The Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal was built under the patronage of Shah Jahan in the loving memory of his wife.The 1983 UNESCO inscription praises the Taj Mahal as 'A Masterpiece of Human Creative Genius'.Built in the 17th Century, The Taj Mahal is one of the best-known landmarks of Mughal architecture.

Situated in Agra,India

A Short Poem on Taj Mahal

Said the king all broken-hearted

For his loved and loving wife,

"Since God willed that we should be parted

By the woe of human life,

Lest the world should e'er forget her

This good wife so dear to me,

In a fair tomb I will set her,

So that she remembered be."

And  the King all-broken hearted

Sought for workmen full of skill

Who would raise of her,departed

A fair bomb, with the brain and will.

And the built it white and shining,

Flawless, matchless in its grace,

While the king in sorrow pining,

Saw it raised in its place.

Saw it through has bitter grieving

Never less but ever new,

For no comfort e'er receiving 

In his sorrow aged he grew;

Till his eyes grown dim with weeping,

Closed for ever on this life,

And they laid him there fast sleeping

By his loved and loving wife.

But the Taj, the tale still telling

Stands in Agra city great,

White and Shinning, all excelling

In its beauty and its state