By Emily Schmall and Karan Deep Singh AGRA: From a rickety fishing boat on the Yamuna River, Sumit Chaurasia points out how the setting tangerine sun catches the sparkle of the mother-of-pearl embedded in the Taj Mahal, India’s majestic monument to love. For a decade, Mr. Chaurasia, 35, has madeContinue Reading
New DelhI: Controversial BJP parliamentarian Vinay Katiyar on Monday said that the iconic Taj Mahal is a monument built by Hindus and will be converted into ‘Tej Mandir’ (temple). Speaking on the upcoming ‘Taj Mahotsav’ being held in Agra, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said that a time willContinue Reading
By KAI SCHULTZ New Delhi: For the first time ever, the Taj Mahal, India’s monument to eternal love, is getting a serious cleaning. For more than 350 years, monsoon rains in Agra, the bustling city where the monument sits, were enough to wash dirt off the structure’s walls. But pollutionContinue Reading
By: Rita Joseph The Taj Mahal is back in focus and this time for all the right reasons. Propelling the iconic 17th century monument back into news is the resurrected Indian film of the silent cinema era Shiraz. The classic made in 1928 by Bombay Talkies founder Himansu Rai is a fictitiousContinue Reading
New Delhi: People cutting across party lines have condemned the attack on a Swiss couple near Agra in Uttar Pradesh state. A group of men chased and attacked the couple with sticks and stones in Fatehpur Sikri near Agra on October 22, a day after they visited the Taj Mahal.Continue Reading
New Delhi: Amid several theories and claims about the ‘Taj Mahal’, the 17th century Mughal monument, the Centre has now said that there is no solid evidence to prove that the historical ‘monument of love’ was a Hindu temple. While replying to a query about the evidence claiming that theContinue Reading
New Delhi – The Centre’s bid to allay apprehensions of facing harassment has fallen flat on its face, with authorities in Agra attempting to prevent entry of a group of students of Handique Girls’ College to the Taj Mahal, levelling them as foreigners. A group of 29 history students fromContinue Reading