The Taj Mahal: One of The Most Beautiful Architectural Creation of a Love Story

They set stone flowers in the marble.
That by their color, if not their perfume, surpasses real flowers.
---Abu Talib Kalim
If a visit to India is a crown, missing the Taj is as good as missing the crown's finest jewel!


The Taj Mahal is the culmination of architectural achievements of India under the Mughal rule. Arguably the finest piece of architecture in the medieval world, the Taj Mahal is a mausoleum built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan over the tomb of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal. Starting from 1632 it took about 20 years to take shape, in the hands of 20,000 of the known world's finest craftsmen.

The Mughal sovereign had several wives, but Mumtaz Mahal was his favorite and most beloved. His companion and confidant on royal matters, she died while giving birth to a daughter. The bereaved emperor wanted to commemorate their love in the form of a stone architecture that will have no parallel in the whole world. He summoned the best brains from far reaches of his expansive empire and beyond to create the incomparable marvel. The Mughal period had seen the creation of brilliant architectural wonders, the Agra Fort, The Red Fort, The Fatehpur Sikri, to name just a few, but nothing compares to the sublime beauty of the Taj Mahal. Created out of the very best quality marble, the pristine white monument when seen against the backdrop of the moonlit sky seems like dream.



The Taj Mahal was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1983 and named among the new Seven Wonders of the World. The masterpiece attracts close to 30 million visitors annually of which more than 200,000 tourists from abroad. One visit to the monument and the experience haunts you for the rest of your life.



The Taj Mahal is in the city of Agra located just 200 km from Delhi, the capital of India. Situated on the west bank of River Yamuna, Agra was once the flourishing capital of the Muslim rulers of India.

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Commonwealth 2010 games

New Delhi is cherished with pride to host the Commonwealth Games 2010.This time we Indians got a chance to organize Commonwealth 2010 games. We are extremely cherished with the joy that we won the bid for organizing Commonwealth games and it will held in the capital city of Delhi. Commonwealth games involves a group of best nations and also there best athletes. This types of games are organized to make mutual understanding more stronger between nations. The Commonwealth gives opportunity to create an atmosphere of economic co-operation between member nations, as well as the promotion of democracy, human rights, and good governance in those nations. India`s various culture which is a mixture of traditional and modern will definately make games special.

The common wealth is a multi sport event held every 4 years. It is the biggest sports events to ever be held in the country. In Commonwealth games you can see sports activities like Aquatics, Athletics, Archery, Badminton, Bowls, Boxing, Cycling, Gymnastics, Hockey, Netball, Rugby 7s, Shooting, Squash, Table Tennis, Tennis, Wrestling , Weightlifting are all meant to bring the countries together to strengthen the relationships. The Commonwealth 2010 games held in India between 3rd October to 14th October 2010. The opening ceremony is scheduled to take place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi. New Delhi is preparing itself for commonwealth games by planning to improve its urban infrastructure as well as its sporting facilities.

Hosting sports events like this brings business opportunity and also feels prestigious achievement resulting in opportunities for economic profit, global media exposure and also urban regeneration. The total budget estimated for hosting the Commonwealth 2010 games is US$ 1.6 billion and the amount excludes non sports related infrastructure development in the city like roads, airports and other structures. This makes the 2010 Commonwealth Games as the most expensive Commonwealth Games ever.

As in the words of Indian sports minister Suresh Kalmadi, "The colour, costumes, the traditions and heritage will be world class, the public will be welcoming and friendly and the flair of India is what will make the next Games really unique."

By keeping in mind to show world best Commonwealth 2010 games, New Delhi is working very hard to achieve its following goals :

1) Stimulate economic growth and development.
2) Improve city infrastructure.
3) Efforts to make Delhi ‘world-class’.
4) Improving transport system.
5) New Stadiums and renovation of existing stadiums.
6) Increase in roads and flyovers.

7) Increase in a number of hotels.

8) Asiad Village, and much more.

In the upcoming commonwealth games 71 nations will be host teams in 17 sports. The list of countries is given below: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda,Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada, Cayman Islands, Cook Islands,Cyprus, Dominica, England, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guernsey,Guyana, India, Isle of Man, Jamaica, Jersey, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Montserrat, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nigeria, Niue, Northern Ireland, Norfolk Island , Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Saint Helena, Saint Kittsand Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Scotland, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tokelau , Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda ,Vanuatu, Wales, Zambia.

Venues for Commonwealth Games are : Venues should be located near the Games Village at an average distance of 10-15 km which can be travelled easily.All these venues along with the Games Village are to be inter-connected with each other by high quality roads and metro rail network.

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium : Here Opening and Closing ceremony will be held.This stadium will host athletics, lawn bowls and weightlifting events in the coming Commonwealth Games.

Indira Gandhi Stadium : This stadium is to be used for Cycling, Archery,Gymnastics and Wrestling events of the Commonwealth Games.

Dhyan Chand National Stadium : Hockey.

Siri Fort Sports Complex : Squash and badminton.

Talkatora Indoor Stadium : Boxing.

Tyagraja Sports Complex : Host netball event for 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Yamuna Sports Complex : Host Table Tennis for 2010 Commonwealth Games.

Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range : Shooting

Delhi University Sports Complex : Rugby 7s

R.K. Khanna Tennis complex : Tennis

Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukharjee Swimming Complex : Aquatics

The time table for commonwealth games is given below :- OP - Opening Ceremonies and CL - Closing Ceremonies

Date	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ceremonies	OP	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	CL
Aquatics	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Archery	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Athletics	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Boxing	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	R	.	.	.
Badminton	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Cycling	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Gymnastics	.	.	.	.	R	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Hockey	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Lawn Bowls	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Netball	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Rugby Seven	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Shooting	.	T	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Squash	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Table Tennis	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Tennis	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Weightlifting	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
Wrestling	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.

In recent years sports events become more important among youths as well as old, They came forward to take parts to give full support to their nation team and encourage them to win. Today`s people become more enthu for such type of activity. The people also gave support to other nation teams which helps other nation to come closer in bringing nations strength. Sports attracts a large number of tourists to host city, which gave arose in investment and also boost tourism. The prospects of international travelers and tourists who will come to India during the period is already keeping India tourism and hospitality industry at its higher. Commonwealth Games 2010 are also being seen as a good opportunity for promoting India Tours among international tourists. India travel agents made special tour packages relating to Commonwealth Games 2010. The 2010 Games also presents an opportunity for India to showcase itself as a sporting and cultural nation and economic power. We think commonwealth Delhi surely makes history towards its success.