Taj Mahal

February 04, 2024

Taj Mahal: What is the 'Urs' conducted at the monument all about?

Rituals like 'chadar posh,' 'kul,' 'gusul' and 'sandal' are conducted as part of the 'Urs' and a 1,880 metres-long bedsheet aka 'chadar,' is offered on the final day.

November 10, 2023
Alappuzha’s Taj Mahal gets defaced by National Highway expansion

The decade-old monument for fallen heroes was built on the model of the Taj Mahal.
December 20, 2022
Taj Mahal served water, property tax notices

The notices were issued for the financial years 2021-22 and 2022-23, and the ASI has been asked to pay up within the next 15 days.
December 05, 2022
Not here to reopen history: SC junks PIL to remove 'wrong' historical facts on Taj Mahal

The top court was hearing a plea filed by Surjit Singh Yadav seeking direction to the Centre to remove the alleged wrong historical facts related to the construction of the Taj Mahal from history books and textbooks.
May 18, 2022
Little-known facts about Taj Mahal - A symbol of love and ultimate power

A fable describes how Shah Jahan cut off the hands of the architect Ustad Ahmad Lahori so that he couldn’t create another masterpiece like the Taj ever again. But historians have never found any proof of this incident ever taking place.
September 22, 2021
Know the India around Taj Mahal

So on your next trip to Agra, be sure to go beyond the obvious and check out a few other must-see places.
March 05, 2021
Agra's gem: Baby Taj and Itmad-ud-Daulah's tomb

Many tourists after visiting the Taj Mahal also searches for the Itmad-ud-Daulah’s Tomb. Jahangir’s wife Noorjahan built in the loving memory of her father Itimad-ud-Daulah.

Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal: What is the 'Urs' conducted at the monument all about?

Alappuzha’s Taj Mahal gets defaced by National Highway expansion

Taj Mahal served water, property tax notices

Not here to reopen history: SC junks PIL to remove 'wrong' historical facts on Taj Mahal

Little-known facts about Taj Mahal - A symbol of love and ultimate power

Know the India around Taj Mahal

Agra's gem: Baby Taj and Itmad-ud-Daulah's tomb

Bomb scare at Taj Mahal following hoax call, caller detained

Have you visited the Jeypore Rainforests yet?

Spurt in COVID-19 cases as Taj Mahal reopens after 188 days