taj mahal

january 06-early morning- taken with lubitel-

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MARTYr Photo says:

The more I look at this, the less I believe it's actually a photograph. It's incredible.
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peterbaker says:

Yup, pretty amazing.
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100hundar says:

This is great. Endless perspective and the reflection(!!)
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

paolabergman says:

I love this picture!
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carolina_assuncao says:

It's beautiful!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

nathan_saksena says:

Honestly the best photo of Taj Mahal I have ever seen. Exquisite!!
Nitin, Sydney
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Masahiro Makino says:

classic!!!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Shubh1980 says:

wow! my question though is how early did you mean by early? I recently went to see the taj and was there at 8:30 and the crowd was large already!!
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esmuz says:

no words...
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La tartine gourmande says:

Splendid shot!
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suesue2 says:

Dreamy and beautiful !

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munna-shiv nagar says:

Great 1 !!!!!!!
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Sabine says:

Excellent composition & I love the colors!
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cjcam says:

Wow, fantastic shot!
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一碗水 says:

Beauuutiful
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Bob۞Who says:

Awesome. Mythic. Austere. Worth the use of film.

An auspicious depiction worthy a Rajah.

Well done!

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Sinsong says:

wow....magical photo.

i thought it is a painting at first.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

LucaPicciau says:

Perfect centrality!
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miemo says:

dreamy...
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MikArt says:

phana-minal !
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peter.ca says:

Great shot !

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Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

juanmiguel [deleted] says:

Great.!!!!
Have a nice day.: )
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

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Awesome capture! Worth getting up early!!

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L~A~U~R~A!! says:

wow great shot, I really like this one.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

_minette says:

Wow. Dreamy.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

stevestreet says:

Classic shot that works well with the cross processing.

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Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

aumbody images says:

Stunning view and reflections!!! A gorgeous shot!!

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Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Cryptiabydagmar says:

I think this is the best shot I have ever seen of the Taj Mahal!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Tman2396 says:

Excellent! I love the Taj!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

marklea.com says:

Dreamlike quality, excellent work.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

jon madison says:

i've seen many shots of the taj mahal

this is among the best.

you rocked it

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cinemafia says:

Amazing...again, seems more real/imagined than any photo...
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

leahbeatle says:

Wow. How did you manage it? I've rarely seen the place this empty, and never when it was open for tourists- most publicity shots and postcards even seem to be taken while they closed it and cleared it out for special events. I mean, I can see that there are a couple of people there, but they totally vanish if you aren't looking for them. It's an absolutely lovely shot, just stunning, of one of my favorite places. Excellent job.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

under one sky says:

dang amla, you're an overnight flickr rock star sensation. congrats. i didn't know you were talking about this photo.

it's almost unbelievable how gorgeous it is.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

mateusz_macheta says:

omg. it's so unrealistic. but i love it. great photo.
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Kristin Dillard says:

Great colors. Congratulations on a great capture!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

incuboy says:

Stunning!
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

Miwa M says:

Amal. this is so spectacular
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

kenorland says:

This is the best photograph of the Taj Mahal I HAVE EVER SEEN.
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

viki2win [deleted] says:

wou! Unreal!
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

geordiepete211 says:

Very well done!
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

Peepeye Photography says:

Wow!
Posted 33 months ago. ( permalink )

indianhilbilly says:

Hello,

I was wondering if we could use this beautiful image on Wikipedia. You would have to change the license to creative commons sharealike attribution. You would be given credit, of course, and a link would be placed to this site. Thanks for all your help.

-Nikhil
Posted 31 months ago. ( permalink )

Engin Korkmaz says:

great shot!

how many of you knew that Taj Mahal is a turkish structure made by the turkish king "Shah Jihan" for his wife?

sadly enough, the marbels of this beautiful structure are getting more and more yellowish each day although they were designed to stay white forever.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

weeklymg says:

Hi. I wanted to let you know that I'm using this photo, in accorance with the Creative Commons License, on my blog: weeklymobilegoodies.blogspot.com
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

setmymax says:

Hoping to be interested to all of you I am forwarding the "Fact About Tajmahal" forwarded to me by one of my friend, can't comment on or verify it's authenticity.

"Do you know your history The Moghul Emperor Shah Jahan in the memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal built the Taj Mahal.

It was built in 22 years (1631 to 1653) by 20,000 artisans brought to India from all over the world. Many people believe Ustad Isa of Iran designed it. This is what your guide probably told you if you ever visited the Taj Mahal. This is the story I read in my history book as a student in India.

No one has ever challenged it except Professor P.N. Oak, who believes the whole world has been duped. In his book - Taj Mahal: The True Story, Oak says the Taj Mahal is not Queen Mumtaz Mahal's tomb but an ancient Hindu temple palace of Lord Shiva (then known as Tejo Mahalaya). In the course of his research, Oak discovered the Shiva temple palace was usurped by Shah Jahan from then Maharaja of Jaipur, Jai Singh. Shah Jahan then remodeled the palace into his wife's memorial. In his own court chronicle, Badshahnama, Shah Jahan admits that an exceptionally beautiful grand mansion in Agra was taken from Jai Singh for Mumtaz's burial. The ex-Maharaja of Jaipur still retains in his secret collection two orders from Shah Jahan for surrendering the Taj building. Using captured temples and mansions, as a burial place for dead courtiers and royalty was a common practice among Muslim rulers. For example, Humayun, Akbar, Etmud-ud-Daula and Safdarjung are all buried in such mansions. Oak's inquiries begin with the name Taj Mahal. He says this term does not occur in any Moghul court papers or chronicles, even after ShahJahan's time. The term "Mahal" has never been used for a building in any of the Muslim countries, from Afghanistan to Algeria.

"The unusual explanation that the term Taj Mahal derives from Mumtaz Mahal is illogical in at least two respects. Firstly, her name was never Mumtaz Mahal but Mumtaz-ul-Zamani," he writes.

"Secondly, one cannot omit the first three letters 'Mum' from a woman's name to derive the remainder as the name for the building." The Taj Mahal, he claims, is a corrupt version of Tejo-Mahalaya, or the Shiva's Palace. Oak also says the love story of Mumtaz and Shah Jahan is a fairy tale created by court sycophants, blundering historians and sloppy archaeologists. Not a single royal chronicle of Shah Jahan's time corroborates the love story. Furthermore, Oak cites several documents suggesting the Taj Mahal predates Shah Jahan's era, and was a temple palace dedicated to Shiva worshipped by the Rajputs of Agra city.

For example, Professor Marvin Miller of New York took a few samples from the riverside doorway of the Taj. Carbon dating tests revealed that the door was 300 years older than Shah Jahan. European traveler Johan Albert Mandelslo, who visited Agra in 1638 (only seven years after Mumtaz's death), describes the life of the city in his memoirs. But he makes no reference to the Taj Mahal being built. The writings of Peter Mundy, an English visitor to Agra within a year of Mumtaz's death, also suggest the Taj was a noteworthy building long well before Shah Jahan's time.

Oak points out a number of design and architectural inconsistencies that support the belief of the Taj Mahal being a typical Hindu temple rather than a mausoleum. Many rooms in the Taj Mahal have remained sealed since Shah Jahan's time, and are still inaccessible to the public. Oak asserts they contain a headless statue of Shiva and other objects commonly used for worship rituals in Hindu temples.

Fearing political backlash, Indira Gandhi's government tried to have Oak's book withdrawn from the bookstores, and threatened the Indian publisher of the first edition with dire consequences. There is only one way to discredit or validate Oak's research. The current Indian government should open the sealed rooms of the Taj Mahal under UN supervision, and let international experts investigate.
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Jeff G. Commons says:

Hi, and thanks for licensing this image as CC-BY-SA! Your choice of a free license has allowed us to use this image in Wikimedia Commons, and to illustrate articles in 24+ different language versions of Wikipedia.
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

indianhilbilly says:

sorry bout that. its been fixed. since this image was nominated for featured picture (the best on wiki),many users edited the info and also some added wrong info . thanks for ur concern. great image, its on many other language wikis as well.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

Montauk Beach says:

the colors make it feel like a painting. really great. Do you remember how old your ektachrome film was?
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

borishnokov [deleted] says:

You've taken such a well-documented landmark and have managed to make it stunning despite all the times it's previously been viewed elsewhere.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

amla says:

thanks akinremi, the funny thing is that it's such a conventional shot of the taj mahal. i find it quite boring actually, but i guess it's the time of day, film type that make it.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Scopict says:

Classic but beautiful ...
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

andychilton says:

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Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

bridgetmccb says:

beautiful picture. the building almost looks as if it's a ghost.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

icey.noah says:

Wow, this totally looks like a painting...incredible!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

stefasaurus says:

amazing!!
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

ulunam says:

nice work! well done!
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

JansJans says:

Espectacular!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

zhensem says:

Incredible photo, no..... errr... painting.... no photo, painting, photo, painting, photo! :-)

Fantastic capture!
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Myriam70 says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Chapeau! (invited only), and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Beautiful.
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(Karina) says:

Unbelievable.
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soylentgreen23 says:

Fantastic photo - found via www.neatorama.com
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nanabatman38 says:

WAOW! This is Amazing! Looks like a painting!

seen on fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inde
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pavlov's.daughter says:

This is so good that it's hard to believe it's taken with Lubitel!!! :) This picture makes me regret I get rid of my Lubi.... :(
Really WONDERFUL job on this one.
Respect!
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genevieve van doren says:

Splendid !!!
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*hanan...that's all folks ... says:

Incredible cross-process. It's really working for theTaj!!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

Marco Donatiello says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Best of Flickr!!!!, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

Jesu__ says:

Amazing!
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f.gergo83 says:

AMAZING PHOTO!

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clarissaardra says:

awesome
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menanderman says:

wow, one of the best taj mahal shot i've ever seen!
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ViralVoltage says:

Beautiful photo, I'd like to feature it in a post on the new art blog Arted 4 life at:

Arted4Life.com

In a post titled: Taj Mahal Please let me know if you approve.

Thank you!! :)
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kakeyzz---- verY biXy.. going back to maldives :) says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The world most beautiful places, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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RolAdn says:

Wow, you nailed it.. So dreamy..
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agi500 says:

Well that's just gorgeous.
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