TAJ MAHAL OTHER BUILDINGS
Shown here are all the other side buildings that surround the Taj Mahal. I could have put them all on a page, but I thought the Taj Mahal deserved its own page showing the cruelty and abuse of the poor. :P
Even without the Taj Mahal, some of these buildings were
impressive, but they just get dwarfed by the impression of the Taj Mahal. I
guess that was the idea. With the beauty of the front courtyard and the garden,
this is definitely a place to bring your date/wife. Well, lets just say that if
you brought your date here, by the end of the trip, you're leaving married. You
have been forewarned! :)
First off, lets look at the towers. There were four towers, one on each
corner of the Taj Mahal monument. No idea on the significance of the towers, but
she probably asked for it. Better safe than sorry. Last thing you want is your
wife pissed off at you for all eternity. Not sure which tower this is, but they
were all the same.
Another shot of the towers, but this one from the stairways up to the main
monument. I thought the contrast was really neat. Took a while to find a moment
when the other viewers weren't pushing their way up and down those stairs. A
note about the stairs, there were no seams between the steps. It seemed that
that whole thing was made from one piece of marble. Really cool!
Here I tried to take a picture during the day with the sun behind me. Didn't
turn out too well. I guess the sunshine reflects well off the tower walls.
Still a neat pic.
There are two building adjacent to the Taj Mahal. Both are identical and facing the
Taj Mahal from each side. This build is the one on the left of the Taj Mahal.
It's the mosque. We weren't allowed in the mosque though. My dad is already
tired from the walk and heat. Poor guy has arthritis and isn't as much into the
history as I was. And I'm sure he missed my mom. I missed her too. :( Quick,
change the subject...
This is the other half of the twin buildings. This one was to the right of
the Taj Mahal, and served as the guest quarters. Gawd, could you imagine your
partner building a hotel next to your grave so people could come and visit?
Isn't that the weirdest, sickest thing you've heard of? Then again, there may be
a very valid reason that I'm single again. :)