Agra: the most beautiful monument to love in the world
The Taj Mahal was built by Shah Jahan to mourn the death of his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal. In the man's own words:
Should guilty seek asylum here,
Like one pardoned, he becomes free from sin.
Should a sinner make his way to this mansion,
All his past sins are to be washed away.
The sight of this mansion creates sorrowing sighs;
And the sun and the moon shed tears from their eyes.
In this world this edifice has been made;
To display thereby the creator's glory.
