The trouble with the Taj Mahal is that it has become so overlaid with accumulated meanings as to be almost impossible to see. A billion chocolate-box images and tourist guidebooks order us to ...

the jewel of India, the far-famed Taj Mahal. Pearly pink at dawn and opalescent by moonlight, Mumtaz Mahal's tomb is so delicately ethereal that it threatens to disappear during Agra's white-heat ...

The Taj Mahal has been controversially excluded from an Uttar Pradesh tourism booklet. The booklet, issued by the tourism department, was not intended to be a promotional brochure, but the ...

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Fresh off the boat, passengers from the famous nine-month cruise around the world, spill the tea about fancy food, great and ...

The claim: An Indian MP and some right-wing groups claim that the iconic Taj Mahal is a Hindu temple. Vinay Katiyar from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) recently asked the government to ...

Passengers visited over 60 countries. Now they must figure out what to do with almost a year’s worth of tchotchkes.

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It's the perfect place to pick up some belated holiday gifts. Bangkok makes an excellent ... First of all, tourists flock to the Taj Mahal the way children scurry to the Christmas tree.

Plain and simple: This is the reason you come to Agra. The Taj Mahal is a majestic tomb built in the Mughal style, which combines Indian, Islamic and Persian architectural principles. Visitors ...