The Taj Mahal is one of the most emblematic monuments of India, but it inspires admiration throughout the world. The monument in question, which is a complex of buildings each more spectacular, is nothing but a monument to love, a mausoleum of memories so that the best love story of Emperor Sha Jahan could never be forgotten.
Love at first sight
- They say that it was in 1607 when the heir to the Mongol empire, Sha Jahan, fell in love at first sight with a young vendor in a market. Due to her condition, they did not allow him to approach the young woman again, but forced him to marry another woman of royal blood. But since the law allowed him to have several wives, Sha Jahan maintained his illusion of being able to start a true love story with that girl from the market.
- And of course he did. The crush had to wait five years, which was the time that passed until Sha Jahan was able to see the woman of his dreams again from him. And he did not have time to make her his second wife and “the chosen one of the palace”, such was the name adopted by the young woman who had already become the emperor’s wife. Thus, Sha Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal formed an extensive and adorable family that was noted for the couple’s mutual admiration.
- But sometimes, the best love stories, those stories that shouldn’t have an ending because they are so happy, are interrupted without heartbreak intervening, but misfortune. After 19 years of love, Mumtaz Mahal died giving birth to one of her many children. But before she died, she still had time to leave her husband with the precise instructions to maintain his eternal love for her.
Remember love
- On her deathbed, Mumatz Mahal asked her husband to build her a beautiful resting place and to visit her every year on the anniversary of her death. For the rest, it seems that her recommendation was that the emperor be happy. But the emperor could not be happy after the death of his wife, whom he loved with all his soul. And he began the construction of the most beautiful place in the world worthy of the most beloved woman.
- The construction of the Taj Mahal not only cost the emperor many years and money, but also his title. One of his sons took his place and decided to keep him locked up since his only thought was to honor and remember his deceased wife. Even in his confinement, Sha Jahan continued to keep his heart faithful to his beloved, because thanks to a mirror he could contemplate the grave of his wife every day. Theta Mahal.
- It is undoubtedly a sad but beautiful love story. The emperor’s wishes, which were to remember his love for all eternity, have been more than fulfilled and thus the Taj Mahal remains one of the most beautiful and impressive monuments in the world. Like a monument to love.