Close-up Taj Mahal

It's impossible to catch the mistic atmosphere of the Taj Mahal in a camera. Pictures seem always sooo flat...but I tried my best and here you have a more detailed portrait of my visit to the Taj.

In Agra there's the Taj everywhere: from the rooftop of your restaurant you see it, from the fort, from the river, it seems to be the sentinel of the city.

But there are other really nice views than the Taj from the postcards

THE POSTCARD TAJ (Viewed from the front. If you want to make a video of the Taj, which now a days is difficult to controll though, security personel is there to make sure you only show it from this perspective)

 THE POSTCARD TAJ

 

 THE TAJ FROM THE FORT

 THE TAJ FROM THE CITY

(taking a capuccino in one of the nice rooftop cafés)

THE TAJ FROM THE SIDE

(with the morning light the white marble gives it a pale rose colour)  

curved shadows in the niches 

 

 The white marble is finely ornated with precious 

stones inlays and the voult with the islamic diamont-shaped motif "tree of life"

This must have cost a fortune!

 "Tree of life"

Watermirror of the Tag

 

 floor  with geometric islamic design

the David's star was also a motif 

in islamic architecture 

 

 stone inlay work in the side mosque building

 

 THE TAJ FROM BEHIND

(Unofficial view of the Taj from the river)