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Taj Mahal Photo # 6

The full scale figure of the pinnacle on the dome has been inlaid on the red stone
courtyard of the Taj Mahal. One may see it to the east at the foot of the riverside arch of
the flanking building wrongly dubbed as Jamiat Khana (community hall) by Muslim
usurpers. Such floor sketches in courtyards are a common Hindu trait. In Fatehpur Sikri
it is the backgammon board which is sketched on a central courtyard. The coconut top
and the bent mango leaves underneath, resting on a kalash (i.e. a water pot) is a sacred
Hindu motif. Hindu shrines in the Himalayan foothills have identical pinnacles [especially
noticed at Kedarnath, a prominent Shiva temple]. The eastern location of the sketch is
also typically Hindu. The length measures almost 32 ft.

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