Images of India (11) - The Taj Mahal (i)
September 27th 2011 03:19
Taj Mahal : Entrance - The darwaze-i-rauza
Taj Mahal : Entrance - The darwaze-i-rauza
Taj Mahal : Entrance - The darwaze-i-rauza
This is the original entrance to the Taj Mahal: The Darwaze-i-rauza.
It is a detached gateway.
The gateway is three stories high, and on either side there are several rooms and halls. The central arch is surrounded by an elaborate frame, with set in marble, and containing the Daybreak Sura (Sura-al-Fajr) taken from the Quran. The panels of the frame are built so that those at the top are in larger writing (and proportionally downwards), so that when viewed from the ground, the script looks uniform in size.
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