Side view of the Taj
The red sandstone entrance to the Taj has verses from the Korean inscribed on it with the four minarets, its vaulted arches, the inlaid semi-precious stones are leading to the central dome of the Taj. Below the dome are the cenotaphs of Mumtaz Majal and Shah Jahan. Far below in locked basement , hidden from human eye, lie the king and queen in their actual tombs, united in death.