Taj Mahal
February 26th 2006 We arrived in Agra in the late afternoon for our first visit to the Taj Mahal in the evening. The Taj was built in 1631 by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan for the love of his wife. She died that year giving birth to his 14th child. He was so heartbroken by her death that he had this extravagant structure built in her honor and to act as her tomb. It took over 22 years and more than 20,000 workers to
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