The mosque and the guest house in the Taj Mahal complex are built of red sandstone in contrast to the marble tomb in the centre. Both the buildings have a large platform over the terrace at their front. Both the mosque and the guest house are the identical structures. They have an oblong massive prayer hall consist of three vaulted bays arranged in a row with central dominant portal. The frame of the portal arches and the spandrels are veneered in white marble.
The spandrels are filled with flowery arabesques of stone intarsia and the arches bordered with rope molding. Criterion i : Taj Mahal represents the finest architectural and artistic achievement through perfect harmony and excellent craftsmanship in a whole range of Indo-Islamic sepulchral architecture. It is a masterpiece of architectural style in conception, treatment and execution and has unique aesthetic qualities in balance, symmetry and harmonious blending of various elements.
Integrity is maintained in the intactness of tomb, mosque, guest house, main gate and the whole Taj Mahal complex. The physical fabric is in good condition and structural stability, nature of foundation, verticality of the minarets and other constructional aspects of Taj Mahal have been studied and continue to be monitored. To control the impact of deterioration due for atmospheric pollutants, an air control monitoring station is installed to constantly monitor air quality and control decay factors as they arise.
To ensure the protection of the setting, the adequate management and enforcement of regulations in the extended buffer zone is needed. In addition, future development for tourist facilities will need to ensure that the functional and visual integrity of the property is maintained, particularly in the relationship with the Agra Fort. The tomb, mosque, guest house, main gate and the overall Taj Mahal complex have maintained the conditions of authenticity at the time of inscription.
Although an important amount of repairs and conservation works have been carried out right from the British period in India these have not compromised to the original qualities of the buildings.
Future conservation work will need to follow guidelines that ensure that qualities such as form and design continue to be preserved. The management of Taj Mahal complex is carried out by the Archaeological Survey of India and the legal protection of the monument and the control over the regulated area around the monument is through the various legislative and regulatory frameworks that have been established, including the Ancient Monument and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act and Rules Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Amendment and Validation ; which is adequate to the overall administration of the property and buffer areas.
Additional supplementary laws ensure the protection of the property in terms of development in the surroundings. An area of 10, sq km around the Taj Mahal is defined to protect the monument from pollution. The fund provided by the federal government is adequate for the buffer areas. The fund provided by the federal government is adequate for the overall conservation, preservation and maintenance of the complex to supervise activities at the site under the guidance of the Superintending Archaeologist of the Agra Circle.
The implementation of an Integrated Management plan is necessary to ensure that the property maintains the existing conditions, particularly in the light of significant pressures derived from visitation that will need to be adequately managed. The Management plan should also prescribe adequate guidelines for proposed infrastructure development and establish a comprehensive Public Use plan.
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Media If a media asset is downloadable, a download button appears in the corner of the media viewer. Internally, as it is a mosque in use, it is equipped with the necessary to the practice of Islam: The wall of the bottom is endowed with a Mihrab, which is a kind of niche on a human scale surmounted by a semicircular vault.
The Imam the officiant stands in this place which symbolizes the most sacred point of the mosque. By comparison, in a church it is the choir, a place where the faithful do not surrender. The mosque also contains the Minbar platform from which the priest delivers a speech. The Taj Mahal Minbar is on the right side of the Mihrab. The floor covering in the mosque is made of prayer rug, there are in total places.
The interior is as decorated as the exterior, there are many verses of the Koran which are inscribed on the walls, in incrustation. The mosque also has a small stone room of 5. Finally, the basin in front of the mosque, between it and the mausoleum, is used for preliminary ablutions to prayer. The Mihman Khana, known as the guest house, is the second building on the terrace and east of the mausoleum.
Very close to the mosque, it differs in small details. It is devoid of Mihrab and Minbar, and the floor is made of simple slabs of red sandstone. Moreover, she does not have this small room that welcomed the remains of Mumtaz Mahal, as on the mosque. But she has the same basin for ablutions, although in her case it is only decorative. The interior is only a large room without walls of separation. The guest house is pretty well preserved. The Mihman Khana, also known as "Naqqar Khana" or "Jawab" was originally used as a rest home for guests on the anniversaries of the death of Mumtaz Mahal.
It also served as a gathering place for those who came to pray in the mosque or directly on the deceased's tomb. For those who are still wondering, know that the guest house can not be converted into a mosque because the building is turned from the east, while in India, the mosques must be turned to the west.
But since the builders wanted perfect symmetry, they had to choose to have only one real mosque.
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