Yaqokwa njengendawo eyigugu ye-UNESCO ngo-1984 futhi yathathwa njengenye ye- izikhumbuzo ezinhle kakhulu emhlabeni, iTaj Mahal ingumfanekiso waleyo India esiyiphuphayo, exotic, i-bombastic, ezothando. Yakhiwe ngo-1632 ngu-Emperor Shah Jahan ngokuhlonipha umkakhe, uMumtaz Mahal, iTaj Mahal iba yisithonjana esinomlando nokufinyelela okufanele ulwazi oludingekayo ukwenza ukuvakasha kwakho kungalibaleki ngayo yonke indlela.
I-Taj Mahal kanye nendaba yothando
I-Fresco ka-Emperor Shah Jahan.
Ngemuva kokuhlangana ezitolo ezise-Agra, esifundeni sase-India i-Uttar Pradesh, UMughal Prince Shah Jahan noPrincess Mumtaz Mahal bathandana khona manjalo. Kwabe sekufika uhambo olude oludabula eNdiya, ezothando oluyiphupho kanye nokuqiniseka ukuthi akukho lutho olungasibekela umlingo wendaba yothando efanele i-One Thousand and One Nights. Kodwa-ke, ngemuva kokubeletha ingane yakhe yeshumi nane, uMumtaz wadlula emhlabeni, washiya umyeni wakhe yedwa futhi wacwila ephanorama lapho angabona khona ithemba elikhulu ngaphandle komkakhe eceleni kwakhe esihlalweni sobukhosi. Ngalesi sizathu, umbusi ngaleso sikhathi waqala ukwakha isakhiwo sothando kakhulu emhlabeni ngokuhlonipha othandekayo wakhe.
Kusukela ngo-1632 kuya ku-1653, u-Shah Jahan wahola ithimba labadwebi bezobuciko, abakhi bezakhiwo kanye nabadwebi ukuze bakhe i-mausoleum eyayingagcina izinsalela ze-Mumtaz namathonya ayo aqina kakhulu kusuka kuzinto zamaSulumane kuya kwamanye amaMughal, amaPheresiya kanye nabase-Asia kuphela, okuholele ekwakhiweni kwezindlu ze-holly, izingilazi ezimbozwe ngamatshe ayigugu nemibhalo eqoshiwe yeKoran noma imibundu yetshe elibomvu lesanti elilungiselele ukwakheka okuphelele osebeni loMfula iYamuna ukuthi sonke siyazi namuhla. Eqinisweni, iTaj Mahal yayiyikhaya lobuhle kangangoba kukholakala ukuthi uJahan ngokwakhe unqume izandla zezingcweti ezibambe iqhaza kulo msebenzi ukuze zingakwazi ukuphinda isenzo sokwakha sezici ezinjalo.
Ngemuva kweminyaka eminingi sihlukene, indodana eqhoshayo eyeqile kanye nezinsalela ezithile zikaMamtaz ezazulazula ezingxenyeni ezahlukahlukene zedolobha, ekugcineni izinsalela zabo bobabili abathandi zaziphume emangcwabeni angaphakathi lawo ahloniphekile aphikisana nombukiso wawo wangaphandle omangalisayo olindele wonke umhambi ovakashelayo. ezimfihlakalweni nasezimfihlakalweni zalo.
Vakashela iTaj Mahal
Uma ufuna vakashela iTaj MahalIseluleko sami ukuthi ukwenze ngesikhathi sokuphuma kwelanga noma ekushoneni kwelanga, izikhathi lapho i-mausoleum ithola khona ukukhanya okuhlukile, okungaqondakali.
Qasha umshayeli wetekisi e-Agra Ukukuyisa kule ndawo nakwezinye izindawo edolobheni, kungaba inketho enhle yokuqinisekisa ukuthuthwa usuku lonke futhi ube nezincomo zomuntu wasendaweni ozokwazi izindawo ezinhle kakhulu ezingelinye lamalungu abadumile I-Golden Triangle yaseNdiya.
Indawo lapho iTaj Mahal itholakala khona, eningizimu-mpumalanga ye-Agra, Kuyindawo ethobekile, ezindongeni zazo izinkawu zibuka izivakashi kanye orisho bagwema izinkomo ngenhloso yokubeka izivakashi phambi kwenxanxathela. Njengoba siqonde eTaj Mahal, impela abantu bendawo abaningi bazokuza ngezimpawu zokuqinisekisa ukuthi ngaphandle komqondisi wezokuvakasha ngeke ukwazi ukungena kusayithi. Ungabanaki, ngoba iTaj uqobo inabaqondisi bayo.
Kwenzeka into efanayo ngamalokhi. Ngesinye isikhathi uzobona uphawu oluthi "Izikhiya" ezibonisa ukuya kolunye uhlangothi lomnyango. Unganaki futhi, uzothola ama-locker azofaka impahla yakho ngaphakathi kwe-mausoleum.
Ekugcineni, ngesikhathi sokungena kolayini basatshalaliswa kwabesilisa nabesifazane, kwenziwa ukuskena kwazo zonke izimpahla bese ukungena kwamanani angama-rupees angama-750 (cishe ama-euro ayishumi). Kusukela lapho uzokwazi ukucabanga ngobuhle beTaj Mahal kubo bonke ubukhazikhazi bayo kusukela kumzuzu wokuqala, mhlawumbe belwa nezivakashi zokuqala ukuthatha leso sithombe esidumile phambi kwechibi elandulela isakhiwo, bevakashela izingadi zalo (futhi waziwa ngo mnqobi) noma ukungena ekamelweni elingaphakathi, lapho i-cenotaph yabathandi ibukeka ngendlela efanayo naphezu kweminyaka engamakhulu amathathu edlule, yize izinsalela zombili zilele emazingeni aphansi.
Elinye lama-mosque eliwela indawo enkulu yeTaj Mahal.
Uhambo ongalugcwalisa ngokuvakashela kolunye uhlangothi loMfula iYamuna, indawo lapho, ngenhlanhla ethile, uzokwazi ukuthola isithombe esihle kakhulu saleyo ndoda yaseNdiya, egibele izinwele, elima ngokusebenzisa indawo ezungeze lesi sakhiwo kusenze saphupha ngeNdiya.
Uma unesikhathi, akukho okungcono kunokulahleka e-Agra, idolobha elinamandla lapho konke kusuka ezinqabeni ezibomvu kuya emigwaqeni kugcwele izinkomo ezihlotshiswe ngama-mantras nama-garland kuhlala ndawonye.
Ungathanda ukwazi iTaj Mahal?