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Explore the Taj Mahal online - "WOW, 5-Stars" says SundayTimes_London
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"January 30, 1971: Saturday was THE DAY! We left [New Delhi] for Agra about 8:15, arriving there shortly after 12. Stopped first at the great Akbar's Tomb, then checked into the Clark's Shiraz and had lunch. Dev and our Agra guide picked us up at 2 and we headed for the Red Fort. Winding down the road, we saw the fort, then, to the right the TAJ MAHAL over a mile away. Even at that distance it was breathtakingly beautiful! Although we went into the Fort first I begrudged every moment I could not look at the Taj. The Fort was fascinating, but the Taj…. I could have been there an hour or hours.
"I was so spellbound by its charm. As you enter walking rapidly through the center of the gateway, the Taj seems to recede as if trying to draw you closer. As you walk rapidly out it grows larger and comes toward you as if enticing you to stay. It is too much for my feeble vocabulary. It touches all five senses for you can almost taste the tears of unhappiness which compelled the building of this marvelous mausoleum."
So I felt 34 years ago when we visited the Taj Mahal. It is still the one place I want to revisit on a night of the full moon to watch the play of light across its great dome of pure white marble, which dominates the sky.
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