Jul 17, 2018 · Now, reports Gareth Harris at The Art Newspaper, the Supreme Court of India has handed down an ultimatum—“Either you demolish [the Taj Mahal] or you restore it.”

Apr 21, 2018 · Yet again the Taj Mahal — India’s most famous attraction is under attack by some of the members of India’s ruling party — the Bharatiya Janata Party (or BJP).

Oct 19, 2017 · To outsiders, the building is an emblem of India, an impossibly romantic structure that stands alongside Peru’s Machu Picchu and China’s Great Wall as a true wonder of the world.

Oct 28, 2017 · India's most famous monument, the Taj Mahal, is at the center of a bitter controversy stirred up by Hindu nationalists who say the Muslim emperor who built India's …

The Taj Mahal (/ ˌ t ɑː dʒ m ə ˈ h ɑː l, ˌ t ɑː ʒ-/ TAHJ mə-HAHL, TAHZH-⁠; Hindi: [taːdʒ ˈmɛɦ(ɛ)l]; lit. ' Crown of the Palace ') is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the right bank of the river …

Jul 19, 2018 · Globe-trotters say the once-gleaming-snow-white Taj Mahal first turned yellowish over the years, then became brownish in the past two decades and now looks greenish due to …

Nov 15, 2017 · Countering the claim of the Muslim leaders, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad claimed that the Taj Mahal was built after demolishing a Shiva temple on the plea that in the sealed …

Jul 11, 2018 · Describing as a "hopeless cause" the protection of the Taj Mahal, the Supreme Court today tore into the central and Uttar Pradesh governments for what it called their …

All these loose fittings were plundered in the subsequent ages of anarchy, and now only the bare skeleton of the Taj Mahal has remained, without its original paraphernalia.

At the Taj Mahal, the event is marked by the offering of a long “chadar” (shawl) on the final day of the Urs. This practice, which has continued for centuries, is defended by local organisers,...