Origins and architecture of the Taj Mahal/Gallery

Decoration

(CC) Photo: Bo Jayatilaka

Floral carving on red sandstone at the Mosque.

(CC) Photo: Rita Willaert

Comparable carving on white marble at the Mausoleum demonstrating the colour and carving hierarchy and the relative importance of the two buildings.

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Panel detail of the Mausoleum

(CC) Photo: Greg Younger

Spandrel parchin kari work on one of the pishtaqs

(CC) Photo: Jane Ellen

Strong geometric designs play a role throughout the complex furthering the Islamic tradition, here seen on the mausoleum's dado

(CC) Photo: Jane Ellen

Scale of dado

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Inlaid Calligraphic inscription of the Qur'an at the Mausoleum

(CC) Photo: Rachel Hendrick

Precious and semi-precious stones set into marble to create floral designs in the Mausoleum

(CC) Photo: Mark Biggar

View inside the Jawab.

(CC) Photo: Anne Guillaume

Southern galleries of the garden.

(CC) Photo: David Yerga

Bazaar in the Jilaukhana street, showing the cusped arches and column capitals typically of Shah Jahani architecture.