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    The Taj Mahal is a white marble mausoleum located on the Yamuna River in Agra, India. It was commissioned by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan between 1632-1653 as a tomb for his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The mausoleum sits in the center of a large complex that includes gardens, a mosque, and guest house and took over 20,000 workers to complete. It is considered one of the finest examples of Mughal architecture and a symbol of India's rich history.

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    The Taj Mahal is a white marble mausoleum located on the Yamuna River in Agra, India. It was commissioned by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan between 1632-1653 as a tomb for his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The mausoleum sits in the center of a large complex that includes gardens, a mosque, and guest house and took over 20,000 workers to complete. It is considered one of the finest examples of Mughal architecture and a symbol of India's rich history.

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    The Taj Mahal is a white marble mausoleum located on the Yamuna River in Agra, India. It was commissioned by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan between 1632-1653 as a tomb for his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The mausoleum sits in the center of a large complex that includes gardens, a mosque, and guest house and took over 20,000 workers to complete. It is considered one of the finest examples of Mughal architecture and a symbol of India's rich history.

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    The Taj Mahal is a white marble mausoleum located on the Yamuna River in Agra, India. It was commissioned by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan between 1632-1653 as a tomb for his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The mausoleum sits in the center of a large complex that includes gardens, a mosque, and guest house and took over 20,000 workers to complete. It is considered one of the finest examples of Mughal architecture and a symbol of India's rich history.

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    The Taj Mahal (/td mhl/, more often /t/;[3] meaning Crown of the Palace[4]) is an

    ivory-white marble mausoleum on the south bank of the Yamuna river in the Indian city
    of Agra. It was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan (reigned 1628
    1658), to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The tomb is the centrepiece of
    a 17-hectare (42-acre)[5]complex, which includes a mosque and a guest house, and is set in
    formal gardens bounded on three sides by a crenellated wall.
    Construction of the mausoleum was essentially completed in 1643 but work continued on
    other phases of the project for another 10 years. The Taj Mahal complex is believed to have
    been completed in its entirety in 1653 at a cost estimated at the time to be around
    32 million rupees, which in 2015 would be approximately 52.8 billion rupees
    (US$827 million). The construction project employed some 20,000 artisans under the
    guidance of a board of architects led by the court architect to the emperor, Ustad Ahmad
    Lahauri.
    The Taj Mahal was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983 for being
    "thejewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the
    world's heritage". Described by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore as "the tear-drop on the
    cheek of time", it is regarded by many as the best example of Mughal architecture and a
    symbol of India's rich history. The Taj Mahal attracts 78 million visitors a year. In 2007, it
    was declared a winner of the New7Wonders of the World (20002007) initiative.

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