The Taj Mahal (or is it?)
The marble tomb of the Taj Mahal is supposedly the ultimate symbol of love, being built by the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan, for his second wife.
However, despite a striking resemblance, this is not the Taj Mahal. Rather, it’s Bibi-ka-Maqbara, a tomb built in the late 17th century by Prince Azam Shah (son of the sixth Mughal emperor), as a loving tribute to… his mum.
Literally translated as “Tomb of the Lady”, Bibi-ka-Maqbara was of course based on the iconic design of the original Taj, seen here in our story about it from 2006.
Sadly for Prince Azam Shah’s mum, while The Taj Mahal attracts from 2 to 4 million visitors every year, few outside India have ever heard of Bibi-ka-Maqbara. Which is a shame, as it does a pretty passable impression of the original.
There is another copy of the Taj in India, built by an filmmaker at the end of last year, but I haven’t been able to find it yet. It should be somewhere around here.
Further reading: The full story of Bibi-ka-Maqbara and the Wikipedia entry about Mughal architecture.
Thanks to Rukya R.
So “brand new”...” 
A replica was built in Bangladesh recently as well: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7772579.stm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal_Bangladesh … though I think it is too new to be visible on Google Maps.
And while it is claimed to be ‘life sized’, the proportions of parts of the main building (not to mention the columns) appear to be considerably different to the real thing.
Aurngabad is having this as South taj mahal. It is in heart of india . Devgad Fort at daultabad was capital of India during Mohd. Taghlakh. Beatiful place in Central mharashtra
I’ve never heard of this one. Pretty cool
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ti re !!!!!!!
its just beautiful
its really a wonder