Taj Mahal! This tomb was so pretty... I felt like a queen just walking through it! All the marble and inlay work has been so well preserved... who would have thought it was from the 1600's?
It looks brand new.
The romantic love story behind it turns out to be ....not sooo pure? This was for his 3rd wife that died durring child labor and asked him to build it for her... a bigger and better one than the other 2 huge tombs he built for his previous 2 wives (which are actually on the same courtyard!).
So he did, but it was more to outdue his family who was also building these glorious tombs... and he even tried to build an identical one to the Taj Mahal that is black marble, as his own tomb for himself... but his son who wanted to succeed him put him in prison so he was never able to build it. Drama! haha
They made us wear these booties over our shoes... team namaste!
Fun Fact: no matter what face of the taj you are looking at (front, back, side,) it always looks the exact same.
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