During the last Divali vacation, we went to Agra to see the famous Taj Mahal. I had read much about it. It is one of the wonders of the world. I was eager to see it. We saw it by day. We saw it by moonlight. It was indeed, wonderful. It has been described as "a dream in marble". "a marble in poem" and "a tear transformed into marble". It is, indeed, so.

Shah Jehan built it in memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal. It has made his love immortal. The building is the most beautiful. It stands on a raised platform. The big central dome under the moonlight is a piece of magic. Its beauty is increased by the smaller domes and the four corner minarets. Twenty thousand labourers worked for twenty years to create this marble poem of love.

I saw the image of the Taj in the Jamuna. The sight made my heart leap. Then we came away. I can still see the Taj rising nobly and beautifully before me. Beauty once seen is never forgotten.