SECRETS OF THE TAJ MAHAL

THE FAKE COFFINS

The coffins which are surrounded by a marble screen inside the Taj Mahal are not real. They were built so that it looked beautiful. The real coffins are inside the underground chamber which you can see through a grill as soon as you enter the Taj Mahal. You cannot go and see the real coffins as they are locked. The taller fake coffin is on the left. It is Shahjahan’ s coffin. The shorter one, which is on the right, Is Mumtaz  Mahal’s coffin. These are the fake coffins. There are no pictures of the real coffins as they are kept locked and bolted.

2.THE EIGHT WELLS OF WONDER

The Taj Mahal was built next to the Yamuna River;  it was built on eight wells which had to be full of water . The wells were built when the Taj was first constructed, below the base to keep the marble white .But , there was a problem with building it next to the Yamuna too. If the was Yamuna was flooded, the Taj Mahal would be first to get flooded. But, the clever Mughals had a solution to  this problem as well. The eight wells also prevent the Taj from drowning.

3. THE LEANING TOWERS OF INDIA

The Taj Mahal ‘s towers are slightly slanted back, and if you look carefully at the Taj Mahal, you will see them too. They were built like that so that, in an earthquake, the towers would not fall on top of the Taj, but  backwards. It looks like its leaning forward, but the angle makes it look like that.

The mughals were great architects, weren’t they? .They thought of what could happen  to the building they were \making before it did. No wonder the Taj Mahal is one of the seven wonders of the world.

Think of how much hard work the Mughals had to do build magnificent buildings, such as the Taj Mahal. We should be grateful to them that they only thought of how beautiful it would look and how famous it would become, not that it would deplete the royal treasury and how much work they would have to do!!!