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India  -  Part 9

The Taj Mahal is a tomb built by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan for his wife.  We arrived when the sun was low in the western sky and shinning on the building.

Now I can say I've been to the Taj Mahal.  The sun continued to go down and the Taj turned more golden colored.

The front entrance shows the inlaid marble work that is a part of this magnificant building.

We waited on line to go inside to see the tomb.  The sun finally went down over the building next to the Taj Mahal.  Afterwards, we attend a demonstration by descendents of the builders of The Taj (so they said) who explained how  the stones are inlaid in marble.  Then the shopping began.

Another long drive and this one was to Jaipur, also known as the pink city because the buildings are pink.  The city is located in the state of Rajasthan. On the way we saw many camels pulling carts.  We stopped at Fatehpur Sikri, a city built by Mughal Emperor Akbar in the late 1500s.

At one time it was a capital but there was not enough water to sustain it.  The emperor  had three wives, a Hindu, Muslim and Christian.  In the center of the courtyard the stones form a parchesei board.

Workers carry heavy stones and chisel them into decorative shapes for the buildings.

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