On Valentine's day, we went on a day-trip from Delhi to Agra, to visit the Taj Mahal complex.
What can I say to comment one of the most famous monuments not only of India, but of the entire world?!
The day we went to the Taj was not by chance, but we chose to go on Valentine's day to celebrate love, the reason why Moghul emperor Shah Jahan had the Taj built in 1632, in honour of his belowed wife, Mumtaz Mahal (whose name in persian means "the pearl of the palace"), who had died giving birth to his fourteenth son.
The Taj is one of the masterpieces of all humanity, spectacularly erected in white marble and carved with precious details of gems and flower decorations. On the portal of the main entrance, made of red sandstone, there are magnificent inscriptions from the Quran. The complex is surrounded by astonishing Moghul gardens, with fountains and canals, that symbolize islamic paradise and a great exhibition of flora, today recreated following Moghul history of gardening.
Other gorgeous buldings of the complex are a mosque, today still in function (that's why the Taj complex is closed to the public on Fridays) on the west side of the Taj and, simmetrically on the east side of the mausoleum, the Jawab (=answer), a palace with similar structure of that of the mosque but with no clear function, maybe only that of architectonycal symmetry.
It's difficult to convey the emotions and the feelings of beeing in front of such a masterpiece of art, so let me conclude with Nobel price Rabindranth Tagore's words about Taj Mahal:
"You know Shah Jahan, life and youth, wealth and glory, they all drift away in the current of time. You strove therefore, to perpetuate only the sorrow of your heart? Let the splendor of diamond, pearl and ruby vanish? Only let this one teardrop, this Taj Mahal, glisten spotlessly bright on the cheek of time, forever and ever."
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