Learn why is it wonder???

            Hey pals, you all know taj mahal as a world wonder,now its worlds first wonder. but have you ever wondered, why it’s a wonder??? If yes, your answer would be “because it is the symbol of love” by Shah Jahan to his wife Mumtaz Mahal. YOU ARE WRONG... I will tell you, why you are wrong? now, let me tell you about history of taj mahal.             The Taj Mahal is a world wonder located in Agra, India. It was built under Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.             The Taj Mahal (also "the Taj") is considered the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements from Persian, Turkish, Indian, and Islamic architectural styles. In 1983, the Taj Mahal became a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was cited as "the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage."             While the white domed marble and tile mausoleum is most familiar, Taj Mahal is an integrated symmetric complex of structures that was completed around 1648. Ustad Ahmad Lahauri is generally considered to be the principal designer of the Taj Mahal and he was the man behind the scene...             His plan was to build it exactly, where the water would be available through out the year.He chosed bank of yamuna for it... Do you know why???             Every material which is in the same state of temprature never fails easily (ie:fractures). This is the reason... The complete sub-structure (foundation) of taj mahal is rested on river bank so that the foundation is always wet and will be in the same temprature...             For example: take any fruit keep in freezer for a hour, the next hour take it out put the fruit inside boiling water.. repeat this procedure the fruit will decay in few hours... but try keeping it inside freezer, you can use it after a month too... the same procedure is applied here...             wooden logs (bamboo: it has a good tensile strength) are used as the footing which give a better grip towords river soil than concrete.. And huge rocks (good compresive strength) were craverd from different parts of asia which is five times bigger than the size of taj mahal were used as foundation rocks plastered with lime concrete,egg and fly ashs.. on top of which the taj mahal was built... so that the whole sub structure was wet and super structure was warm...             The plinth and tomb took roughly 12 years to complete. The remaining parts of the complex took an additional 10 years and were completed in order of minarets, mosque and jawab and gateway. over 1,000 elephants were used to transport building materials during the construction. The translucent white marble was brought from Rajasthan, the jasper from Punjab, jade and crystal from China.             This is why it took 22 years to build a wonder...and it is called as wonder because infrastructure of taj mahal can withstand any natural disaster (earthquake). It has stood 360 years without a single air crack on the walls of it...And the beauty of taj mahal is it refelects the whole image in the river yamuna when you look from a distanse.             The total cost of construction has been estimated to be about 32 million Rupees at that time which now runs into trillions of Dollars if converted to present currency rates.             But the planner and design engineer of taj mahal was killed on the completion of the project. Because Shah Jahan wanted only one taj mahal...

HATS OFF TO THE DESIGNER...