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Interesting facts about Taj Mahal - the symbol of Love

New Delhi: India has a rich past of royal kings, emperors, sagas of romance, chivalry, valor, inevitable deceit and much more. And with such a royal past, India is also rich in cultural heritage.Many splendid

India TV News Desk India TV News Desk Updated on: December 29, 2014 11:38 IST

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Over 1,000 elephants were used to transport building materials during the construction of the Taj Mahal.

This beautiful building changes its color at different times of the day, with a pinkish hue in the morning, milky white in the evening and golden at night when lit by the moon.

It is believed that these changing colors of the Taj Mahal depicts the changing mood of a woman.

There has been a popular myth about the construction of Taj Mahal that Emperor Shah Jahan chopped off the hands of all the laborers involved in its construction so that no such structure could be built again.

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