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A collection of images about Origins and architecture of the Taj Mahal.

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Decoration

Floral carving on red sandstone at the Mosque.
(CC) Photo: Bo Jayatilaka


Floral carving on red sandstone at the Mosque.
Comparable carving on white marble at the Mausoleum demonstrating the colour and carving hiearchy and the relative importance of the two buildings.
(CC) Photo: Rita Willaert


Comparable carving on white marble at the Mausoleum demonstrating the colour and carving hiearchy and the relative importance of the two buildings.
Panel detail of the Mausoeum
(CC) Photo: Rita Willaert


Panel detail of the Mausoeum
Spandrel parchin kari work on one of the pishtaqs
(CC) Photo: Greg Younger


Spandrel parchin kari work on one of the pishtaqs
Strong geometric designs play a role throughout the complex furthering the Islamic tradition, here seen on the mausoleum's dado
(CC) Photo: Jane Ellen


Strong geometric designs play a role throughout the complex furthering the Islamic tradition, here seen on the mausoleum's dado
Scale of dado
(CC) Photo: Jane Ellen


Scale of dado
Inlaid Calligraphic inscription of the Koran at the Mausoleum
(CC) Photo: skipthebudgie.org
Inlaid Calligraphic inscription of the Koran at the Mausoleum

Parchin kari

Precious and semi-precious stones set into marble to create floral designs in the Mausoleum
(CC) Photo: Rachel Hendrick
Precious and semi-precious stones set into marble to create floral designs in the Mausoleum

Domes


Mausoleum


Jawab and Mosque

View inside the Jawab.
(CC) Photo: Mark Biggar
View inside the Jawab.


Great Gate


Garden

Southern galleries of the garden.
(CC) Photo: Anne Guillaume


Southern galleries of the garden.

Great Gate


Jilaukhana

Bazaar in the Jilaukhana street, showing the cusped arches and column capitals typically of Shah Jahani architecture.
(CC) Photo: David Yerga


Bazaar in the Jilaukhana street, showing the cusped arches and column capitals typically of Shah Jahani architecture.


Mausoleum


Minaret


Moonlight garden



Outside the walls


Painting


Towers


Waterworks


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