The Taj Mahal is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the south bank of the Yamuna river in the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan, to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
Address: Dharmapuri, Forest Colony, Tajganj, Agra, Uttar Pradesh 282001
Height: 73 m
Inscription: 1983 (7th Session)
Visitors: 7–8 million (in 2014)
Architectural style: Mughal architecture
Architects: Ustad Ahmad Lahouri, Ustad Isa