An Indian man has built a one-third-sized replica of the historic Taj Mahal for his wife, but unlike the original, it is their residence, not a mausoleum.
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The famed 17th century Taj Mahal, often called a monument to love, was built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in the northern Indian city of Agra in memory of his wife, Mumtaz. She died in Burhanpur, the site of the newly built replica while giving birth to their fourteenth child.
"I jokingly told my wife, if you pass over, then I will build a Taj Mahal," hospital owner Anand Prakash Chouksey, 52, who built the replica, said. "She obviously refused and said she doesn't want to die. Then I said, not a problem, I will make a Taj Mahal you can live in."
The replica took three years to build and artisans from Agra were hired to recreate the artwork on the marble from the same city in Rajasthan state that provided the Taj Mahal's stone.
