Taj Mahal, Agra

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I-Taj Mahal, umfanekiso wezakhiwo zeMughal, ime ngokuqaqambileyo emaphethelweni omlambo iYamuna e-Agra, e-India. Iqeshwe ngo-1632 nguMphakathi uShah Jahan ngenjongo yokukhumbula umkakhe omthandayo uMumtaz Mahal, le ndawo ye-UNESCO yeMvelaphi yeHlabathi idume ngombala wayo omhlophe omhle, umsebenzi ophambili wokufaka, kunye needome ezimangalisayo. Ubuhle obungapheliyo beTaj Mahal, ngakumbi ekukhanyeni nasekupheleni kosuku, buhamba nabavakashi abaninzi bevela kwihlabathi liphela, benza ukuba ibe uphawu lwemfihlakalo nothando.

Njengoko usondela kwiTaj Mahal ngenkqubo enkulu, umfanekiso wombala wayo omhlophe oqaqambileyo kunye noyilo olulinganayo alupheli kumangaliso. I-Taj Mahal ayisiyiyo nje i-mausoleum kodwa ikompleks eyakha i-mosque, indlu yabavakashi, kunye neengadi ezinkulu zeMughal. Abavakashi bahlala bejolisa kwiinkcukacha zomsebenzi, bejolisa kwiingadi eziluhlaza, kwaye bejolisa kumfanekiso womboniso kwiimpompo ezinde.

Ngaphandle kweTaj Mahal, i-Agra inikezela ngezinye iimpahla zomlando ezifana ne-Agra Fort, i-fortress enkulu ye-red sandstone eyayisebenza njengendawo yokuhlala yeempumlo zeMughal. I-Fatehpur Sikri, enye ye-UNESCO, kunye ne-Itimad-ud-Daulah’s Tomb, eqhelekileyo ibizwa ngokuba yi-“Baby Taj,” nazo zifanele ukuvakashelwa. Ngembali yayo ecebileyo, iimangaliswa zokwakha, kunye nesiko elinempilo, i-Agra yindawo efunekayo yokuvakasha kuyo nayiphi na umphakathi ophanda i-India.