Taj Mahal a mosque
Taj Mahal a mosque
No, the Taj Mahal was never a mosque. In fact, it wasn't built by a Moslem but a Hindu in the 17th century, by Emperor Shah Jahan to house the tomb of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
The mosque and the guest pavilion are the two red buildings on both sides of the Taj Mahal's mausoleum. They are supposed to be totally identical, for a question of symmetry, but in reality, they differ slightly from each other. Both are on the "Chameli Farsh", the name given to the 9m high terrace at the end of the Taj Mahal complex which contains, besides the mausoleum, the mosque and the guest pavilion, two ponds filled with water, between the annex buildings and the main building.

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