Taj Mahal, Agra

Ukuhlaziywa

I-Taj Mahal, isibonelo sokwakhiwa kweMughal, ime ngobuhle obukhulu emaphethelweni omfula i-Yamuna e-Agra, e-India. Yaqalwa ngo-1632 nguMbusi uShah Jahan ngenhloso yokukhumbula umkakhe othandekayo uMumtaz Mahal, le ndawo ye-UNESCO World Heritage idume ngombala wayo omhlophe omuhle, umsebenzi wokuhlobisa ophambili, nezindonga ezinkulu ezinhle. Ubuhle obungaphezu kokujwayelekile be-Taj Mahal, ikakhulukazi ekukhanyeni kwelanga nasekupheleni kosuku, buheha izigidi zabavakashi ezivela emhlabeni jikelele, benza kube uphawu lwothando nobuhle bokwakha.

Njengoba usondela ku-Taj Mahal ngenkanyezi enkulu, ukubona umhlophe wayo ogqamile kanye nomklamo ophumelelayo kuyinto engaphezu kokumangaliswa. I-Taj Mahal akusiyo nje i-mausoleum kodwa iyinkimbinkimbi ehlanganisa i-mosque, indlu yokwamukela izivakashi, nezivande ezinkulu zeMughal. Abavakashi bavame ukuthatha amahora behlola ubuciko obunembile, behamba ezivandeni ezimnandi, futhi bethwebula isithombe sokubonakaliswa kwalesi sikhumbuzo emifuleni emide.

Ngaphandle kwe-Taj Mahal, i-Agra inikeza ezinye izinqolobane zomlando ezifana ne-Agra Fort, isikhumbuzo esikhulu se-red sandstone esisebenza njengendawo yokuhlala kwabambusi beMughal. I-Fatehpur Sikri, enye indawo ye-UNESCO eduze, kanye ne-Itimad-ud-Daulah’s Tomb, evame ukubizwa ngokuthi “i-Baby Taj,” nazo zifanele ukuvakashelwa. Nge-history yayo ecebile, izimangaliso zokwakha, kanye nesiko eliphilayo, i-Agra iyindawo okufanele ivakashelwe nganoma ubani ohamba e-India.