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The Taj Mahal
x" x" x"
$120.00
Now $90.00!

This amazing sculpture incorperates a tiny light. When lit, it brings this magical scene to life. This piece is stunning.

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“The Taj Mahal”

Your Luminiart illuminated sculpture was modeled after the ethereal Taj Mahal, whose beauty is matched only by the romantic story that inspired its construction. Located in Agra, India, it was commissioned by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, who ruled from 1628 to 1658, in homage to his Persian wife whom he called Mumtaz Mahal or “Crown of the Palace”. Many believe that the name “Taj Mahal” is a shorter variant of “Mumtaz Mahal”. The queen accompanied Shah Jahan everywhere, even on military campaigns. It was on one of these campaigns that she died in 1631, shortly after giving birth to her 14th child. Her dying wish to her husband was that he should “build a tomb in her memory such as the world had never seen.” Shah Jahan fulfilled her wish.


The Taj Mahal was constructed of materials from all over Asia. White marble was brought from Rajasthan, jasper from Punjab, and jade and crystal from China. The turquoise was from Tibet and the lapis lazuli from Afghanistan, while the sapphire came from Sri Lanka and the carnelian from Arabia. Twenty-eight types of precious and semi-precious stones were inlaid into the white marble. More than 1,000 elephants and 20,000 laborers, including sculptors, calligraphers, inlayers, and stonecutters were involved in the construction, which took twenty-three years to complete. The total cost was about forty million rupees, at a time when one gram of gold was sold for 1.3 rupees.



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Shah Jahan was deposed by his son Aurangzeb. He spent the last years of his life under house arrest in the Agra Fort, gazing across the Yamuna River at the beautiful tomb he had built for his beloved, waiting for the day they could unite. After his death in 1666, he was laid to rest beside her.

The Taj Mahal has been described by the poet Sir Edwin Arnold, as "Not a piece of architecture, as other buildings are, but the proud passions of an emperor's love wrought in living stones." We invite your imagination to travel to Agra, India to feel the aura of eternal love.

 

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