Taj Mahal Taj Mahal The Taj Mahal (; , meaning "Crown of the Palaces") is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the south bank of the Yamuna river in the Indian city of Agra. It was commissioned in 1632 by the Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan (reigned from 1628 to 1658), to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. It also houses the tomb of Shah Jahan, the builder. The tomb is the centerpiece of a complex, which includes a mosque and a guest house, and is set in formal gardens bounded on three sides by a crenellated wall. Construction of the
Taj Mahal (1999 film) Poomparai. The film was initially slated to face a box office battle with several other big films notably Kamal Haasan's "Hey Ram", Mani Ratnam's "Alaipayuthey", Rajiv Menon's "Kandukondain Kandukondain" and Shankar's "Mudhalvan", but the delay of the first three gave "Taj Mahal" a possible leeway to become a success. The New Indian Express gave the film a mixed review citing that it was "vintage Bharatiraja at his best", while also adding that Riya Sen "shines in spite of an alien language and the totally strange cultural milieu in which she is placed". The reviewer adds that "song picturisation is brilliant