The four surrounding domes are similar in shape and color but are smaller.
Taj mahal roof inside.
The four minarets framing the monument are leaning slightly outwards are perfectly identical and mirrored to provide an optical.
The lavish lifestyle of the empress is portrayed before you as you pass the antique furniture classic architecture and intricate designs which adorn the walls and the floors.
The roof of the taj mahal is often high on the list of the world s most famous roofs.
Taj mahal made of ivory white marble was built by the mughal emperor shah jahan in the memory of his wife mumtaz who died giving birth to their fourteenth child is located on the banks of the river yamuna in the city of agra.
What s inside the taj mahal.
Quick introduction to the taj mahal.
But between the two there is a large empty space totally invisible.
The interior walls are about 25 metres 82 ft high and are topped by a false interior dome decorated with a sun motif.
There is an outside we see gardens it is he who gives his beautiful proportion to the mausoleum and the other interior we can see that by the ceiling from the main hall of the mausoleum.
Eight pishtaq arches define the space at ground level and as with the exterior each lower pishtaq is crowned by a second pishtaq about midway up the wall.
Taj mahal is a mausoleum built in memory of mumtaz mahal the second wife of emperor shah jahan.
The domed roof of the center octagonal chamber has a lotus design and pattern painted and molded into it.
Mumtaz mahal died during the birth of their fourteenth child in 1631.