late wife, Mumtaz Mahal, and a mausoleum for his own body. Its gleaming white...