Iimpawu zamehlo ezibonakalayo kuyo yonke indawo

Abayili bezakhiwo kunye neengcibi zeTaj Mahal babeziingcungcu zokulinganisa kunye namaqhinga esiso. Xa uqala ukuya esangweni eliphambili elixhoma iTaj, umzekelo, ilitye lesikhumbuzo libonakala lisondele kakhulu kwaye likhulu. Kodwa njengoko usondela, iyancipha ngobukhulu-ngokuchanekileyo ngokuchasene noko ubulindele. Kwaye nangona ii-minarets ezijikeleze ingcwaba zikhangeleka zimile ngokugqibeleleyo, iitora ngokwenyani zixhomekeke ngaphandle, ezisebenza zombini ifom kunye nomsebenzi: ukongeza ekunikezeleni ngebhalansi yobuhle, Iintsika ziya kuwa kude ne-crypt ephambili kwintlekele efana nenyikima.

Eyona ntsomi idumileyo isenokuba ibubuxoki

Ngokomxholo owaziwayo, u-Shah Jahan wayefuna ngamandla ukuba i-mausoleum ibe yinto ebalaseleyo engenakulinganiswa. Ukuqinisekisa ukuba akukho mntu unokuphinda abuyeke ubuhle bukaTaj Mahal, u-Shah Jahan ucinge ukuba uzinqumle izandla kwaye wagquma amehlo amagcisa kunye neengcibi. Ngaphandle kokuxhaphaka kwale ntsomi yoyikekayo, ababhali-mbali abafumananga bungqina bokuxhasa eli bali-nangona liyenza ibe nkulu idrama yentlekele yothando.

Zombini ii-cenotaphs zingenanto

Ngaphakathi eTaj Mahal, ii-cenotaphs ezihlonipha uMumtaz Mahal kunye no-Shah Jahan zifakwe kwigumbi elinamacala asibhozo ahonjiswe ngalo ilitye elinzima (inlay ngamatye anqabileyo) kunye nesikrini se-marble lattice. Kodwa amatye ezikhumbuzo amnandi enzelwe umboniso: I-sarcophagi yokwenyani ikwigumbi elithe cwaka ngezantsi, kwinqanaba legadi.

Ngu (phantse) ngokulinganayo

I-Taj Mahal yeyona nto iphambili yoyilo lukaMughal, eyakhiwe ngolungelelwaniso olungagungqiyo ngokweemfundiso zesimbo sexesha. I-Minarets ikwindawo yengcwaba, kwaye ichibi eliphakathi libonisa esona sakhiwo siphambili. Izitiya-ukubonakaliswa komhlaba kweparadesi-zahlulwe zangama-quadrants, kwaye izakhiwo ezingamawele ezibomvu zelitye lentlabathi (i-mosque ejonge empuma kunye nendlu yeendwendwe ejonge ngasentshona) zinika isakhiwo semangcwaba ukuvumelana okuhle. Kukho, nangona kunjalo, inye kuphela. I-cenotaph ka-Shah Jahan ibekwe ngokukodwa kwintshona ye-axis esembindini, ilahla ulingano. Ukubekwa okungaqhelekanga kukhokelele abaninzi ukuba bakholelwe ukuba akazange afune ukungcwatywa apho kwaphela.

I-Taj ifumana ubuso rhoqo

Ubudala kunye nongcoliseko luthathe ityala kwi-fajade emhlophe emenyezelayo emhlophe e-Taj Mahal, ethe yajika yabamdaka ngombala omthubi-buphuthu phantsi kweemeko zesotyhu Ngamaxesha athile, isikhumbuzo sinikwa usuku lwe-spa. Ngokukodwa, ubuso be-mudpack bubizwa multiani mitti . Iresiphi yesiko esetyenziswa ngabafazi baseIndiya ukubuyisela ukukhanya iyasetyenziswa, emva koko ihlanjwe ngeebrashi, emva koko amabala eTaj anyamalala, kwaye ukukhanya kwawo kubuya.

Itshintsha umbala imini yonke

Enye yezinto ezikhokelela eTaj Mahal kukutshintsha kwayo rhoqo. Ukususela ekuzeni kokusa ukuya ngorhatya, ilanga liyayiguqula le mausoleum. Ingabonakala ngathi ingumbala we-grey kunye nepinki emthubi ekuphumeni kwelanga, emhlophe emhlophe emini emaqanda, kunye ne-orenji-bronze xa ilanga litshona. Ngokuhlwa, iTaj inokubonakala iluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Amatikiti akhethekileyo athengiswa ngokubonwa yenyanga kunye nokusithwa kwelanga yinyanga.

Okwesibini, i-marble emnyama iTaj Mahal yayicwangcisiwe

Uyakhumbula ukubekwa ngokungacacanga kwecenotaph ka-Shah Jahan? I-lore yendawo ithi u-Shah Jahan wayefuna ukwakha umfanekiso wesithunzi ngaphesheya koMlambo iYamuna-efanayo, kodwa ejongene neTaj Mahal eqingqwe kwimabhile emnyama-apho wayeza kufakwa khona. Kwathiwa ulwakhiwo lume emva kokuba uShahan Jahan esuswe ngunyana wakhe (ngokuhlekisayo, umntwana kaMumtaz Mahal) kwaye wavalelwa eAgra Fort ekufuphi. Abanye ababhali-mbali balichithile eli bali njengentsomi, nabo.

Yayingumfuziselo wamandla njengoko yayinjalo nothando

Iiakhawunti zibonise ukuba, njengenkokeli, u-Shah Jahan wayenoburhalarhume ngakumbi kunothando. Kuwo wonke umbutho wokuzinikela kunye nokuzimisela, iTaj ikwangumthombo wepropaganda. Ulungelelwaniso oluntsonkothileyo lwalinganisa amandla apheleleyo-ukugqibelela kobunkokheli bukaMughal. Kwaye ubukhulu bayo obukhulu kunye nokugqithisa (i-crystal, lapis lazuli, makrana marble, turquoise) yazisa kuphela uzuko kulawulo luka-Shah Jahan.