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Thursday, May 29, 2025
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.
The decade-old monument for fallen heroes was built on the model of the Taj Mahal.
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.
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.
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.
So on your next trip to Agra, be sure to go beyond the obvious and check out a few other must-see places.
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.
There are over 40 rare species of animals, 320 rare species of wild birds which are becoming extinct and more than 150 rare species of snakes.
The Supreme Court some years ago had asked the ASI to develop 80 acres of reclaimed land as a green buffer to insulate the Taj Mahal from air pollution.
River activists here have demanded urgent steps to save the Yamuna, which is slowly dying due to pollution and lack of water.
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