India's rich civilisational legacy is beautifully showcased through its 44 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including ...

No progress report has been received from the State Party, as requested by the Committee at its 31st session (Christchurch, 2007). In August 2009, the World Heritage Centre received written and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo: Kriangkrai Thitimakorn/Getty Images Situated on the banks of the Yamuna River in Agra, India, the Taj Mahal is a white ...

The Taj Mahal is often introduced as the world’s grandest monument to love, and that version of the story is not exactly wrong. Shah Jahan commissioned it after the death of Mumtaz Mahal, his favored ...

From the Great Barrier Reef to the Taj Mahal, UNESCO World Heritage Sites include some of the most culturally significant and visually arresting locations on the planet. Following the first ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the Taj Mahal, India’s most popular tourist attraction. The monument is located on the banks of the Yamuna River in Agra, India. The Taj Mahal was built in the 17th century by ...

The Taj Mahal is widely considered one of the most beautiful buildings ever created. The exquisite marble structure in Agra is a mausoleum, an enduring monument to the love of a husband for his ...

An immense mausoleum of white marble, built in Agra between 1631 and 1648 by order of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favourite wife, the Taj Mahal is the jewel of Muslim art in India ...