What is the Taj Mahal?
Monument Made of Light
What is the Taj Mahal?
There's a building in India so beautiful that people gasp when they see it for the first time. It's made of white marble that glows pink at sunrise, golden at sunset, and silver under the moon. It's called the Taj Mahal, and it exists because of a love story — and a promise.
In 1631, an emperor named Shah Jahan ruled a huge empire in India. He had palaces, armies, and mountains of jewels. But the person he loved most was his wife, Mumtaz Mahal. When she died suddenly, he was heartbroken. He decided to build her a tomb so magnificent that the world would never forget her.
