Where is the Taj Mahal?

Mughal emperor Shah Jahan commissioned the Taj Mahal in 1632 as a mausoleum for his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal, who died in 1631. Around 20,000 artisans and labourers worked on it, and the main tomb was finished around 1643, with the wider complex completed about a decade later. The building is made of white Makrana marble inlaid with semi-precious stones, and its colour appears to shift from pink at dawn to white at noon and gold under moonlight. Its four minarets lean very slightly outward so they would fall away from the tomb in an earthquake. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983 and draws millions of visitors each year.