In this article, we tell you about the impressions
as well as the famous sayings about Taj Mahal, India.
Taj
Mahal impressions consist of the things that people have said after
experiencing the magnificence of this outstanding monument. From awe to
delight to sheer ecstasy, impressions of Taj Mahal depict each and every
conceivable feeling. Some of the famous sayings about Taj Mahal are as
follows:
- "The sight of this mansion creates sorrowing sighs and makes
sun and moon shed tears from their eyes. In this world this edifice
has been made to display, thereby, the Creator's glory."
Shah Jahan (Badshah Nama)
- "It appears like a perfect pearl on an azure ground. The
effect is such I have never experienced from any work of art."
British painter Hodges
- "I cannot tell what I think. I do not know how to criticize
such a building but I can tell what I feel. I would die tomorrow to
have such another over me."
British officer, Colonel Sleeman's wife
- "Did you ever build a castle in the Air? Here is one,
brought down to earth and fixed for the wonder of ages".
American novelist, Bayard Taylor
- "If I had never done anything else in India, I have written
my name here, and the letters are a living joy."
Lord Curzon, the British Governor-General
- "You know Shah Jahan, life and youth, wealth and glory, they
all drift away in the current of time. You strove therefore, to
perpetuate only the sorrow of your heart? Let the splendor of
diamond, pearl and ruby vanish? Only let this one teardrop, this Taj
Mahal, glisten spotlessly bright on the cheek of time, forever and
ever."
Rabindranath Tagore
