Explore the Taj Mahal

- Explore the Virtual Tour - click here -- 360° Panoramas, Movies, Photos, Narration, Maps, Music and Text -- View areas which are off-limits to the public, including the Taj Mahal's Roof, Minarets & Crypt - - Downloadable Assets for Schools - Integrated Text for Hearing-Impaired visitors -adPicsSetup(); -->
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Downloadable Assets for Schools and non-commercial use
18 Apr 2007 - One of the most beautiful buildings in the world, the Taj Mahal is all set to get a facelift. - HindustanTimes.com
10 Jan 2007 - Gates at India's Taj Mahal Get Facelift ...Archaeologists and conservationists have starting giving the massive gates of the Taj Mahal a facelift to repair weather damage to the majestic 17th-century monument. - WashingtonPost.com
22 Nov 2006 - China's Hu savours Taj Mahal ... Chinese President Hu Jintao put aside his official duties to soak up the beauty of the Taj Mahal - Reuters.com
18 Aug 2006 - Letter Threatens to Blow Up Taj Mahal ... purportedly sent by al-Qaeda supporter - ABC News
In December 1631, the fifth Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan, commenced the construction of one of the greatest monuments of all time, the Taj Mahal. It is a mausoleum built in the memory of his beloved and favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal, fulfilling one of the promises that he made to her as she lay on her deathbed: To erect a monument to match her beauty.
Our online virtual tour enables visitors to interactively explore the "UNESCO World Heritage Site", the Taj Mahal at Agra in India. Visitors may tour 22 different areas of the monument and gardens through 360° panoramas, maps, narrated mini-movies, music and text. A small 360° panorama above a clickable map allows a quick view of any area. Having spotted something of interest, visitors can then click to open a window with a much larger and higher quality 360° panorama, and then zoom in and pan around for a detailed inspection. For example: To view the inlaid semi-precious stones on the Dome itself. At any point, visitors can view narrated mini-movies about the people, architecture, politics and history of the site (also includes full Text for the hearing-impaired).
An easy-to-follow map also ensures that, unlike a real tourist, our virtual visitors can jump around the gardens and monument with a single click. There are even exclusive 360° panoramic views taken from the Roof and in the Crypt of the monument - these areas are completely Off-Limits to the public. All of our panoramas have descriptive narration, music, integrated text for the hearing-impaired, and MS Word files with pictures.

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