Taj Mahal, Agra, India

Taj Mahal, Agra, India

UNESCO Monument - a Taj Mahal - My father used to show me a photo with me his arms, barely 2 and us standing in front of the Taj Mahal. I would pick out that photo as I was growing up and wished I could see it an at age I would remember. Through the years, the opinions were always mixed. It is the most beautiful monument ever to it has been allowed to decay and no one is taking care of it. As I stepped into the complex and cast my eyes for the first time, I knew there was no building, no place, more perfect than the Taj Mahal. Only at the Taj Mahal, is the word perfect not subjective. It is impossible to find a flaw in the building. The symmetry is mind boggling, the edges are straight, the curves are beautiful and the colors pop on the white marble. All this without a computer to draw or plan. This is the monument of love, but I love it for the sheer engineering marvel that it is. I contemplated the best image to capture my view of it, and to me nothing speaks more than the symmetry I saw in it.

Taj Mahal, Agra, India

Taj Mahal, Agra, India

Taj Mahal, Agra, India

Taj Mahal, Agra, India

Taj Mahal, Agra, India

Mosque, Taj Mahal, Agra, India

Entrance, Taj Mahal, Agra, India

Entrance, Taj Mahal, Agra, India

Taj Mahal, Agra, India

Taj Mahal, Agra, India

Taj Mahal, Agra, India

Taj Mahal, Agra, India

Taj Mahal, Agra, India

Taj Mahal, Agra, India

Depth of the inlay work, macro, Taj Mahal, Agra, India

Depth of the inlay work, macro, Taj Mahal, Agra, India

Taj Mahal, Agra, India

Taj Mahal, Agra, India

View of Taj Mahal from across the Yamuna, Agra Fort, India

Agra fort, Agra, India

UNESCO Monument - Situated quite close to the Taj Mahal, the Agra Fort is one of the most important monumental structures built by the Mughal empire. Though established in Mughal Era, during the time of Akbar, the Agra Fort is a fusion of Persian art of the Timurid and the Indian forms of architecture. This is so because the fort was originally a brick monument known as Badalgarh, held by Raja Badal Singh, a Hindu Shikarwar Rajput King. After the invasion, Sikander Lodi was the first Sultan of Delhi to shift to Agra and live in the fort. The Agra Fort includes a number of monuments like Khas Mahal, Sheesh Mahal, Muhamman Burie(an octagonal Tower), Diwan-e-Khas, Diwan-e-Am, Moti Masjid and Nagina Masjid.

Moat, Agra fort, Agra, India

UNESCO Monument - Situated quite close to the Taj Mahal, the Agra Fort is one of the most important monumental structures built by the Mughal empire. Though established in Mughal Era, during the time of Akbar, the Agra Fort is a fusion of Persian art of the Timurid and the Indian forms of architecture. This is so because the fort was originally a brick monument known as Badalgarh, held by Raja Badal Singh, a Hindu Shikarwar Rajput King. After the invasion, Sikander Lodi was the first Sultan of Delhi to shift to Agra and live in the fort. The Agra Fort includes a number of monuments like Khas Mahal, Sheesh Mahal, Muhamman Burie(an octagonal Tower), Diwan-e-Khas, Diwan-e-Am, Moti Masjid and Nagina Masjid.

Jehangir Palace, Agra fort, Agra, India

UNESCO Monument - Situated quite close to the Taj Mahal, the Agra Fort is one of the most important monumental structures built by the Mughal empire. Though established in Mughal Era, during the time of Akbar, the Agra Fort is a fusion of Persian art of the Timurid and the Indian forms of architecture. This is so because the fort was originally a brick monument known as Badalgarh, held by Raja Badal Singh, a Hindu Shikarwar Rajput King. After the invasion, Sikander Lodi was the first Sultan of Delhi to shift to Agra and live in the fort. The Agra Fort includes a number of monuments like Khas Mahal, Sheesh Mahal, Muhamman Burie(an octagonal Tower), Diwan-e-Khas, Diwan-e-Am, Moti Masjid and Nagina Masjid.