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The side building on the left is a working Mosque. The one on the right, because it isn’t facing Mecca, can’t function as a mosque. It is called a “guest palace”. Everything about the Taj Mahal is symmetrical, symbolic of heaven where everything will be perfect.<\/p>\n

Bamboo scaffolding was used to get the main courtyard and the first fifteen feet of the building built. Then a huge earthen \/ brick ramp was built on the right side of the building to haul the granite blocks up. It was estimated that taking down this ramp would take a couple of years. The king decreed that the bricks were free to anyone who wanted them. Within a couple of days the entire ramp was gone.<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"

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