{"id":482,"date":"2016-01-14T01:04:58","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T09:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/?p=482"},"modified":"2023-08-04T12:07:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T19:07:30","slug":"taj-mahal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/taj-mahal\/","title":{"rendered":"Taj Mahal"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p><\/p>We visited the Taj in 2001. An incredible feat of engineering. We got to the entrance gate before dawn and were lucky enough to be 1 of the first 100 entrants for that day and witnessed the sun rise about the structure.\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/IMG_6207-postilt.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1021\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/IMG_6207-postilt.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"IMG_6207-postilt\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/IMG_6174.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1013\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/IMG_6174.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"IMG_6174\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><br>\n<b>First Appearance of the Taj before the sunrise<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/P1120045.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1014\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/P1120045.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"P1120045\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/016a.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1023\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/016a.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"016a\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/152304xcitefun-gems.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1016\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/152304xcitefun-gems.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"152304,xcitefun-gems\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><br>\n<b>Inlays in the marble like these cover the whole structure<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/IMG_6236.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1017\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/IMG_6236.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"IMG_6236\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/20110303.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1018\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"300\" width=\"300\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1018\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/20110303.jpeg?fit=300%2C300\" alt=\"20110303\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><br>\n<b>2 western visitors caused a photo frenzy <span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">(from Hugh\u2019s Photo Collection)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We visited the Taj in 2001. 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